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One morning on Inman's coming to the studio he purposed that I should paint miniatures as he was tired of it as he had all the painting in oil he wanted. Now said he frame a picture and hang it on the wall beside mine. His price was thirty dollars for a miniature and mine was to be put at $25.00 and he was to raise his price to $50.00 for that style His specimen was one of Mrs  Inman. I did as desired and was very thankful for the opportunity as it was supposed it would earn money. People called and examined and invariably chose the $50.00 style, I got nothing though I painted the greater portion of the $50.00 picture for Inman for which he paid me. Another morning on Inman's coming to the studio he said "Cummings I am determined to do no more damned miniature painting, take down my specimen and let yours remain at the fifty dollar price". I did so and had employment at once, no one objecting to the specimen on the price and and we then formed the firm of Inman & Cummings portrait and miniature painters the second only of its kind. Inman receiving half of the miniature department. That arrangement continued some five years or until Inman's removal to Philadelphia