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E. Devonshire, Naples, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/3/219

Title

E. Devonshire, Naples, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London

Date

7 & 14 Oct 1820

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2 pieces

Content Description

She describes her time in Naples and the current political situation; back in Rome she describes a new gallery for statues in the Vatican; Canova is very well, working on the Endymion and Magdalen; Catel is extatic at having been commissioned by Lawrence to paint the Palazzo Quirinale by moonlight; opinion in Rome says Lawrence has improved Camuccini's colouring; she is too ashamed to read the English papers.