Reference code
LAW/4/255
Title
C. Eastlake, Rome, 12 Piazza Mignanelli, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London
Date
13 Nov 1824
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He sends Lawrence the finished perspective drawing of St. Peters; he muses over the efforts he put in before the "man or rather machine" completed the final, measured drawing; he also sends some sketches he has completed of the building, one of
Panini's school and some other engravings; he asks whether he has been presumptious in putting forward his name for Associate status and the
Royal Academy, it should be regarded as a statement of intent; his work in Rome is delayed by an unsuccessful eye operation; the Rome Academy is functioning well;
Kirkup is at Florence.