Letter from John C. Van Dyke to Henry Clay Frick, 23 September 1895
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Ans'd 9/24/95
RUTGERS COLLEGE
AND
RUTGERS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL,
THE NEW JERSEY STATE COLLEGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
Sept 23/95
H. C. Frick, Esq're
Dear Sir:
I have not had the pleasure of meeting you but possibly Mr. Carnegie has mentioned my name to you and so I venture to send you an enclosure that will explain itself and may interest you.
My sending this enclosure is apropos of my having just returned from spending a pleasant Sunday with Mr. Frank Thomson at Merion and he, having seen you recently, was speaking of your interest in art matters and your purchasing pictures. I knew through Mr. Carnegie that you were fond of art and had liked some pictures that I had
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bought for him. Two of the best of the pictures I got for him were painted by Bruce Crane, the writer of the enclosed letter. When therefore I returned this morning and found Crane's letter it seemed to me as though I ought to send it directly to you.
Pray, don't regard the letter in the light of charity. If you wish a good picture here is the opportunity. I have not seen it but from the way he speaks of it I am sure it is a good work, and if it is not satisfactory to you I will engage that he will paint another that will please you. He is a thoroughly reliable man but seems to have had a run of very hard luck.
Yours very truly
John C. Van Dyke
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Ans'd 9/24/95
RUTGERS COLLEGE
AND
RUTGERS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL,
THE NEW JERSEY STATE COLLEGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
Sept 23/95
H. C. Frick, Esq're
Dear Sir:
I have not had the pleasure of meeting you but possibly Mr. Carnegie has mentioned my name to you and so I venture to send you an enclosure that will explain itself and may interest you.
My sending this enclosure is apropos of my having just returned from spending a pleasant Sunday with Mr. Frank Thomson at Merion and he, having seen you recently, was speaking of your interest in art matters and your purchasing pictures. I knew through Mr. Carnegie that you were fond of art and had liked some pictures that I had
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bought for him. Two of the best of the pictures I got for him were painted by Bruce Crane, the writer of the enclosed letter. When therefore I returned this morning and found Crane's letter it seemed to me as though I ought to send it directly to you.
Pray, don't regard the letter in the light of charity. If you wish a good picture here is the opportunity. I have not seen it but from the way he speaks of it I am sure it is a good work, and if it is not satisfactory to you I will engage that he will paint another that will please you. He is a thoroughly reliable man but seems to have had a run of very hard luck.
Yours very truly
John C. Van Dyke
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“Letter from John C. Van Dyke to Henry Clay Frick, 23 September 1895,” Transcribe Frick, accessed April 26, 2024, https://transcribe.frick.org/items/show/413.