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214 #33 Ferry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, June 28th, 1904. Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, Ltd., #160 New Bond Street, London, England. Gentlemen:-- Your cablegram cam this morning, reading:-- "Can sell you Whistler's famous full-length portrait of Irving as Philip of Spain, six thousand pounds here. Please cable if you want it. Dowdeswell, Chiaroschro, London." As I do not desire to purchase this picture, I am sending a written reply, instead of a telegraphic one. I know the portrait very well, having seen it not only in Sir Henry Irving's own apartments, but also in the Edinburgh Memorial Exhibition recently closed. It is, of course, a beautiful work of art, but not one that I should care to add to my collection. Thank you for your kindness in the matter, I remain, Yours very sincerely, Charles L. Freer