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201 Piccadilly ¹

Honor'd Sir,

Hearing from M^r Bunsen,² that I not can have the pleasure, of seeng You at the present moment, I therefore take the liberty to explain You [sic] my present situation.

I beg to direct Your attention to the enclosed letter from His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen;^<3> which will proave the respectability of my character, and as I was unfortunate the last year by a pretended friend,³ through whom I have lost all my property and seeng [sic] weekly [sic] with my eyes I have seen the impossibility in getting on with my Miniature Painting⁴ and all my hopes are fixed upon the art of Photography for which purpose hg ⁵ assistance with a litle sum of money from a relation, I was enabed to build an Atelier and as it is now completed, I heare [sic] with the greatest sorrow, that I am obliged to pay for the patent and it is in Your power to save me, honord [sic] Sir and my son, from entire ruin, in felicitating me the beginning as I am not able to pay the Sum of £100.0.0, may God incline Your heart to be instrumental in so doing, I most thankfuly shall offer You, Sir one of my highly finished Miniature paintings and Your well known benevolent disposition, induces me to mention adressing myself to your kind consideration in my present most urgent position

I remain honord sir Your most obed^t Servant
Fredrich Droge.

London
6. May 1853.