William Spence to Faraday   10 March 18511

18 Lower Seymour | St. | Portman Square | March 10, 1851

My Dear Sir,

As an addition to your series of Ransome portraits2, I beg your acceptance of a lithograph profile of my dear old friend Mr. Kirby3, from a pencil sketch of my eldest son4 when on a visit at Sir W. Middleton5 near Barham two years ago, & which having been taken when Mr. Kirby was not aware of what was going on, is an excellent likeness6.

I am | My dear Sir | Yours very truly | W. Spence

M. Faraday Esq

1
William Spence (1783-1860, DNB). Entomologist.
2
That is for the portraits contained in RI MS F1 K.
3
William Kirby (1759-1850, DNB). Entomologist and incumbent of Barham, 1782-1850.
4
William Blundell Spence (1815-1900, TBKL). Artist and engraver.
5
William Fowle Middleton (1786-1860, AC). Country gentleman.
6
This portrait is in RI MS F1 I149.

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