CHURCH FREDERICK STUART Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed

Sale 2461 - Lot 288

Price Realized: $ 1,235

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"I LOVE MY ART, BUT OH YOU GRIDDLE CAKES" CHURCH, FREDERICK STUART. Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed, "Fred," to Grant B. Schley ("Dear Grant"), thanking him for a trip to the Equinox [Resort, in Manchester, VT] and praising its manager. The illustrations, three small ink and colored pencil drawings, each a sketch showing cherubim or animals dining on griddle cakes. 2 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; faint uneven staining, folds, mounted to same board is a letter from Schley. sold as is. New York, 20 August 1909

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". . . I still dream of Aunt Maria's Griddle Cakes floating around in Maple Syrup and all the other good things to eat. Mr. Martin certainly knows how to keep a hotel.
"The Equinox is it. 'I love my Art, but oh you Griddle Cakes.'"
with--Grant B. Schley. Typed Letter Signed, to Equinox manager A.E. Martin, sending Church's letter. 1/2 page, 4to, "Moore & Schley" stationery; mounted to board with Church's letter. New York, 31 August 1909.