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Hogarth
March 18 / 61

The print y h^ve sent is m^ch too large. I have not leisure _^ ^{at prest} t to engrave so large ones ^{it at prest}. If y refer to my last l^r you will see that I asked for

A small line engrav^g w^d be the thing –

I am do not think a pers^l interv^w w^d be of no use any utility at pres^t, for _^ ^shd I sh^d not like to join a com^py w^th so few as 7 sharehold^rs, unless I knew them all pers^ly & I am only acq^d wth yrself & M^r Pretsch. I therefore think my own proposⁿ was a preferable one, besides being as I am informed an arrangem^t of a customary kind where patented invent^ns are employ^d under a licence

[expanded version:]

Hogarth
March 18, 1861

The print you have sent ^<1> is much too large. I have not leisure at present to to engrave so large ones it at present. If you refer to my last letter you will see that I asked for ^<2> A small line engraving would be the thing –

I am do not think a personal interview would be of no use any utility at present, for should I should not like to join a company ^<3> with so few as seven shareholders, unless I knew them all personally and I am only acquainted wth yourself and M^r Pretsch. ^<4> I therefore think my own proposition ^<5> was a preferable one, besides being as I am informed an arrangement of a customary kind where patented inventions are employed under a licence.

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Notes:

1. Print not located.

2. See Doc. No: 08340.

3. Paul Pretsch (1808–1873), Austrian photographer & inventor; founder of the Photogalvanographic Company.

4. A proposal was afoot to set up a photographic-engraving company with Pretsch and others.

5. See Doc. No: 08340.