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Beginning of Page 1 38 Conduit Street W. LONDON ( England ) December 16th, 1909.

Henry Clay Frick, Esq. NEW YORK.

Dear Sir, Last Saturday I received a letter from Mr. Rogers Fry, stating that he would call here, at your request, on the 15th to see the Van Dyck. He came yesterday, & he seemed not satisfied with the Painting as being a Van Dyck. Of course Mr. Fry is entitled to have his own opinion - but I am quite satisfied, not only with the opinion of other Experts ( I will not say better qualified, but of equally high standing ) and with the undoubted fact that the Painting has never changed hands since it was End of Page 1