Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Bicknell, 1863 May 18.

Requesting a copy of the sales catalog for Bicknell's father's art collection, and explaining that he is "busy with a work on English art" and would therefore appreciate it if Bicknell would give him access to materials in his possession which would be of great use to him; relating news of his family and sending his regards to Mrs. Bicknell and her father, David Roberts; condemning the failure of the Royal Academy to make "Ned Cooke" [a probable reference to English painter Edward William Cooke] a Royal Academician.