| Description | Dear Signor
On rereading your letter I find that, in the confusion of a brain muddled by much work at this moment, I have made an idiotic blunder. I now see that I was first to tell you what we wanted to have to represent you & that then you were to put pressure on 'the parties' ; fortunately I am still in time if you will kindly pen your most eloquent epistles at once. The pictures we are bent on are as follows.
1 The Spirit of Xtianity
2 Hope S.Kensington
3 Small Life and Love
4 Rachel Your studio
5 Tennyson (This is the picture just bought)
6 The P.R.A. in robes
7 Browning
8 Carlyle Nottingham?
Please put the screw on at S[outh] K[ensington]. That is where the shoe will pinch - and write also to Nottingham.
We are all delighted to hear of your greatly improved health, and prospects (audi Bond) of being the better for this bad bout - hooray!
I should anyhow have scribbled this line (brief because I have a flood of letters before) - to say that the pastel, which I much like, has arrived in safety & is now with Saffron 'Davis' at B[urlington] House. We are going to have a very good exhibition, tho' of course in these hard times portrait will be a little unduly prominent. The production seems every year to increase; in spite of the now added New Gallery we had 700 or 800 more works put in than last year. [Croaken?] said a year or two ago that we could not keep up a good watercolour room with so much competition - well we had a beautiful show this year in that particular line! - but time is running out - give my love to Mrs Signora & believe me yours always affec FL
Emma tells me she gives you all my news |