Sydney Smirke to Faraday   10 April 1840¹

12, Regent St | April 10, 1840.

Dear Sir,

It is very doubtful whether you will think the accompanying print a suitable object for your Library this Evening: if you do not so think it, pray treat it unceremoniously².

It is a Print I obtained in Italy some years ago, when the miracle to which it refers occurred & produced a great sensation. As a specimen of modern religious credulity it is, I think, not without interest; nor is it otherwise, if viewed as a true Ghost Story - testified by a Prince and Bishop - and indeed still more conclusively verified by the permanent visible mark left by the Ghost itself.

I remain, dear Sir, | Very faithfully yours | Sydney Smirke

M. Faraday Esq | &c &c &c