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To JANE CATTERMOLE,1 28 JANUARY 1869

Summary and extract in Walter T. Spencer catalogue No. 117 (1903); MS 1 p., with envelope; addressed Miss Cattermole; dated Bath, 28 Jan 69.

Acknowledges receipt of her letter. Begs her to tell her mama,2 that I have no knowledge of the copyright law in its reference to painting and engraving.3

1. Jane Grace Cattermole (1840-1901), the eldest of George Cattermole’s four surviving daughters; she had written to CD in July with news of her father’s death (Pilgrim Letters 12, p. 158).
2. Clarissa Cattermole (1813-92).
3. 2Mrs Cattermole was presumably exploring possible sources of income from her husband’s work; a review of the Institute of Painters in Water-Colour exhibition, commenting unfavourably upon the work of Cattermole’s son, Charles, noted George Cattermole’s remaining works were to be dispersed by sale at auction (The Times, 20 Feb 69).