Letter: 1852 Sept. 9, 1 Great Queen St, London, to David Laing / Edward Evans. 1852.

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Letter: 1852 Sept. 9, 1 Great Queen St, London, to David Laing / Edward Evans. 1852.

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Asks for assistance on a catalogue of portraits, especially George Chalmers, etched by Geddes. Queries regarding a miniature of Mary Queen of Scots given to an ancestor of Scarisbrick. and regarding the identities of the persons in three etchings by Geddes.

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