Author: Landseer, Edwin.

Format: Autograph letter signed to “Dear Sir”, dated June 10 [1836?], 1p folded, 18.7 x 11.6cm.

Text includes “Dear Sir, I am sorry [?] delay…as every moment of my daylight is occupied.” Landseer makes mentions of “the Grey Mare”, a possible painting he was undertaking.

Edwin Landseer (English, 1802–1873), painter and sculptor of animals. In 1866 he was elected president of the Royal Academy but declined the invitation. In 1872 he was declared insane at the request of his family due to his mental instability, and was known to “procrastinate, sometimes for years, over certain commissions.” Ref: Wiki.

Minor crinkles to old folds.