Letter from Francis William Topham to Miss Holland ...

One of two Autographed Letter Signed (ALS) by Francis William Topham. This letter is to Miss Holland, evidently about an artists' petition to prevent the building of a railway line that "will do much towards destroying one of the most beautiful valleys in the world." Francis William Topham (1808-1877) was a watercolour painter, traveller in Spain, and illustrator of Dickens. Dickens recruited Topham to his amateur theatrical company, the Guild of Literature and Art, and the painter frequently performed with Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and the artists Clarkson Stanfield and John Tenniel. Part of a... Mehr ...