TALBOT5848

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Jan^y 19/ 47

Sir/

I have send of P^r Rail to day a parcel of wish the enclosed is the invoice, the remainder will be Send as soon as ready. I enclose two unmounted of the Dockyard Malta ² for you to See thy don’t join ³ you will perceive that most all of M^r Bridges ⁴ would be greatly improved if the Skys where tuched up, but it should be done artisticaly or gradualy for when the Sky is entirely blackened it is so hars I think very bautiful Skys may be made with nitra of Silver first and afterwards regulated with cyanide Potassium of diferent Strengt, clouds could be made resemblans of in that way with out it being seen the picture had been tuched up. Supose you Send M^r C. Jones a bad unwaxed negative to try – Shall I write to M^r Story Maskelyne ⁵ about his stand & other things he has ordered, I like the Stand very well for som things sush as to get better perspective, and if there is ever sush a crowd before you it wont hurt as the lens will be 7 feet from the ground you take the view over their heads but you require a Step to get at it wish makes it inconviniant, – if you have not ordered any more labels yet you better order them to be gumed like chimest labels or postage Stamps, as it would not only safe a good deal of time but keep the card board cleaner. –

I send you the negative of the Pump ⁶ for you to alter, hope you will soon let me have it back again as it is the finest negative wee have and no coppies of it except one I beleave you have one sints it has been altered if not I can send you one, the others M^r Jones tushed up are alright as that was only darkening the Sky in places where the white spots are except one he has darkened the Sky all over there being no range of mountains visible wish in a Strong coppy will apear now. I hope you will soon send us the clasical list back altered to your own satisfaction and as you have a good many fine negatives at Laycock you better give them a place also, and send them back likewise for us the coppy thoe first fine weather – I think you better send all the negatives wish you think are worth coppying – I had a letter from M^r Jones this morning he wants a good many unmounted coppies to expirement up on, what am I to charge him for whole, half, & quarter sheets unmounted, all these he ask are of his own taking, som of some negative he recently has send mee very bad they are som of magnifeid of his small malta groeps etc, I wonder how he does it, thy wont do for pubilcation but I dare say he will tuch them up very well if I am to take the Charge of the thing I should like to kno a little how I am to act a bout the charges etc etc.

your Obedient Servant
N. Henneman