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I shall skip over also.  I have now five portraits for certain and it looks as if I might have more —

You will be pleased to know that I have been awarded in the Exhibition here - a Gold medal of the first class — 

I am a member of the International Jury but not in the painting section or I should not have been able to take the medal.  My section is on Etchings, engravings, lithographs, &c. and the french make a very 


great effort in that way.  It is something of an honor for a foreigner to vote for french medals but there are some rather pleasant experiences connected with it.  For example I dined with the President last Saturday and tonight dine with the Cabinet Ministers and there are all sorts of fêtes and receptions given to the Jury - I shall probably be able to tell you all about it before long.  I