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Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852 to Ingraham Kip re: selling his work

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07029 Author/Creator: Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1848/06/12 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Discussed the inability to sell two "views of Niagra Falls", "It is painful and humiliating to the artist to be obliged to stoop...to procure a sale".

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