James Northcote, London, Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire
Roberts is now usefully employed by a bookseller to illustrate Shakespeare; he went with Gardner and his wife to see the
Hypocrite and the
Jubilee; he describes an argument between
Dr. Johnson and the
Dean of Derry at
Sir Joshua's house and an anecdote about Dr. Johnson when in France with
Mrs Thrale; he is glad to know he will have some sitters in Plymouth; he went to see the Perreau brothers hanged, the case is a high talking point,
Miss Reynolds thinks them innocent; provides news of mutual friends; recommends Sir Joshua's discourses above
Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty; [Samuel] would have enjoyed the numbers of people skating in Hyde Park.