He is happy to say that the Academy was united at the elections, even
Mr. Shee; a letter of condolence will be taken to the
Prince Regent by
Mr. Howard; he spent Christmas day with
Smirke and his family,
Robert Smirke was there; he had a dinner party and thinks
Westmacott is a favourite with
Long, he provides more gossip from the dinner party involving
Dawe,
Chantrey and
Thomson (who had to relate the above to Farington who was too deaf to hear it); Chantrey has erected his statue of
Lord Melville and been paid 7000gns.; he had another party at New Year; Haye has brought
Mr. West's diet into regularity, gives details of West's daily routine; an
Academy Council was cancelled on the 29th due to fog, and so there are no plans for the celebration of the Academy's 50th anniversary; he describes how
Jackson realised his betrothed,
Ward's daughter, was insane on the day of their marriage, Jackson bears it well and was at
Sir G. Beaumont's recently to paint
Dance who is shortly to be voted into the Academy Club, Chantrey will be nominated by
Phillips; he has heard Lawrence is to go to Rome to paint the
Pope; he passes on intelligence of the London theatre from Robert Smirke [Jr.];
Samuel Rogers is about to publish a poem;
Sir Philip Francis is dead and Farington will now know if he authored the letters of Junius, he would like
Lysons's opinion; he admits he is an old gossip;
Lady Crewe is dead.