Letter from J.S. Forbes to Eugene Cremetti, 13 August 1896

J. S. Forbes
13 Aug. 1896
Dear Mr. Cremetti,
I have reflected upon the subject of your cable today and as the result I write this note. I am not very easily induced, as you know, to part with any of my pictures, the collection of which has been a recreation & delight over many years & that I feel I have a good many [two or three words illegible] "parting is sweet sorrow." In the present case [two words illegible] will influence [last line illegible].
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give me that Mr. Frick is appreciative of Art & a collector for himself, so that there is a community of feeling between him & me and the other that the [?] [?] & agreeable relations I have had our many years with your fine [?] make it very acceptable to me to be [?] to you in the desire to [?] the wishes of such a client as Mr. Frick. [?] as you propose [?], I will part with the [?] Rousseau & the fine Israels. Waiting for the sum of three [last two lines illegible]
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the price at which I acquired them some years since. As fine examples of these two great Masters they [?] been criticism & comparison with the best of the [?] [?].
I so regret that Mr. & Mrs. Frick should have found the [?] [?] & the [?] absent.It would have been a real pleasure to my wife & myself to have [?] them had we not been living in the [wilds?] of [?] for the Autumn.
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J.S. Forbes
Mr. Cremetti
Messrs. Hollender & Cremetti
Hanover Gallery
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