_Bishop Wilson's Works._--The REV. JOHN KEBLE, Hursley, near Winchester,
being engaged in writing the life and editing the works of Bishop Wilson
(Sodor and Man), would feel obliged by {221} the communication of any
letters, sermons, or other writings of the bishop, or by reference to any
incidents not to be found in printed accounts of his life.
_Hobbes, Portrait of_.--In the _Memoirs_ of T. Hobbes, it is stated that a
portrait of him was painted in 1669 for Cosmo de Medici.
I have a fine half-length portrait of him, on the back of which is the
following inscription:
"Thomas Hobbes, æt. 81. 1669.
J^{os}. Wick Wrilps, Londiensis, Pictor Caroli 2^{di}. R.
pinx^t."
Is this painter the same as John Wycke, who died in 1702, but who is not, I
think, known as a portrait painter?
Can any of your readers inform me whether a portrait of Hobbes is now in
the galleries at Florence, and, if so, by whom it was painted? It is
possible that mine is a duplicate of the picture which was painted for the
Grand Duke.