SAMUEL LOVER - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 08/14/1845 - HFSID 73051
Sale Price $306.00
Reg. $360.00
SAMUEL LOVER
The Irish artist signs a quotation from his song "Molly Bawn"
Autograph quotation signed: " "The stars above are brightly
shining/Because they've nothing else to do/Molly Bawn"/Samuel Lover/Bridgeport
August 14/45", in black ink, 7x4½. Samuel Lover (1797-1868) was an
Irish novelist, songwriter and painter. Being privately educated in his
native Ireland, Lover desired to work in the arts, and fled his father's
stockbroking business to take residence in London, England. He took up many
practices, but excelled in painting, mostly painting portraits and miniatures.
In addition to painting, he took up writing and compoing, most notably writing
"Rosy O'More" (1826), which was also developed into a novel and play. His
other works include a successful novel titled Handy Andy (1842).
As he grew older, his eyesight began to fail and he abandoned painting to
focus on writing and entertaining, reading his writings with much popularity
in Great Britian and the United States. Fold in center. Surface creases. Lightly
toned. Corners slightly worn. Adhesive residue on verso. Pencil note (unknown
hand). Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.
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