Lawrence, to Joseph Farington, West Cowes, Isle of Wight

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/3/186

Title

Lawrence, to Joseph Farington, West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Date

30 Aug 1820

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He finds himself frequently exhausted by evening engagements, but felt he could not decline any invitations during the first season of his return; he goes to dine with Lord Castlereagh, and that will be an end to high society for him for a while; he comments on the trial of the Queen, the Duke of Wellington was mobbed and nearly pulled from his horse.

Bibliography

Published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.157.