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Jaffa, March 29th, 1862. 

 Dear Mr. Buchanan: 



Permit me to request that you will accept the accompanying portrait as 

 a slight mark of my grateful recollection of the hospitable reception and 

 agreeable visit at the White House on the occasion of my tour in the United 

 States. 



Believe me that the cordial welcome which was then vouchsafed to me 

 by the American people, & by you as their Chief, can never be effaced from 

 my memory. 



I venture to ask you at the same time to remember me kindly to Miss 

 Lane, 



& Believe me. 



Dear Mr. Buchanan, 



Yours very truly, 



Albert Edward. 



The envelope was addressed : "The Hon'ble James Buchanan, 

 Ex-President of the United States, U. S. A." 



HoppNiSR, John. 



Born in Whitechapel, London, England, 1758; died there, 1810. Was a 

 pupil of the Royal Academy, beginning 1775. By the patronage of the 

 Prince of Wales, he became a fashionable portrait painter. Was a fine 

 colorist and also painted a few fancy subjects. The Prince and the Duke and 

 Duchess of York were among his sitters. A. R. A. in 1793; R. A. in 1795. 



PORTRAIT OF MRS. ABINGTON. 



On canvas, 30X H., 25X W. 



Jansein, ((Janssens) : Cornelis-Janson van CeulEn. 



Born probably at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1594; died about 1664. Por- 

 trait painter. Had attained considerable celebrity at home when, in 161 8, 

 he went to England where he remained until 1648, meeting with very flat- 

 tering encouragement. He then settled at Utrecht. 



PORTRAIT OF MADAME TULP. 



On canvas, 44 >< H., 35^^ W. 



Lawrence, Sir Thomas. 



Born in Bristol, England, 1769; died in London, 1830. This famous por- 

 trait painter showed evidences of his gift when a mere child, and at the age 

 of ten years started as a portrait painter in crayons at Oxford, soon after- 

 ward moving to Bath. He began to use oils when seventeen, and a year 

 later, settling in London, became a student at the Royal Academy. In 



