Cromwell

Hamo Thornycroft Sir William Hamo Thornycroft RA. sculptor of the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside Parliament. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs Allingham’ Helen Allingham watercolourist and illustrator regarding ‘cards for RA’.

25420 — ‘22 Ja’ no year. On letterhead of ‘One-Oak / 10 Redington Road / Hampstead. N.W.’ London. See the entries on Thornycroft and Allingham in the Oxford DNB. The letterhead is also of interest: 'One-Oak' is a notable example of the work of the Arts and Crafts architect A. H. Mackmurdo. 1p 12mo. On grey paper. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with traces of mount adhering to blank reverse. Folded twice. Initial ‘H’ of signature slightly smidged. Reads: ‘Dear Mrs Allingham / I have only got your note. / I enclose two cards for RA. Hoping to see you there / Yours very sincerely / Hamo Thornycroft’. See Image. ‘22 Ja’ [no year]. On letterhead of ‘One-Oak, / 10, Redington Road, / Hampstead. N.W.’ [London] unknown