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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ENGLISH ANIMAL AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER SENDING HIS AUTOGRAPH TO A YOUNG LADY adding eight lines of verse and signing again with his initials.
186935051Vernon Holme Harbledown Kent: July 31 1869 1869. Very good. - 23 words plus 8 lines of verse are penned in black ink filling one side of a sheet of his personalized 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide black-bordered letterhead with his address printed at top right beside a vignette featuring 4 miniature cows. The letter has been mounted on a slightly larger piece of cream card. Signed "Thomas Sidney Cooper". There are 2 small light stains to the left margin. Folded twice for mailing. Very good. <p>Cooper sends his autograph commenting: "I hope the Young Lady will more highly esteem the Autograph accompanied by the following lines". After signing the letter he adds eight lines of verse beginning: "Tis calm assurance 'All is Well' / Though how or where I cannot tell". Below the verse he writes "This is faith" and signs again with his initials.<p>Thomas Sidney Cooper 1803-1902 was an English landscape painter noted for his images of cattle and farm animals. This earned him the name "Cow Cooper"--hence the vignette of cows on his letterhead. He was born in Canterbury Kent and his home Vernon Holme Harbledown Kent which is now a school is listed among the sites to see when visiting Canterbury. Vernon Holme, Harbledown, Kent: July 31, 1869 unknown
