"Gentlemen,—I have received proofs of engravings. You will permit me to thank you for the exquisitely artistic manner in which my rude scratchings on Wood have been rendered by your graver. 'The Group of Beggars,' 'The View of Genoa,' and the background under the Arcade are, to me, marvellous. My chief defect appears to be heaviness and blackness of touch, caused by painfully defective sight. I will, however, endeavour to remedy this by using a harder point, and trusting more to your tasteful interpretation, without overloading my shadows with cross-hatching. There are a dozen more drawings to come, but I wanted to see the proofs of the first instalment before commencing the second batch.
"Believe me to be,
"Gentlemen,
"Your very obliged Servant,
"George Augt. Sala."
Lady with Hounds.
FROM "LONDON SOCIETY."
By Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A.
By permission of Mr. James Hogg.