TALBOT5912

Veranda.
March 22^nd

Dear Sir,

I enclose an order for £6. 11. 2. which I am in your debt for sundry copies. I have prepared the coloured specimens which I wished to send, but as some of them had better be properly mounted before you see them, my friend M^r Montague Wilmot, who is going to London on next Saturday is kind enough to take charge of them.

I have blackened ¹ some of the skies, and touched up other defective parts of those negatives which you sent me, i.e. those that were not waxed, but as yet I have not attempted the waxed ones as it is difficult to find any pigment which will adhere to them. With respect to the unwaxed copies I find it perfectly feasible to make almost any corrections and alterations that may be necessary, but this requires great delicacy of hand and eye.

I am anxious to hear how the preparations for the Regent st^t affair ² get on, if properly conducted, and if the portraits can be taken quickly I am always confident that it will answer well

Yours very truly
Calvert R. Jones