He has acquired an undoubted work by
Michelangelo, a bas relief of the infants St. John and Jesus and the Virgin; he goes on to detail the provenance of the work as lying with Taddeo Taddei, he has a copy of a drawing by
Raphael (the original in the possession of the Duke of Tuscany); he had to pay a heavy price and would not have been successful but for the assistance of
Canova; he details a story whereby Canova pushed a commission from the Duke of D. towards
Gibson; he rates highly Gibson's work and admires his Zephyrs and Psyche; he is pleased with
Camuccini's works and has had him round for dinner; he expects Lawrence's picture at the same time as
Chantrey's bust; he mourns the loss of
Farington and
Sir H. Englefield; he and
Mr. Lock are to visit a collection of drawings in the hands of a M. Vicari.