| Description | He agrees to sit for his portrait by Mr Smith but asks for a delay of two or three months as it will be his fourth sitting in three months. He has sat to Mr Ellis for a medallion, to Mr Milnes of London for a bust and to Mr Paulson for a crayon portrait to please a Liverpool publisher bringing out a series of lithographs. “If faces could be worn out with being looked at, mine must be too far gone to produce a good impression, a proof copy would be a marvel”. Mentions meeting her recently between Wilkinson Street and Spring Street and not recognizing her. Apologises. Postscript saying that he has a high opinion of Mr Richard Smith.
3 pages. (Bundle 4) |