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LS signed "Thos. A. Edison," one page, 5.75 x 9.25, personal letterhead, October 8, 1884. Edison sends a complimentary letter to sculptor Rupert Schmid after seeing his finished bust of the inventor. In full: “A number of my friends have seen the bust of myself which you executed and they all state that it is a very striking likeness of me. Personally I am very pleased with it & have great pleasure in testifying to my satisfaction." Signed boldly at the conclusion by Edison. In very good condition, with overall creasing, soiling, small stains, and splitting to the ends of the intersecting folds.
Robert Schmid was a German sculptor who studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and immigrated to the United States in 1884. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design the following year and by 1890 had settled in San Francisco, where he established a studio and earned a variety of high-profile commissions, which included decorations for the Spreckels and Chronicle buildings and portrait busts for many prominent Californians.
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