Frankfurt am Main,
April 30, 1865.
Dearest Friend,—As your last friendly lines of 14th March did not bring your address, I grasp the opportunity offered me by Mr. Tobie André to express to you my heartfelt sympathy on the loss of your dear mother. I remember that you often spoke to me of this mother with true filial affection, and I have secretly blessed you for it; I know now also that you will treasure her memory!—Always, your truly devoted,
Steinle.
FOOTNOTES:
[26] See [Appendix], "Lord Leighton's Sketches."
[27] See [page 59, vol. ii.], poem, Leighton's "Francesca di Rimini," by R.A.
[28] Head painted on the wall of the Vestry of Highnam Church—since destroyed.
[29] "Eucharis."
[30] Sir Hubert Parry writes: "I remember Leighton made a practical test of my father's medium by painting a fine dashing sketch of a head on the wall of the Vestry at Highnam Church. I used to admire it greatly. Unfortunately that Vestry was pulled down; and though efforts were made to preserve the sketch by cutting a great piece of plaster out of the wall, I understand that during the many years when I was hardly ever at Highnam, the plaster crumbled and collapsed." See letter to Steinle.