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Sept. 28, 1903
18, Old Queen Street,
Westminster
Dear S[[?]]:

I have had a talk with Mr. Thompson. He advises you to bring the picture over rather than to exhibit it in Paris. He says that the Society of Portrait Painters is only open to members and that there may not be a good chance for public exhibition of your picture until the Academy's but that it will be important for you to have a good work to show in your studio when you start operations. He says that he