TALBOT5641

lacock Abbey

June 25 - 1864

Dear Sir

I return the Article with some corrections which I think necessary.^<1>

You speak of an accompanying Engraving - do you mean a wood engraving? Such are very seldom successful for portraiture. If instead of this you would like to give a steel engraving by a good artist I should be happy to bear part of the expense- Mr Moffat obligingly made several carte de visite portraits, one of which was preferred to the others by my family-. I hope that this is the one which your propose to engrave from. I enclose a copy, though I think you have it already. I propose to distribute it among friends at Edinburgh but at present I believe the Photographic Society there is no longer in Session. I did not expect that you would begin this series of biographies of Photographers so soon although you mentioned your intention to me at Edinbro' else I would have sent you some memoranda - I will endeavour to do so however in a few days.

Your are wrong in directing your letter to me as the Honble for the grandson of an Earl has not that title of Courtesy.

I have altered what you say about my possessing robust health, for although by the blessing of providence I am pretty well in health for the most part, yet it is not well to be too confident of its continuance. Your printed slips have too narrow a margin, making corrections difficult. Will you oblige me by sending a corrected proof as soon as you can?

Yours truly
H.F. Talbot

M^r Taylor