Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883)

ge, May

Mrs.

: though not by the Ipswich Man who did me,

annot harmonize the Lines and the Lights, as in a Picture. And as the Face is the Chief Object, I say the safest thing is to sit for the Face, neck, and Should

thing but a plain Background, like

othing nearer White than such material as (I think) Brussels Lace (?) of a yellowish or even dirty hue;

n direct at the luminous Machine. This will suit you, who have a finely turned Head, which is finely placed on Neck and Shoulders. But, as your

in a lightly clouded Day; no

ad; but just as I got out of a Cab, etc., yet the success of the Thing made me consider afterward why it succeeded; and I have now rea

igh will find you before you leave-for America!-and even after that. But I shall not feel the same confidence and ease in transcribing for you pretty Norman Songs, or gossiping about them as I have done when my Letters were only to travel to Kenilworth: which very place-which

Bacon. And one begins to think Macready a Grea

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