TALBOT4338

4^th Oct^r 1841
Lanelay ¹

My dear Henry

I am quite pleased with your very handsome present of Calotypes, they have amused & interested me very much as well as my friends. there is one, such an admirable likeness of Sir Charles Lemon ² that it gave me a sensation & I wish I had all my equally loved friends in the same style. Wright ³ I thought very like but not so favourable a likeness as before I think that amongst what you sent before & now that there are some good likness’s [sic] of your Italian I suppose his features are so marked that the shadows fall better – I wish you had told me about your Mother & Wife & Children, ⁴ tho’ I conclude all are well I sh^d like to know where Lily is & when expected home again –

pray give my love to M^rs Talbot & believe me

y^r aff^e Rheumaticky Aunt
M:L: Cole