[Malcolm Osborne, distinguished British printmaker.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Malcolm Osborne.') to 'Codner' [the artist Maurice Frederick Codner], regarding their ocular afflications, and Codner's need for information about printing an engraving.

2pp., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. The letter has two themes. First, the condition of Osborne's eye following his departure from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and treatment for amoebic dysentery. ('I have been away in Worcestershire having a slack time on a fruit farm. On my return I must have used the eye more than it could stand, and it became inflamed badly. […] I do hope your eye is now behaving itself and that you will soon be out of the doctor's hands and able to resume your work. For I know well what you must be feeling.') Second, Codner's need for the address of Emery Walker Ltd, 'the firm who undertake reproductions of pictures by photogravure or colotype'. He concludes: 'If your client prefers a Mezzotint Engraving, which is of course more satisfactory, perhaps you could find out what he thinks it should cost & I may be able to put you in touch with a good engraver.'