R. Wagner. Autograph letter signed, to Dannreuther, about the portrait by Herkomer and 2 letters by Cosima Wagner, 1877

WAGNER, RICHARD

Autograph letter signed ("RichardWagner"), to Edward Dannreuther, about the portrait by Herkomer, 27 November 1877. together with two letters by Cosima Wagner

thanking him and the "London Society for German Art and Science" for their gift , and remarking on the portrait of him done by Herkomer during his visit to London, recognizing it as an equally fine memory of the goodwill shown to him by his German friends in London ("...ich bewahre in diesem Bildnisse ein ebenso edles Andenken an mich in meiner Familie als eine teure Erinnerung an das Wohlwollen meiner deutschen Freunde in London..."),

1 page, 4to, violet ink, Bayreuth, 27 November 1877, small stains and repairs to splitting at folds--COSIMA WAGNER. Autograph letter signed ("C. de Bülow"), to Dr. E. Prosh in Schwerin, about Bach's B Minor Mass performed by the Stern Verein, 4 pages, 8vo, autograph envelope, Berlin, 14 May 1861--Autograph letter signed ("C.Wagner"), enquiring about Herkomer's portrait which had been in the Grosvenor Galleries, 3 pages, 4to, in violet ink, Bayreuth, 21 March 1875, repairs to splitting at folds,

For other letters by Wagner, please see our sale of "Autographes et Manuscrits" in Paris on 22 May, and the advertisement at the back of this catalogue.