Reference code
LAW/4/145
Title
[Unknown], to Sir Thos. Lawrence, 65 Russell Square, London
Date
[25 Jul 1823]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
[Unsigned letter in an unknown hand] Believes Lawrence's portrait of
Sir W. Knighton is represents the "perfection of portrait painting"; the writer wishes Lawrence would paint his ideal of male and female beauty as lifesize figures; these would outshine the Chapeau Paille [by
Rubens], "her little breasts sqeezed together & looking like a little child's bum".