Autograph letter signed by Sir Edwin Landseer to Samuel Rogers dated 1850

LANDSEER, Sir Edwin Henry (1802–1873) to ROGERS, Samuel (1763–1855), introducing CUBITT, Sir William (1785–1861). Autograph letter signed, 9 May 1850.
 
Single page, c. 185 × 115 mm, written in ink on pale cream wove paper, folded, with light age-toning and minor handling, otherwise in very good condition.
 
The letter reads in full:
 
“Dear Mr Rogers, Pray have the kindness to let my friend Mr Cubitt see your precious house and lovely pictures. (He is the great Architect of modern times.)
Believe me sincerely and faithfully yours, Edwin Landseer”
 
A personal note of introduction from Sir Edwin Landseer, at the height of his fame and in the year of his knighthood, to the poet and collector Samuel Rogers, whose house in St James’s Place was renowned as one of the most admired private galleries and literary salons in London. The “Mr Cubitt” commended to Rogers is Sir William Cubitt, the leading civil engineer and architect of the period, later President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and responsible for major public works and royal commissions.