[copy] B.R. Haydon, to N. Smith

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

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Reference code

AND/21/107

Title

[copy] B.R. Haydon, to N. Smith

Date

2 Jul 1831

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He asks for a loan of £20 as he is suffering miserably from want of money, he has even been asking his models for credit. He is not safe until he has paid his legal bills. Even so, he goes to bed "glowing with aspirations" and would never choose to be even the richest of portrait painters. With support he should finish Zenophon by August.