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out of which the Statue is in the proportion of 130 feet
The other Model is of a Column, surrounded by the Statues of Duncan, Howe, Nelson & S:t Vincent, & surmounted by Victory waving her Laurel Crown the whole of this likewise is made to a Scale of 230 feet 1/4 of an inch to a foot making the height of 4 feet 9 Inches & 1/2; ⎮Many thanks to your for your offer concerning Nancy, after a painful & lingering Illness it hath pleased the Almighty to restore her to Me again by the means of M:r Long's skill & care & the Air of Hampstead, I am sincerely thankful for this mercy & now thank God my mind is at rest on that account & that he may bestow on You a Similar Blessing & every other that in His Infinite Wisdom may seem good is the earnest wish of
Dear Friend
your much obliged
& faithful Servant
J Flaxman
Oct:r 6 1799
Buckingham Street
Fitzroy Square