![DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to David Roberts, Tavistock House, 13 September 1856, suggesting travel arrangements for Roberts' grandson – 'We propose to send the boys back by the General Steam Navigation Co's boat ... You should take your grandson's berth at the offices in Regent Circus' – and thanking Roberts for 'the hint you gave Mrs Dickens about Stanny [Clarkson Stanfield]', 1? pages, 8vo, bifolium; with envelope.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05841_0004_000(dickens_charles_autograph_letter_signed_to_david_roberts_tavistock_hou074021).jpg?w=1)
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to David Roberts, Tavistock House, 13 September 1856, suggesting travel arrangements for Roberts' grandson – 'We propose to send the boys back by the General Steam Navigation Co's boat ... You should take your grandson's berth at the offices in Regent Circus' – and thanking Roberts for 'the hint you gave Mrs Dickens about Stanny [Clarkson Stanfield]', 1 1/3 pages, 8vo, bifolium; with envelope.
The artist David Roberts (1796-1864) had gained success and the recognition in 1826 of the Royal Academy after beginning his career as an apprenticed house-decorator, then scene painter. Having left set-painting behind by 1830, his only later work of this type was the act drop for one of Dickens's amateur productions in 1851, apparently as a favour for his friend. Dickens and Roberts shared a mutual friend in Clarkson Stanfield, an early supporter of Roberts' painting; Robert's 'hint' about his fellow artist, Dickens notes, had 'perfectly amazed me (for I could have no earthly reason to imagine such a thing'.
The artist David Roberts (1796-1864) had gained success and the recognition in 1826 of the Royal Academy after beginning his career as an apprenticed house-decorator, then scene painter. Having left set-painting behind by 1830, his only later work of this type was the act drop for one of Dickens's amateur productions in 1851, apparently as a favour for his friend. Dickens and Roberts shared a mutual friend in Clarkson Stanfield, an early supporter of Roberts' painting; Robert's 'hint' about his fellow artist, Dickens notes, had 'perfectly amazed me (for I could have no earthly reason to imagine such a thing'.