John Knowles Esq^r
Navy Office
Somerset Place
London

Brighthelmstone Sept^r
30.^th 1819.

My dear Sir

Accept my thanks for Your attention to my
Concerns when the present pressure of Your own might
claim the whole of it for themselves. As the remains of
a trifling but vexatious indisposition caught by a severe
cold make it advisable for me to stay a day or two longer
than I intended, I lose no time to request that on recei-
ving this, as soon as possible You will inform Mr Strow=
ger of the Prize Figures I have fixed on, viz.
The Apollo for the Modellers, and
The Gladiator for the Designers.
The best cast of the Gladiator in my opinion is that
which we possessed before the one presented to the
Academy by the Prince Regent.
I hope I have Left nothing Ambiguous
for the Candidates, who may begin immediately on
Your communicating this for Strowger.
Monday I hope to See you in London; a
Line of Yours _ with the Number of Your place in
Percy S.^t will greatly oblige me. My Wife sends You
Her kindest Comp^ts. Adieu, Ever Yours
H.^y Fuseli