[John Lingard, Roman Catholic historian.] Autograph Manuscript regarding a 'print from Lonsdale's painting'.

On both sides of a 9 x 11cm piece of paper, tipped in onto a strip of paper cut from an autograph album. In fair condition, on aged paper with closed tear along vertical fold unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. Lingard's texts, extracted from a letter, reads: 'I had forgotten the engraving. The real publishers of the print from Lonsdale's painting were Zanetti and some one else at Manchester. I think the name was Zanetti, but I make so many mistakes about names that I may be wrong. But one of the partners was an Italian. I have had several inquiries, and have always given the same answer. The enquirers have also always succeeded in their search. I suppose that man pretends that they are scarce that he may ask more but I know not.' Beneath this is a biographical note on Lingard in a contemporary hand, with a similar note in the same hand on the paper on which the manuscript is mounted.