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27th Dec—

Dear John: 
Here is your charge — I hope it is right

3.00 — from you
—1.30 — for bottles—
30 — postage
1.40

Rubens worked on gesso - grounds which were covered over with dead oil ground
Ruben's worked on grey grounds often—
Ruben's used the Maroger medium.
Ruben's has just confirmed this from his grave - for you & me.

Maroger & his late Pal from The Louvre [strikethrough] found [/strikethrough] revealed litharge (a drie,) - present in all films of the old masters - 

Fragonard used raw umber ← a drier - & black oil

Habby N. year—
Reg —

Transcription Notes:
Maroger is an oil varnish painting medium discovered by Jacques Maroger Jean-Honoré Fragonard - French painter