A Wonderful Personal Original Handwritten and Signed National Gallery Letter by Sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein to Sir Charles Holroyd. Dated C1910. A fabulous moving letter from Epstein thanking Charles Holroyd for his support of his work ‘your words in a time of great tirade have been of priceless value and I thank you from the bottom of my heart’ Sir Jacob Epstein KBE 1880 – 1959 was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1910. Epstein's art is to be found all over the world. Highly original for its time, it substantially influenced the younger generation of sculptors such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Sir Charles Holroyd RE 1861 – 1917 was an English painter, original printmaker and curator during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras up to and including the First World War. He was Keeper of the Tate from 1897 to 1906, Director of the National Gallery from 1906 to 1916 and Assessor (Vice-President) of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers (now Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) from 1902 to 1917. Size is 190mm x 120mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.