Distinguished British painter (1860–1942), who, with the publication of such investigative works as Patricia Cornwell’s Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed, emerged as a leading suspect in the notorious, still-unsolved murder spree in London in the 1880s. ALS signed “Richard Sickert,” one page, 5 x 8, no date. Sickert writes to Miss Noel Hill. In part: “I am sorry to say that the pressure of working against time prevents my incubation here in daylight. Could you console us by letting us come to dinner some day from today inclusive? Above is address for communication, the missus being away at the other side of the fields in her incubator. It is a dog’s life, is art!….” In fine condition. R&R COA.
