Wm. Carey, 37 Marylebone Street, Piccadilly, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/5/99

Title

Wm. Carey, 37 Marylebone Street, Piccadilly, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy

Date

6 Jan 1827

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He thanks Lawrence for his kind words and looks back over forty years of efforts to rid patrons of prejudice against the British School; he is appalled at the lack of support shown by British patrons to the formation of a collection for the National Gallery and mutters darkly at the "evil" actions of an un-named enemy.