[copy] He urges Eastlake not to over-tax his eyes and that he should certainly not paint at night, not even
Gainsborough risked such a thing, he continues with detailed advice on how Eastlake should set up his painting room; he is glad Eastlake is in society with
Sir George Beaumont, and that Eastlake studies from the Sistine Chapel, which Lawrence studied as a child in the prints by
Mantuanus, when he had read
Richardson but not
Reynolds; he regrets the death of
Farington; he urges Eastlake to make acquaintance with
Mr. Rogers and
Mr. Lock if they are in Rome; he is sending a full length portrait of the
King on the frigate Euryalus to the
Pope, many believe it his best picture; he will send Eastlake some lake.