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[[paper watermark - AIR MAIL]]
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TELEGRAMS:
KEIGHBRACE, AUDLEY, LONDON
TELEPHONE:
GROSVENOR 6321

PARK LANE HOTEL
PICCADILLY
LONDON, W.1
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3.

on this possibility.

I will talk with you about Mrs. Weld Blundell, who said that the primitive has now been agreed upon as Flemish; that someone came a few weeks ago with a drawing which showed that it had existed at Ghent, and that it is definitely not for sale, although I would be welcome to see it even though the house is no longer open to visitors, having finished on the 13th., as stated in Burlington Magazine. I left it open, thanked her, said I hoped I would have time, etc.

Burlington ^[[M.]] said that to see the QUATTROCENTO ITALIAN [[underlined]] PAINTINGS [[/underlined]] (important) at Highnam Court, 2 Miles N. W. Gloucester, it was obligatory to write to Major T. M. Gambier-Parry.  Highnam Ct. was listed as closing to the public September [[underlined]] 16 [[/underlined]].  So I wrote a polite letter explaining that I had just arrived..etc.  Then said I hoped for permission to see the pictures [[underlined]] and sculptures [[/underlined]] in the collection.  In another paragraph I said I had been charged by a friend in New York to askwhether Maj. Gamb.Parry had ever at any time considered parting with any items in the sculpture collection...hoped he would not think me rude in transmitting the question which is based on true interest.  I said.."my own interest is perhaps more in the field of painting" and hoped a time mutually agreeable might be suggested.  I still await his reply.  Its a hell-of-a-ride to Gloucester, five hours in train and god knows what by taxi or car, and the same is true of the Weld-Blundell Flemish Primitive....between [[underlined]] Liverpool [[/underlined]] and Southport!!!! [[underlined]] And return! [[/underlined]] all of which one would not wish to do without some hope of doing some business.  Many owners of big places are living on the gate fees, and if they sell the attractions within the houses, they kill the goose that lays the eggs.

I have told Morton Lee today, very politely, that I must try a new way to approach the Rosebush.  He understands but warns me that the gentlemen can be curt, rude and unpleasant.  I said that he may also be polite and courteous and that I would believe that until it was proved to the contrary.  (But I fear he [[underline]] is [[/underline]] a brute, just the same) Symonds has not been able to contact his racing friend, Mr. Blackwell of Newmarket, and I will again try this before trying to force my way into Mentmore or Dalmeny (Scotland)

I certainly miss the chance to talk these things out at lunch or in the evening, for these letters must be long to cover all the details which you ought to be informed on. If you have the patience to read them, I will continue to type them.....

Kindest regards to you both. 
Sincerely,
^[[signature - John]]