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Alice Woolner's hand is difficult to decipher. She appears to be writing on behalf of Thomas Woolner to arrange a meeting with J.F. Lewis on January 29th, at the Athenaeum.

Woolner appears to inquire about the health of J.F. Lewis, noting "this severe weather I fear is very bad for your invalid."

"March 29th, 1914. Dear Mr. Hewitt, Thank you very much for searching out the letters of my father and taking so much trouble about the matter. It will be very nice to see you again if you can manage to bring the letters but I should like to know when you mean to come as I might be out - we are leaving this place on Monday April 6th and tomorrow we are out all the afternoon - With our kind regards, I am Sincerely yours, Amy Woolner."

A folded sheet of paper, inscribed: "Letters from T. Woolner to J.F. Lewis R.A., returned with thanks & compliments, May 19, 1914, from Amy Woolner, Belle Vue, Chiddingfold, Surrey."

"Feb 1 '74. My dear Mr Lewis, I was sorry to miss the pleasure of seeing you last Thursday, but I was afraid you would not be able to come to town again so soon. The election was I think perfectly satisfactory; the new manner of voting acted well, and really gained the wishes of the body by breaking the coalition of several cliques, which are individually of small account, but formidable when combined. I shall be very pleased to have a chat with you on the subject of your pictures, and anything I could do to help you towards some effective assistance would give me great delight; for I have such an extraordinary admiration for your works that I think every bit of your workmanship should be jealously preserved, and every idea of yours on canvas should be made intelligible, even tho' every bit of it may not be by your own hand. I would willingly turn down to see you some day if I could not meet you in town: but I could most likely meet you any day at the Athenaeum if I had a day or two of notice before. Most truly yours, T. Woolner"

"Ap: 12 '74. My dear Mr Lewis, Sir Vincent Eyre is anxious to do something towards preserving the antiquities in Egypt, and intends drawing up a petition to the Khedive for that purpose, and to have it presented to him thro' the Foreign Office. But in order to give the petition full effect both with our and the Egyptians authorities, he thinks it best to obtain the sanctions and signatures of the President and Council of the R. Academy, and of the Roy: Soc: of Antiquaries. He was speaking to me on the subject, and I naturally thought that you would be the fittest member to mention it to the Council of the R. Academy; if you are willing to bring it forward, or look over the paper with a view to bringing it forward, will you kindly let me know that I may tell Sir Vincent what you say? He saw the Khedive this last winter on the subject, and he seemed anxious also to preserve the Monuments; and would be glad of any external assistance such as English opinion, to assist him in such a desirable object. Sir Vincent says the travellers increase and are knocking things about terribly, and he thinks no time should be lost. I hope you are feeling stronger with this milder weather, and are at work again. Believe me truly yours, T. Woolner."

"Ap: 19 '74. My dear Mr Lewis, Many thanks for your kind letter; and I have no doubt the R. Academy will wish to support a petition with so good an object. I saw Dobson last evening and he told me the council were not busy now, so that maybe they will take notice of this matter. I grieve to have such a poor account of you from yourself. After such a long habit of close work to be denied it is indeed a loss. But the loss belongs to us all almost more than to you. It will give me great pleasure to meet you any time at the Club you may name. If at any time you came to town, and it would save you the trouble of returning to Walton the same day, I can give you a snug little bedroom where you would be comfortable, and I would try and get [William] Boxall or some pleasant friend to meet you at dinner. I am a bachelor just now; my wife having gone off to the I. of Wight with a little girl who is not strong. Most truly yours, T. Woolner."

"May 17 '74. My dear Mr Lewis, your letter was sent on to me at Paris, and greatly delighted I was to know you were pleased with the appreciation of your wonderful picture. You do not think so highly of your own work as your admirers do, or you could not be surprised at any sum being offered for one of your chief pictures. I am sure Mr Graham's offer was bona fide, as he asked me to find out if the possessor would take the sum mentioned, and as he was willing to give it. £10,000 is a large sum, but not much to a man worth £100,000 a year who wishes to gratify a keen taste. He told me he had refused 6000 guis. for Turner's "Van Goyen in search of a subject", and he gave 7000 for Gainsbro's two ladies sold at Christie's last year; so that you see he is not wedded to cash where taste is concerned. My belief is that very soon your chief works will be priceless; that is, they will all become established in first class collections where no money will be able [to] extract them. - There are some delightful pictures in the Loan Coll. at Paris, both old and modern. What a pity you are not well enough to go! - There are the choice works from private houses which will not be seen again by the public. Ingres best works are there. Delaroche's best - the Murder of the Duke de Guise. -A wonderful portrait of a young man by Raphael. Two fine portraits by Antonio More; superb Dutch landscapes, and in fact to have an idea of the wealth there the Ex. must be seen. The knic-knacs are superb and astonishing. - But I will not tire you with an account of all the delightful things I saw. It was particularly pleasant to me, for my wife had never been on the Continent before and everything was new as well as pleasant to her. - Gerome is very fine in the Salon this year, three pictures all equally good. The mass there, of course, being fearful rubbish. The drawing, of which so much is said, is mostly weak, and inexact, and vulgar. - With kindest wishes for your health- Ever truly yours, T. Woolner. Please [...] to answer this. " See: Thomas Woolner, R.A., sculptor and poet, pages 294-295.