[Sir Thomas Myddleton Biddulph, Keeper of the Privy Purse under Queen Victoria.] Autograph Letter Signed to the painter Joseph Lionel Williams, regarding permission to copy royal paintings in Windsor Castle.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, together with that of the Williams family. (The recipient Joseph Lionel Williams (c.1832-1877) was son of the wood-engraver Samuel Williams (1788-1853).) 2pp, 12mo. On paper with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. After apologising in the delay in replying he writes: ‘I am afraid there are no decorations at Windsor Castle, suitable for a background for Portraits of the Queen & Prince Consort.’ He will ask if Williams can ‘have permission to copy Portraits of William 3d & Queen Mary’, although he would imagine ‘they are already engraved’. He concludes: ‘I do not think I could obtain leave for you to make a Drawing of the [Steel?] [?] of Charles 1st. as it is locked up.’