JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/03/1839 - HFSID 73496
Price: $360.00
JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART
The famed biographer of Sir Walter Scott, his father-in-law, invites
a Miss Rogers for an appointment later that week, signs name in black
ink
Autograph letter signed: "J.G. Lockhart" in black ink. 1 page,
3½x4½. July 9, 1839. In part: "Dear Miss Rogers, I hope you will
honour me w/ you countenance at 10 on Wednesday the 10th...Exceedingly".
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854) was a Scottish writer and author, best
known for his definitive biography of Sir Walter Scott titled Life of Sir
Walter Scott (1837-1838), which is considered the second most admirable
in the English language (after Boswell's Life of Johnson). A scholar of
classics, Lockhart first came into notice while writing for the Scottish Tory
publication Blackwood's Magazine, famed for its aggressive articles and
brilliant criticism of the Scottish Whig stronghold and the Romantic
intellectual movement. In 1818, Lockhart met Sir Walter Scott, and went on to
marry his eldest daughter Sofia two years later. He worked as editor of the
Quarterly Review from 1825 until 1853, as well as wrote novels such as
Valerius (1821), Reginald Dalton (1823) and
Matthew Wald (1824) and served as editor for the famed
Murray's Family Library (1829). Normal mailing fold. Slightly
toned. Light surface creases. Otherwise, fine condition.
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