James Northcote, Portsmouth, to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devon

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 27 of 61 in this group

Reference code

NOR/27

Title

James Northcote, Portsmouth, to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devon

Date

31 Jul 1776

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Describes arrangements for the transport of his van de Velde to Portsmouth, where Jimmy Groves will copy it for Mr. Hunt; he still has lots of requests for pictures; he saw the eclipse with Mr. Hunt and the astronomers of the Academy; he has finished the portrait of the musician; the ship he mentioned previously [NOR/26] has set sail; he does not know how to keep his money, it is a new thing to him.