Dear Sir,
I return you many thanks for the two Portraits 1 which you have been so good as to send me, and which I now return. – They are very fine and show what may be expected from the Art.
The Editor of the Edin Review 2 has allowed me to postpone my article3 on the Daguerreotype & Photogenic Drawing; but I again beg that you will be very cautious in publishing your methods till you have made them as perfect as possible.
An artist in Edinr Mr Thomas Davidson 4 No 12 Royal Exchange has made very fine Cameras for taking portraits. He is making a very fine one for us; & is an artist of great knowledge & ingenuity. He has executed Daguerreotypes far surpassing those made by Daguerre. 5 I have two that appear almost Miraculous. I have no doubt that his Camera surpasses any other yet made; as he has made a beautiful improvement in it in reference to Portraits –
I am Dear Sir Ever Most Truly yrs
D Brewster
St Leonards
St Andrews
Novr 8th 1840
H.F. Talbot Esqr
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