Reference code
LAW/3/228
Title
[draft] [Thomas Lawrence], Marquess [Canova]
Date
[1818]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He thanks Canova for kindness shown him; he has not accepted new commissions for the last three months; he is flattered that the Academy of St. Luke should ask for his portrait; he has never painted himself; meanwhile he sends his picture and a print of his portrait of
Wellington; he is going to Aix-la-Chapelle at the behest of the
Prince Regent, the Regent has spoken very high praise of Canova's work.
Bibliography
Published in "The Life of Sir Thomas Lawrence", D.E. Williams, 1831, pp.350.