Lacock
Tuesday
My Dear Mother
I have asked Nicole <1> to come & do the Laocoon <2> tomorrow, but I don’t know whether he can come.
The Planet in the West is Venus, that in the East is Jupiter; – Mars & Saturn are in the South, it is rare to have such an opportunity of seeing them all at once –
I don’t think it would be worthwhile for my Aunt <3> to put off Caroline <4> –
The 4 picked numbers of the Pencil of Nature <5> I gave to Constance <6> some time ago.
Yours affly
Henry
Notes:
1. Nicolaas Henneman (1813–1898), Dutch, active in England; WHFT’s valet, then assistant; photographer.
2. See Doc. No: 05449.
3. Louisa Emma Petty Fitzmaurice, née Fox Strangways, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1785-1851), wife of Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, 1837-1838; WHFT's aunt.
4. Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, née Feilding, Lady Mt Edgcumbe (1808–1881); WHFT’s half-sister.
5. WHFT, The Pencil of Nature (London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, June 1844–April 1846 [issued in six fascicles])
6. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.