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May 17th, 1938

Dear Francis:

I am sending you herewith a certificate on yours Gainsborough.

After having made an investigation, we came to the conclusion that the best to give a certificate today on Gainsborough would be Dr. Walter Heil formerly with the Darmstadt Museum, then with the Detroit Institute and now director of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.

Dr. Heil to whom I showed the Gainsborough in your apartment two years ago, remembered it very well, and is writing a book on Gainsborough which will appear sometime in the near future.

Hoping these lines will find you in good health,

Kindly believe me

Yours sincerely,

(René Seligmann)

Francis Kohlman, Esq. 
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
Park Avenue & 50th Street
New York, New York

GS