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Harley St Bath
February 10 1860

Sir
I am not unwilling that you should retain the Portrait of Herschel until all the Trustees have seen it. I have great faith in its winning powers & should it be at last rejected I have other resources. one thing is quite certain.. The Trustees will never be able to obtain another portrait of like interest, as from a communication I have received from Sir John Herschel, he informs me that he know of no replica & that he possesses a Crayon Head by Russel & also a late head done in oil as well as


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