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  <dc:title>Letter from L[oius] Simond, 5 South Hanover Street, Edinburgh to Charles Blagden, Somerset House, London</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Introduces William Allan, a young artist of great merit [Sir William Allan (1782-1850), Painter; President of the Royal Scottish Academy].  Praises his painting  [The Sale of Circassian Captives to a Turkish Bashaw, 1816] which will go in the exhibition.  Asks Blagden to interest himself on Allan's behalf to find a good position for it in the exhibition.  Has revisited Paris, discusses political situation there.  Discusses publication of his journal in America and France [Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, 1815].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>16 March 1816</dc:date>
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