His friend Carwardine has told him that the addressee would like a copy of 'Departure of Helen', at the Spada Palace, he will start work if permission is given him; he suggests the 'Three Graces' in the Borghese Palace, he has made one already, which
Mr. Fawkener saw when in Rome; he has written to
Mrs. Bouverie to say that his pictures of Mr. Fawkener, in oil, should arrive soon, he says that as they are among his first attempts at oil painting they are full of imperfections.