Thos. Lawrence, Russell Square, to Joseph Farington, West Cowes, Isle of Wight

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/2/225

Title

Thos. Lawrence, Russell Square, to Joseph Farington, West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Date

23 Oct 1817

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He sends thanks for the sketch that Farington has sent, the first he has ever received from him; he discusses Nash, his personality and the way he has handled his disappointments from the Prince Regent; he is sorry to hear of Capt. Farington's accident; he has completed a portrait of Princess Charlotte and a sketch of Prince Leopold, he has worked himself out over the portrait of the Duke of Wellington; they must deal with Farington's problems with Huskisson; a new war in India is brewing; he believes the "wretches" Cobbett and Hunt should be executed.

Bibliography

Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.113.