[copy?] Notes on Chamber's arrival in Rome and on work at Kew

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

CHA/3/17

Title

[copy?] Notes on Chamber's arrival in Rome and on work at Kew

Date

[c.1749-57]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

One face of the manuscript concerns his reflections on life after having arrived in Rome, with letters of introduction provided by Count Scheffer and a cardinal.

The reverse holds notes to the effect that he is busy but poor, teaching the Prince architecture three mornings a week and working at the Princess's behest at Kew.

Physical Characteristics

Has been nibbled by vermin and some crucial text is lost.

Bibliography

Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star, John Harris, 1970, p.9