TALBOT6809

Royal Polytechnic Insⁿ
May 25^th 1853

To H F Talbot Esq^r

Sir

I beg you will pardon my remissnes [sic] in acknowledging the receipt of the very beautiful photographic etchings from steel plates which you did me the honour to send some days since.¹ I have arranged to have them placed for exhibition in the Institution;² many persons having inquired about them. It is with some reluctance that I give them out of my own hands as it deprives me of the pleasure of shewing them in my visits among friends & acquaintances. Should you, after supplying those to whom you wish to give, have a surplus, I should esteem it a great favour to have a set for my own private gratification.

I was very pleased at receiving the set which I have transferred to the Instⁿ & should like very much to repeat your experiment should you at any time have leisure to send me a few notes for guidance. – You may remember I have some experience in one of the etching processes alluded to in your communication to the Athenæum ³ – I will take the liberty of writing shortly to tell you the result of some experiments & to acquaint you with my arrangements at the Polytechnic

I now wish to save the post.

I have the honour to be Sir Your faithful Ser^t
T A. Malone.

[envelope:]
H F. Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
N^r. Chippenham
Wilts