Horatio Nelson to Lady Emma Hamilton (Letter written in Madarasz Script)

Little update October 2016: Thanks everyone for watching! I would be glad if you read this comment before asking – below are informations about the materials I used! If you do have questions still, I'm glad to answer (if you ask politely). I may not always see your comments or have time instantly to answer! ....... These are the first words of Horatio Nelson's last letter to his lover Lady Emma Hamilton, written in the night before the battle of Trafalgar (in which he was fatally wounded). Since a while I have been studying Madarasz' famous script which he calls 'Roundhand', but which looks very different than usual Copperplate calligraphy and is famous among calligrapher's for its 'dashing' quality ;). In 'The Madarasz Book' he explains in detail how to write it and I have been following his instructions … working on a lot of issues like spacing, consistency of stroke width and so on. A fun script! Very manly and fitting for the famous general, I thought! This is the more casual style where Madarasz advises not to retouch the squares and bottoms of the letters. I used walnut ink from kalligraphie.ch, a Unique Obliques oblique holder and a B&F Velleda EF nib on Pure Cotton Crown Mill paper. Instructions for learning Madarasz script can be found on the website of IAMPETH. If you use them, consider making a donation to IAMPETH please!