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218 MR. BUCHANAN’S IMPORTATIONS. -SPAIN.
has been no communication whatever with that
place for many months. At present I hope we shall
in a few clays have the road open; in the mean time
I have been obliged to unite with a person here, in
case any thing turning much to account should
offer with safety; but as I mentioned in former
letters, I shall only make use of his money when
I cannot avoid it, as his love for pictures is such
that he will hardly like to part with those that
please him. He has been exceedingly kind to me,
and has given me money for my bill of one hun-
dred pounds on you, as not a farthing was to be
had from Joyce’s house.
“ I think of leaving this place for Seville, Cor-
dova, Grenada, and Cadiz, in about fifteen or twenty
days. The want of correspondence by post has
hindered me from receiving the determination of
the possessor of the Titian. On my arrival in
Andalusia I shall probably be able to settle that
affair. It is some time since I made a pur-
chase of a well-known picture of Giorgoni’s, of a
Virgin, whole figure, and child, with St. Joseph
offering the child an orange, with a beautiful
landscape. The size of the board is about 2 feet
10 by 3 feet 1 high. I have likewise purchased
a very fine landscape of Murillo’s—size, 5 feet 6
long, by 4 feet 1 high. I sent you an account of
these two in my former letter. The landscape
has been no communication whatever with that
place for many months. At present I hope we shall
in a few clays have the road open; in the mean time
I have been obliged to unite with a person here, in
case any thing turning much to account should
offer with safety; but as I mentioned in former
letters, I shall only make use of his money when
I cannot avoid it, as his love for pictures is such
that he will hardly like to part with those that
please him. He has been exceedingly kind to me,
and has given me money for my bill of one hun-
dred pounds on you, as not a farthing was to be
had from Joyce’s house.
“ I think of leaving this place for Seville, Cor-
dova, Grenada, and Cadiz, in about fifteen or twenty
days. The want of correspondence by post has
hindered me from receiving the determination of
the possessor of the Titian. On my arrival in
Andalusia I shall probably be able to settle that
affair. It is some time since I made a pur-
chase of a well-known picture of Giorgoni’s, of a
Virgin, whole figure, and child, with St. Joseph
offering the child an orange, with a beautiful
landscape. The size of the board is about 2 feet
10 by 3 feet 1 high. I have likewise purchased
a very fine landscape of Murillo’s—size, 5 feet 6
long, by 4 feet 1 high. I sent you an account of
these two in my former letter. The landscape