Reference code
LAW/2/98
Title
Thos. Lawrence, Russell Square, to Joseph Farington, Farington's, Parrs Wood, near Manchester
Date
17 Feb 1815
Level
Item
Extent & medium
2 pieces
Content Description
He has been working very hard, and has been working from lamp light frequently; he is glad that Farington's brother is improving and that the Bishop of London is smiling upon the Revd. Farington's case; he describes the
Academy election of
Raeburn and
Bird;
William Daniell's friends were as zealous as usual, but he notes the atmosphere of disinterstedness, "an example for Scotland itself";
Hayter is a new prodigy at the
British Institution, he describes the painting, "The Prophet Ezra", Hayter is popular with the connoisseurs and many sit to him; he has completed the portrait of
Lord Wellington,
Blucher and
Platoff will occupy him until the exhibition; he bemoans the work he has to put in, only for it to suffer the "rapid glance of ignorance".
Bibliography
Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.99.