Thomas Lawrence, to Charles Eastlake, Rome

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/4/2

Title

Thomas Lawrence, to Charles Eastlake, Rome

Date

12 Feb 1822

Level

Item

Extent & medium

9 pieces

Content Description

[copy] He urges Eastlake not to over-tax his eyes and that he should certainly not paint at night, not even Gainsborough risked such a thing, he continues with detailed advice on how Eastlake should set up his painting room; he is glad Eastlake is in society with Sir George Beaumont, and that Eastlake studies from the Sistine Chapel, which Lawrence studied as a child in the prints by Mantuanus, when he had read Richardson but not Reynolds; he regrets the death of Farington; he urges Eastlake to make acquaintance with Mr. Rogers and Mr. Lock if they are in Rome; he is sending a full length portrait of the King on the frigate Euryalus to the Pope, many believe it his best picture; he will send Eastlake some lake.

Bibliography

Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.169.