44 Queen Ann S^t

Dear Sir

I am very much obliged to you for lending me the interesting drawings of Lacock and other places in Wiltshire, which have afforded M^rs Talbot ^<1> and myself much pleasure in looking over. I return them with this note. With respect to Nature’s becoming her own miniature painter, I understand that Daguerre ^<2> has arrived at effects which are almost perfect.

I remain Dear Sir

Yours very truly

H. Fox Talbot

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Notes:

1. Constance Talbot, née Mundy (1811–1880), WHFT’s wife.

2. Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), French artist, showman & inventor.