Anthony, Joseph: [Trumbull, John]:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO ARTIST JOHN TRUMBULL FROM HIS DISTRIBUTOR, JOSEPH ANTHONY, REGARDING SALES FOR HIS PRINT OF The Sortie Made by the Garrison of ... An interesting letter written to John Trumbull, the "Painter of the Revolution," by his long-time friend and collaborator, Joseph Anthony. Anthony was a business owner in Philadelphia at the turn of the 19th century, and was the man largely responsible for collecting and remitting Trumbull's subscriptions as well as ultimately managing the delivery of the artist's prints to his customers. While little information about Anthony's life is available, he had considerable correspondence with foundational figures including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, and others regarding the sale of Trumbull's prints. The "Painter of the Revolution" didn't confine his artistic endeavors solely to North America. In this letter to Trumbull, who was then living in London after traveling there as secretary to John Jay during the Jay Treaty negotiations, Anthony acknowledges his receipt of the prints for The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, a 1789 painting commemorating an unsuccessful attempt by Spain to take control of that island while Britain was distracted with the Revolution. The European subject matter may not have proved as popular as Trumbull's other prints, however, as Anthony remarks that "the subscribers are very tardy in calling for their prints & I have sold very few, I have now in my hand about

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