Item 25 - Letter from John Gage to Dawson Turner

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Letter from John Gage to Dawson Turner

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  • 17 Feb. 1829 (Creation)

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Lincoln’s Inn, (London).—Ask him to return Barry’s miniature of Mr Butler. Is sorry they missed each other at the Athenaeum last night.

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My dear Sir,

Be so good as to return me Barry’s Miniature of Mr Butler, {1} which you will perceive by the inclosed, was sent by mistake.

I understand you were at the Athenæum, last night, & am sorry we did not meet—

truly Yours
John Gage.

Lin: Inn {2}

[Superscription:] For / | Dawson Turner Esqr

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Dawson Turner has added ’17 Feb. 1829.’ at the foot. The number ‘54’ has been pencilled at the top.

{1} Probably a print of the stipple engraving by R. W. Sievier, published in 1817, of a miniature of Charles Butler by James Barry. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, D8639. Gage studied law under Butler, and both were members of Lincoln’s Inn.

{2} Lincoln’s Inn.

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      This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022.

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