Reference code
LAW/2/256
Title
Jn. Trumbull, New York, to Sir Thomas Lawrence
Date
24 Jan 1818
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
The American Academy of Arts has asked that
Mr. West sit to Lawrence for a full length portrait in "his finest style"; they wish for a memorial of the artist an an object for pupils to study; he urges Lawrence to hurry and has ordered 200gns to be given over.