LETTERS OF GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM 349
LETTERS OF GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM TO
JAMES S. ROLLINS
EDITED BY C. B. ROLLINS
PART VII
LETTERS: OCTOBER 26, 1873—NOVEMBER 4, 1877
Kansas City Oct 26, 1873
Maj J. S. Rollins
My dear Sir,
Your favor of the 23rd inst. came duly to hand. I regret
to learn that you have been on the sick list, but trust that
you are all right again. My own health, at present is as good,
I think, as it ever has been, and if it will but so continue, I
flatter myself that I will yet be able to make many pictures
which will afford pleasure to others after I am called hence. I
will call by as I go east, and assist in the proper framing of
your portrait. It will be well to put it on a new and strong
stretching frame, with another good thick canvass behind it to
give that on which the portrait is painted additional strength.
I may not, however, get off as soon as I expected, as I have
several portraits on hand, but I think I will leave during the
second week of November at farthest. As I told you in
my last, I employ all my leizure in making drawings to be
elaborated into pictures which I intend as my winter work in
New-York. While there I will try to make arrangements
with the Harpers and others to supply them with illustrations
of western life and manners, as exemplified upon our rivers
plains and mountains.
I am anxious to make our engraving of "Martial Law"
pay expenses, at least, as soon as possible. I have thought
that it might help the matter to put up the original picture as a
prize to be drawn in a raffle each subscriber to a print having
one chance.
