MEREDITH'S COTTAGE, ORIGINAL PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPH BY FREDERICK H. EVANS:
1915. Evans, Frederick H. Original platinum photograph approx. 3 1/2 x 4 inches. Neatly mounted to a sheet of gray paper with a rule and wash border. Inscribed beneath the photograph on the mount by the photographer in pencil: "Meredith's Cottage. Box Hill. Frederick H. Evans." On the verso of the mount is also inscribed in pencil: "To Thomas Seccombe as a lover of Meredith from FHE. Xmas 1915." The image is in fine condition. Item #29603
In 1911, The Memorial Edition of the works of George Meredith was published with 60 photogravures of landscapes and places relevant to Meredith writings, most were made by Frederick Evans; this photograph was not included in the printed works but a view of the cottage was included. Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923)( was assistant editor to Sidney Lee of the DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY from 1891 to 1900. After Meredith died, Seccombe wrote the Memoir for the 1901-1911 SUPPLEMENT to the DNB. When a Memoir of Seccombe eventually appeared in the DNB SUPPLEMENT for 1922-1930, it called his piece on Meredith "an example of his best work."
Price: $5,000.00