He thanks Lawrence for the notices he has made of him in the chair of the
Royal Academy; he thinks his good reception in Vienna was because of the their recollection of Lawrence;
Prince Metternich showed him Lawrence's portrait head of his
daughter; he provides observations on the Sistine Chapel; he has been drawn to Spain by curiosity; he discusses works he has seen in Spain, particularly discussing
Titian, but it is the Spanish school that has captivated him, he compares
Murillo and
Velázquez.