GHL to Adolf Stahr, Richmond, [February 1857]
Title
GHL to Adolf Stahr, Richmond, [February 1857]
Title
GHL to Adolf Stahr, Richmond, [February 1857]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Adolf Stahr
Date(s)
- 1857-02
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GHL to Adolf Stahr, Richmond, [February 1857]
Text: Quoted by Stahr in a letter to Alwin Stahr, 26 February 1857, Aus Adolf Stahrs Nachlass, Briefe von Stahr . . . , ed. Ludwig Geiger, Oldenburg, 1903, p. 190.
We read with delight your second volume of Torso and I have made Monti, 301 the great sculptor, happy by directing his attention to the book. He is writing a history of Sculpture and says that, except Lessing, you are the one German writer on Art he can thoroughly admire.
Text: Quoted by Stahr in a letter to Alwin Stahr, 26 February 1857, Aus Adolf Stahrs Nachlass, Briefe von Stahr . . . , ed. Ludwig Geiger, Oldenburg, 1903, p. 190.
We read with delight your second volume of Torso and I have made Monti, 301 the great sculptor, happy by directing his attention to the book. He is writing a history of Sculpture and says that, except Lessing, you are the one German writer on Art he can thoroughly admire.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Adolf Stahr, Richmond, [February 1857], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/94365