"Steinle."
VIEW OF SUBIACO, NEAR ROME. 1853
Leighton House Collection[ToList]
Translation.]
"Most Esteemed Herr Steinle,—When you receive these lines I shall have already been long in the lovely land wherein I lack nothing but your presence; I beg you to accept from me the accompanying translation of the first volume of the works of the Father of English Poetry as a little remembrance; whether it is a good rendering of the great master I cannot judge, as at the moment of writing it has not arrived; but one thing I can answer for: it is the only volume of the only translation of Chaucer into the German language in existence; I only regret that there is also no Italian version; may it serve you as a souvenir of your devoted and grateful pupil,
"Fred Leighton."
"Frankfurt a/M."
"Rome, Via Della Purificazione No. 11,
January 11.