Two neatly penned autograph biblical quotations from Mr. and Mrs. Stowe, on an album sheet measuring 5 x 7.5 inches; 12.8 x 19 cm. The American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, most famous for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), pens a quote from Psalm 23:2, "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures / H.B. Stowe." Above, her husband and literary agent, Calvin Ellis Stowe, proponent of public education in the United States, inscribes "The Lord is my Shepherd / C.E. Stowe / Andover Mass Aug. 20 1860." Left edge a little rough where disbound, toning around the edges, else fine.
Two neatly penned autograph biblical quotations from Mr. and Mrs. Stowe, on an album sheet measuring 5 x 7.5 inches; 12.8 x 19 cm. The American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, most famous for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), pens a quote from Psalm 23:2, "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures / H.B. Stowe." Above, her husband and literary agent, Calvin Ellis Stowe, proponent of public education in the United States, inscribes "The Lord is my Shepherd / C.E. Stowe / Andover Mass Aug. 20 1860." Left edge a little rough where disbound, toning around the edges, else fine.