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146 MR. BUCHANAN’S IMPORTA’J [TONS.-ITALY.
and even drew a little: that he often spoke with
affection of his St. Peter and St. Paul, &c. &c. At
this moment the boy came into the room, and on
her mentioning the report, he shook his head, and
said it was a great mistake. As I told you before,
I have no doubt of the whole having originated
from a Milanese dealer having bought an Albano
out of the Monte Palace at Bologna, which he
may have endeavoured to puff off, as coming from
the Sampieri. This, with two or three others,
have been sold to a Milanese gentleman.
“ The large G. Poussin and Titian I am afraid
will not so easily be conveyed, as there is no
method of transporting so large a picture as the
former by land, without rolling; and there is an-
other objection to sending the other in this way.
Of these things, however, I cannot as yet speak
with certainty. It is not unlikely that affairs
may take a different aspect in Italy before many
months elapse, in which case the correspondence
with England will again be opened on this side.
As to Fagan’s Claude, it was sent with his other
pictures some time ago to Palermo, I believe:
besides, he always refused to sell it or any other
alone. There is no other to be got. I hear no-
thing further of the collection at Genoa, but shall
again make inquiry. You have often men-
tioned of late the Modesty and Vanity of the Bar-
and even drew a little: that he often spoke with
affection of his St. Peter and St. Paul, &c. &c. At
this moment the boy came into the room, and on
her mentioning the report, he shook his head, and
said it was a great mistake. As I told you before,
I have no doubt of the whole having originated
from a Milanese dealer having bought an Albano
out of the Monte Palace at Bologna, which he
may have endeavoured to puff off, as coming from
the Sampieri. This, with two or three others,
have been sold to a Milanese gentleman.
“ The large G. Poussin and Titian I am afraid
will not so easily be conveyed, as there is no
method of transporting so large a picture as the
former by land, without rolling; and there is an-
other objection to sending the other in this way.
Of these things, however, I cannot as yet speak
with certainty. It is not unlikely that affairs
may take a different aspect in Italy before many
months elapse, in which case the correspondence
with England will again be opened on this side.
As to Fagan’s Claude, it was sent with his other
pictures some time ago to Palermo, I believe:
besides, he always refused to sell it or any other
alone. There is no other to be got. I hear no-
thing further of the collection at Genoa, but shall
again make inquiry. You have often men-
tioned of late the Modesty and Vanity of the Bar-