Dear Sir							2 Lyon Terrace Edgware Road
				I conceive it necessary to trouble you with a line in order that you may sent some person to my House with the dress & appendages of the New Zealand Chiefs. – My attempt to paint their likenesses without any sittings from either of the will be attended with no small difficulty, neither can I at present anticipate, even from my best endeavours / which I promise you shall not be wanting / a very successful performance, but as their likenesses have been so ardently desir’d. I shall at least discover my willingness to do all in my power to effect that, in which I likewise feel an interest. – I have considered the subject of the picture, & made some sketches – & wishing to [?crossed out] give it a feature of history, have taken a likeness of Mr Kendall to be among them in the same picture, he is to be sitting down, & they [?crossed out] attending to his instructions – the picture will take some time before it is finish’d; the groupe will be small whole lengths. - ------- --- 
I remain
	my Dr Sir
				yours most truly & Sir [?]
				James Barry
7 Decr 1820