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October 21st, 1927.

^[[GS]]

William M. Chadbourne, Esq., 
810 Fifth Avenue, 
New York, New York.

Dear Sir:

3768  We have this day sold to you a painting of the English 18th. century School, which we guarantee to be the work of, and to have been painted entirely by, Sir Thomas LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (1769-1830):
                        
This painting is a portrait of Mirze Abu Talet Kahn, Ambassador of Persia. He is seen in a three quarter pose, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator. He has a flowing mustache and a black beard; he wears a turban of flowered silk. His richly embroidered costume is bordered by a magnificent fur collar. In his belt is a kandjar. According to Armstrong's "Sir Thomas Lawrence" this picture was painted in 1810. One of the first known engravings of the painting dates back to 1812.

In a letter to Mrs. Wolff about this ^[[circled]] particular ^[[/circled]] picture Sir Thomas Lawrence wrote: "I have a peculiar pleasure and pride in the pictures I send to remote countries which are unacquainted with the higher works and principles of art. They might with security be deceived and slighted by me. The judgment, the difficulties, (if I may say it) the science, of the picture will be lost upon them; but after they have for years liked and admired as a resemblance, and been satisfied that it is a fair specimen of my talent, some great artist or true connoisseur may come among them, and they will learn that in every part it is one of my most finished products; that even for the monarch of my own country I could not have labored with more skill and vigilance than I have done for strangers whom I never see, and from whom neither praise might be expected nor censure feared."

This ^[[circled]] particular ^[[/circled]] picture is mentioned and engraved in "Engravings of the Finest Masterpieces of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A." (Number Five