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[[preprinted]]
JOHN NICHOLSON,
DEALER IN
PAINTINGS BY OLD AND MODERN MASTERS.

TEL. WHITEHALL 7291,
CABLE ADDRESS: "RYDER, LONDON."

FIRST FLOOR.
23, RYDER STREET,
ST. JAMES'S,
LONDON, S.W.I.
[[/preprinted]]

Hotel Fairfax,
116 E 56th Street,
New York City.

Monday, 1st August, 1938.

Mr. Wegin,
Messrs. Jacques Seligmann & Co.,
3, East 51st Street,
New York, N.Y.

Dear Sirs,

I am sending you advance notice that I shall again be showing for one month, beginning September 1st, at the Hotel Fairfax, New York City, a choice selection of English portraits and landscapes which I have just brought over from England. This collection includes paintings by such artists as mentioned in the list given below:-

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[[underlined]] PORTRAITS by: [[/underlined]]
Thomas Gainsborough
John Hoppner
George Harlow
William Owen
Francis Cotes
Nathaniel Hone
Gilbert Stuart
James Northcote
George Romney
[[/column one]]

[[column two]]
[[underlined]] LANDSCAPES by [[/underlined]]
Thomas Gainsborough
E.C. Williams
Thomas Hand
J. Barker
Sidney Percy
S.D. Colkett
H.J. Boddington
W.H. Crome
F.W. Watts
E. Pritchett
[[/column two]]

If you could visit me during this period I would be pleased to show you these paintings. The prices are extremely reasonable and the quality of the finest. Every painting is beautifully framed and ready to show a customer.

As I deal with the trade exclusively and have studied the special requirements of the American dealers for the last twelve years, I am sure a visit from you will be to our mutual advantage.

Very truly yours,

[[signed]] John Nicholson. [[/signed]]
John Nicholson. 

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^[[Wa]]
JN:AC.

Transcription Notes:
Thanks=Thomas 2nd column, first item.