Dear Sir,
I enclose the Circular which I sometime since received from Mr Beard <1> – for your perusal.
Your obliged & obed Servt
West Awdry
Wednesday 3 Augt –
H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey.
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printed circular, titled ‘Photographic, or Daguerreotype Portraiture’ addressed ‘To Capitalists’ for the licence to operate the Daguerreotype process in Wiltshire, setting out terms (£700 down/£450 + 15% on gross receipts/£350 + 20% ditto). Sets out the basis for profitability. Includes notices for the public outlining the attractions of daguerreotype portraiture, giving prices and 10 extracts from Press comments lauding the daguerreotype portrait.
Notes:
1. Richard Beard (1801–1885), coal merchant & daguerreotypist, London.