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Denton Court, Canterbury
Sept. 10th. 67

Sir,
I beg to state that I have a valuable & authentic oil painting of Edward the Lord Chancellor Thurlow by Phillips taken in 1805, & which I wish to dispose of. It is in excellent preservation, & considered the best likeness existing. Connoisseurs have seen it, & pronounce it to be