American neoclassical sculptor (1805-1873). ALS, one page, 5.25 x 4, April 1, 1863. Letter to two gentlemen in London “to deliver to Messrs. George Peabody or two their order—My statue of California and its pedestal.” Letter is affixed to a 7.5 x 6 off-white sheet, along with a small newspaper clipping. In very good to fine condition, with central vertical fold, several edge tears, and some light creases. An excellent letter to Peabody—the subject of a bust previously done by Powers, which now resides in the Smithsonian Institute—discussing his famous California sculpture, which became the first work of an American artist to be acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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