Joseph Farington, to Thomas Lawrence, at Sir Francis Baring's, Stratton Park, near Winchester

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/1/171

Title

Joseph Farington, to Thomas Lawrence, at Sir Francis Baring's, Stratton Park, near Winchester

Date

17 Nov 1807

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He provides a general statement of Lawrence's debt, £20,569; discusses an arrangement with Mr. Angerstein relating to pictures painted and loans lent; he goes on to detail various aspects of Lawrence's finances, Lawrence should stress to Baring the manner in which he built up such debt, his family's claims, his inexperience of finance, his recourse to the Law and that he did not generate it through gaming and licentious behaviour.

Bibliography

Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.54.