W.P. Frith, Bayswater, to T. Miller
Obliged for the loan of the Ramsgate; would like to know Miller's opinion of
Ward's "
Byron"; looks forward to the next
Academy election, in which Ward is a candidate; Birch's sale was a source of astonishment, wonders at the increasing popularity of modern art; received four commissions in a day; discusses a sketch, seen by
Egg, offered to
Newsham, unless asked for by the
Queen, discusses Royal commissions; news of Egg &
Webster; has read
Etty's 'Life'.