Reference code
LAW/1/257
Title
T. Lawrence, Greek Street, Soho, to Joseph Farington, Post Office, Dorsetshire
Date
19 Oct 1810
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He has been busy with work in the mornings and the
Miss Lees in the evenings; he is glad of Farington's recovery and that Farington is sketching in colour from nature, he sees the merit of the Watercolourists as lying in this; he is to leave with
Angerstein to Wellingham; he is finishing the grandsons of
Sir Francis; he knows nothing of the
Academy but
Smirke wants to write; he criticises the Academy and the character of
Arnald;
Wellington has continued success and
Massena's army is in dire straits.
Bibliography
Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.71.