Announcing his return to England; he never wrote to a soul while in Italy, other than his brother and mother, but not
Sir Joshua Reynolds or
Jackson; but now he is back and lodging for £120 p.a. in Newman Street, a little beyond
Mr. West and ready to open shop as a portrait painter in oil; he has promised to give his brother £500 to help him marry and is compelled to ask Webber for the repayment of his loan; if Webber has money saved then he would be happy to have a loan of it.