JOHN TYLER (1790-1862)

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U.S. President 1841-1845
Selections from the Archives of American Art

From the Marie De Mare Research material on George Peter Alexander Healy, a letter from J. J. Abert to painter Mr. [George Peter Alexander] Healy, May 30, 1842, engaging him to paint a portrait of President John Tyler and one of Senator Preston for the gallery of the National Institution in Washington, D.C. 1 leaf folded to 20 x 25.3 cm., 1 page.

a letter from J. J. Abert to painter Mr. [George Peter Alexander] Healy, May 30, 1842 (114012 bytes)
 Washington, May 30, 1842

Mr. Healy

Dear Sir,
          Anxious to avail ourselves of your present visit to our City and of your eminence as an artist, I am  authorized by many subscribers, members of the Institution, to request that you will take for the gallery of the National Institution the portrait of the President of the United Sates and of the Honorable Mr.   of the Senate. .. will  please to ... on these Gentleman..arrange with them, about time and place of sitting
.          Believe me to be Sir,
               Very respectfully
                 Your ...
                  J.J. Abert
                   .....


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