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 the block merely saying it came out of the house of a billionaire.  Begins at 10 goes to 12 14 I make it 16 - goes to 17.50  I make it 19 goes to 20  25  30  my friend says 35 & asks if you want  I'll go higher  its a fine thing.  I say How high will you go  he says 100  I say we'll get it for less.  Up it goes 40  45  50  55  60  65  70  72  75  I say 76 & get it.  My friend signs the card & I observe the name Snow.  Good.  Snow.  We go out  On the way Ed Mahon is sitting  Puts out his hand  Says "Anything here Jim."  I say "We just got the best thing in the place."  Off we go Snow & I.  Snow says he'll let me in for half or if I want he will hang it in his dining room.  Stop at Ainslees  A has his Washington  Says he phoned Babcock & Ferargil & no answer  So I say when I see it  [[underline]] Looks [[/underline]] good  favorable  but I'd like to see it in daylight  Ainslee says "I want you to and I want your opinion in writing & I'll pay you for it. whatever 

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you say.  Can you come in in the morning.  So I'll do what I said  I'll give him opinion free but on condition he advertises in my paper & gives me check for 100 in advance on it.  The picture looks to me at first glance as though it could be

        Portrait of Washington of Stuart Atheneum type.  has Stuart characteristics  is painted on [[strikethrough]] Stuart [[/strikethrough]] twilled canvas [[strikethrough]] which [[strikethrough]] such as Stuart almost ^[[universally used.]]  Has the expression of mouth found in the Atheneum  unfinished  has a solid rich color and treatment of nose has [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a technique ^[[such as]] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Stuart used in his early manner; which indicates that it was painted when the impression of the artists study of Washington from the life was still strong.

  Anislee says he'll take $150 worth of adv and give me a check for 75 in advance.

   Monday Mar 1.  Stop at Knoedlers  meet pretty Miss Ruth Wallace of Minneapolis who introduces a young man who is with her & [[strikethrough]] says [[/strikethrough]] gets off a big rattle of eulogy of me  something this "here's a man gets up a show for other artists, gets behind them & gives