Sir Francis Baring (latterly Lord Northbrook).] Autograph Signature ('Frans Baring') as frank of letter by the classical scholar Edmund Henry Barker, with fragment of Barker's letter with his damaged signature.

On 6 x 9.5 cm slip of paper, cut from the letter. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. On one side, with part of the franking postmark in red ink, Baring has addressed the letter in the customary fashion: 'Thetford December ten 1834 – | F. T. Maxon Esqr | 6 Little Friday St | Cheapside | London – | Frans Baring'. (The recipient is the solicitor Frederick Thomas Maxon.) The reverse of the slip carries part of the conclusion of the letter, with the top half of Barker's signature. The subject matter is appropriate: '[…] & have it […] be no erasure or […] [t]he frank will hardly […] the old, but the […] with the latter. However […] by the Twopenny-Po[st] […] tomorrow-night. […] [bes]t wishes attend you […] | Most truly yours | E. H. Barker [signature cut in half horizontally, with only top half present]'.