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My Egotistigraphy. Prepared for His Family and Friends, by one of his Children
by Harding, Chester
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Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1866. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm. [7 ¾ x 5 inches]. 185 pp. Original publisher's cloth; head and tail of spine with s few minor tears, cloth joint expertly repaired; some minor water staining to the margins of the text. This copy has an inscription that appears to be by his daughter Margaret White. Privately printed memoir by one of America's most prominent portrait painters working before the Civil War. He was elected as an Honorary Member of the National Academy in 1828 after having painted portraits of many notable Americans in the literary, political and social realms. According to Mantle Fielding, Harding was entirely self-taught and during a visit to England create portraits for members of the Royal Family. His daughter Margaret E. White wrote a biography of Harding that was published in 1890.Chapters include information on his boyhood in Pittsburgh and Paris, Kentucky, his travels to England, life in Sussex, Norfolk, and Glasgow, and his meetings with and portraits of, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Hamilton, Samuel Rogers, Thomas Carlyle and Archibald Alison. The book also includes his firsthand reminiscences of Washington Allston, John C. Calhoun, John Marshall, General T. Sherman, Daniel Webster, and N. P. Willis, many of whom commission him to paint portraits. Sabin 30332 "Mr. Harding was an eminent artist." Fielding, Dictionary of American Artists, p 156.
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- Title
- My Egotistigraphy. Prepared for His Family and Friends, by one of his Children
- Author
- Harding, Chester
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- Press of John Wilson and Son
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1866
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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