Lot 319
Farington (Joseph) 5 Autograph Letters signed to his nephew Captain William Farington, 1801-19.
Estimate: £300 - 400
Description
Farington (Joseph, landscape painter and diarist, 1747-1821) 5 Autograph Letters signed to his nephew Captain William Farington RN., 15pp., sm. 4to, Harrogate & n.p., 30th August 1801, 5th August 1812 - 25th January 1819, giving news of himself and their family, "... I am at present on a tour with Mr and Mrs Charles Offley accompanied by a young lady a relation of Mrs. Offley...", discussing the war, "Some slight accounts have appeared in the papers of your Ship, the Topaze, having been engaged in the West Indies with some Spanish vessels," and the effects of the war on a naval career, his promotion, the opening of the United Services Club House, London news etc., folds, browned.
⁂ Joseph Farington (1747-1821) toured northern England and Scotland with his good friend, the wine merchant Charles Offley. The tour was decided as a means to help improve Farington's health which had suffered greatly following the death of his wife Susan in 1800.
Description
Farington (Joseph, landscape painter and diarist, 1747-1821) 5 Autograph Letters signed to his nephew Captain William Farington RN., 15pp., sm. 4to, Harrogate & n.p., 30th August 1801, 5th August 1812 - 25th January 1819, giving news of himself and their family, "... I am at present on a tour with Mr and Mrs Charles Offley accompanied by a young lady a relation of Mrs. Offley...", discussing the war, "Some slight accounts have appeared in the papers of your Ship, the Topaze, having been engaged in the West Indies with some Spanish vessels," and the effects of the war on a naval career, his promotion, the opening of the United Services Club House, London news etc., folds, browned.
⁂ Joseph Farington (1747-1821) toured northern England and Scotland with his good friend, the wine merchant Charles Offley. The tour was decided as a means to help improve Farington's health which had suffered greatly following the death of his wife Susan in 1800.
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