7 Charles St
Manchester Square
Feb. 11 1862
My dear Sir
I begg to enklose the Top as i prom-missed and 1 or too Jew-Jabes which You will kindley giv to youre sister Miss Grace (with mi best compleymints) only on the conditchion that She dont gitt rid of em in less then 5 minites Hopping you are wel as it leves me at preashunt
I remain Dear Sur
Your es
Respketfuly
Fredk. Walker
G. Dalziel Esquire
For the first two years after the picture was finished it was seldom in our possession for more than a week or two at any one time, it being in frequent request, either for exhibition in the provinces or abroad; and not infrequently in Walker's own studio, when he wished to show it to his friends.
"Feby. 21, '66.