TALBOT1478

Sept^r –
Florence

Dear Henry

I have decided on taking for you the Ezekiel ¹ you saw not only because it is the one you saw & approved but because with the exception of the fresher colouring, it is an exact copy – the other was a study done by Colzi ² to see what the picture would have been, with some little defects of drawing which all connoisseurs are agreed upon, corrected, & then coloured & varnished to imitate the worn state in which the original is at present. M^r Irvine says he has really succeeded in it but I would not venture to substitute it for the picture you saw, tho I give Colzi credit for having done it. As to the insurance M^r Irvine says that is best done in England & is effected on the bill of lading when it arrives – it shall be sent you & as the whole package will be insured mine & yours together you will be so good as to pay for me & we will settle the acc^t after with the pictures.

I shall soon go to Venice & perhaps to Trieste – & Pola.

Y^r Aff^te
W T H F S

Anson ³ is just going to Egypt in M^r Baring’s ⁴ yacht – with Capt Rob^ts R.N.⁵ an excellent drawer & surveyor who has been a good deal in the East

Henry Talbot Esq
31 Sackville Street
London