Henry Fuseli Esq^r
Royal Academy
London

Le depart prochain de mon Ami M.r W.Y. Ottley
pour la France me fait un devoir de Vous adres
ser ce peu de Signes: - il se propose de

My Dear Friend,

I have so seldom of late reminded
You of my existence either in person or by
letter, that I trust you will allow me
to request a few moments of your time
to say a kind word to the bearer of this
M.^r Austin, a young Artist of this place
who excels in his department of Landscape,
& who is desirous of paying his respects
to you on his intended visit to London
& of being permitted to see the various
works of art intrusted to your care
within the walls of the Royal Academy,
amongst which, I hope you will have
the goodness to favour him with a
Sight of your own. It gives me

great pleasure to hear of you at times
by my Sons, & more particularly of late
by my Daughter Mary Anne, on
whose behalf our best acknowledgements
are due. I assure you it affords me
great pleasure satisfaction to find that the friendship
which has for so great a portion of
our lives subsisted between us, has been
in a manner extended to another
generation; who to an hereditary
attachment add the individual sense
of your constant kindness to them
which I am sure they are desirous
of returning to the utmost of their
power. With invariable attachment
believe me My Dear Friend
ever faithfully Yours
W.Roscoe

Liverpool 17^th Dec.^r 1818