Reference code
NOR/36
Title
James Northcote, Rome, to Mr. [Samuel] Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Date
24 May 1777
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He has arrived in Rome after a difficult journey and found a cheap apartment; he describes pictures and buildings; maintains he will have difficulty working in the Vatican as the
Pope cannot abide the smell of oil colours.