His collection of drawings has few
Raphael's and
Michelangelo's and is mostly of the later school,
Domenichino,
Guercino,
Pietro da Cortona,
Rubens and
Salvator Rosa, and others, a "mixed collection of all times"; the English and the Russians are plundering Italy, he describes peasants trundling to Rome with antique torsos, heads and limbs matched optimistically; the English ladies collect parts of the great ruins of Rome, their servants groaning under the weight of it all;
Torwaldsen is restoring the statues bought by the Prince of Bavaria, he observed a lady shyly popping a "certain member not yet put to its place of destination" into her bag; he proposes to sell his drawings to Lawrence for £150;
Westmacot has told him of the death of
Fuseli and that
Owen has been poisoned by his apothecary.