From the Charles Henry Hart Autograph Collection, 1731-1912, a letter from painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) to collector Charles Henry Hart (1847-1918). Eakins describes his "far from conventional" portrait of President Rutherford B. Hayes: "The President once posed. I never saw him in the same pose again. He wrote, took notes, stood up, swung his chair around. In short, I had to construct him as I would a little animal." 2 pages, 1 leaf folded to 18.1 x 14 cm.

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