Description
Autograph Letter Signed [to the editor of The Athenaeum], recording the death of “my young friend Mr. Andrew Picken, an artist of high promise”, referring to his work concerning Madeira, a lithograph published in The Athenaeum, suggesting a tribute should be published. 3 pp. 7½ x 4½ inches, in good condition, one hole. 5 Cornwall Terrace, Camden New Town, 25 June 1845. Thomas Roscoe (1791 – 1871), author and translator. Andrew Picken (1815-1845), draughtsman and lithographer.