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Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.103 Author/Creator: Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 April 1876 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy

Encloses a letter from Colonel Andrew Cowan (not included). Discusses an engraving by John Sartain. Writes "In regard to the study of your head- I will have it used in the Engraving- after that It will be at your service and If you could give me a Couple of sittings- to make a finished picture, It would be still more gratifying to me. The Head- Is Considered Extremely like- you- and perhaps it would be wisest to leave it and make no attempt at representing the march of time, which steals on us and steals from us..." Rothermel, a noted artist of the 19th century, specialized in portraits and historical paintings. He was Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1847 to 1855.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895
Sartain, John, 1808-1897
Cowan, Andrew, fl. 1861-1887

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