TALBOT5656

Albemarle St
May 19
[in another hand?:] 1846

Dear Sir

I hasten to return you my very best thanks for your valued gift of the Scottish Talbottypes ¹- I am greatly interested in them & in the progress of the invention.

I am also requested by Miss Rigby ² to offer her acknowledgments for the separate specimens w^ch will facilitate a comparison between the art in Edinburgh & London - I cannot refrain from wishing that it were possible for Mr Hill to act in conjunction with you. There are points in w^ch your Calotypes have the decided superiority over his - there are others in wch I think he excels - especially in obtaining artistic effects - a combination of the two w^d be a step in advance -

I show the specimens English & Scotch to all friends & hope I am making converts -

I have not yet received your Volume on Etymologies: I will give it careful attention as soon as it reaches me.

I remain Dear Sir your obliged & faithful
John Murray

H. Fox Talbot Esq^r