Item Information
Title: Thomas Buchanan Read letter to unidentified recipient
Date: 1855 December 19
Physical Details: Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 25 x 20 cm.
Description: Read discusses the recent publication of his book "The House by the Sea," published in December, 1855, and notes he has been busy attending to the presentation copies of that book.
Address penned at top of letter, 446 Arch St., matches that of Read's friend and patron James L. Claghorn in Philadelphia.
Creator: Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872
Forms part of: Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1918
Rights Statement: U.S. public domain
Citation Information: Thomas Buchanan Read. Thomas Buchanan Read letter to unidentified recipient, 1855 December 19. Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1918. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 6974