Was there any relationship, and what, between this "cousin Wilson," and the bishop's son, Dr. Thomas Wilson? I should be glad of any information bearing on any or on all these subjects.
William Denton.
Bishop Wilson's Works.—The Rev. John Keble, Hursley, near Winchester, being engaged in writing the life and editing the works of Bishop Wilson (Sodor and Man), would feel obliged by
the communication of any letters, sermons, or other writings of the bishop, or by reference to any incidents not to be found in printed accounts of his life.
Hobbes, Portrait of.—In the Memoirs of T. Hobbes, it is stated that a portrait of him was painted in 1669 for Cosmo de Medici.
I have a fine half-length portrait of him, on the back of which is the following inscription:
"Thomas Hobbes, æt. 81. 1669.
Jos. Wick Wrilps, Londiensis, Pictor Caroli 2di. R.
pinxt."
Is this painter the same as John Wycke, who died in 1702, but who is not, I think, known as a portrait painter?