Yours most sincerely,
Seymour Kirkup.
B.
Florence, 14th September 1841.
My dear Friend,
By the time you receive this, I hope that the portrait of Dante, for you, will be in London.
The gentleman who has taken charge of it was in such haste to leave the country (from the consequences of a fatal duel) that I had not an opportunity for writing.
You will receive, in fact, three portraits. They are as follows:—
No. 1. A drawing in chalk, on light-brown paper, of the face as large as the original. I had intended to write a memorandum on it, but in my hurry it was forgotten. Perhaps you would have the kindness to add it, if you think it worth while—viz.
“Drawn by S. K., and traced with talc, on the original fresco by Giotto; discovered in the Chapel of the Palazzo del Podestà, Florence, on the 21st July 1840, before it was retouched.”