Tong Thong
No 932.
24 January, 1872. –
Governor
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell.
to
K. C. M. G.
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Kimberley.
H. K. H. The Duke of Edinburgh Requisition for Portrait of -
2545 Roughing
Mr. Measles
206
M. Sargood says that it is almost impossible to get anything but a daub for less than £150. The picture for Mansion costs $200. His full length, by Bacconi, of the Duke is underrated.
I have given the requisite 7 sittings for it. It was thought so satisfactory that it was sent to Windsor for the Queen's...