Apology for infringement of copyright: Latimer Street, Birmingham, July 9, 1889: To Messrs. W. and T. Avery: Sirs, with reference Messrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Company’s letter of the 8th inst.: We regret that we have Published ILLUSTRATIONS which are in any way copies of or taken from your designs. We have delivered up to Messrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Company for you the Blocks from which the Illustrations complained of were taken. These Blocks were used exclusively for the purpose of the advertisement in Messrs. Martineau and Smith’s Journal, we have not in our possession any catalogues, circulars, or other papers containing any illustrations taken from them; and we undertake that we will not in the future use the said Blocks or any Illustrations copied or imitated from any of the designs belonging to or used by you. Yours, WILLIAM BAYLISS & COMPANY (signed) W. Bayliss.
[see also Birmingham Daily Post: Saturday 13th July 1889 and Glasgow Herald: Wednesday 17th July 1889]
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