Reference code
LAW/4/260
Title
Liverpool, Walmer Castle, to Sir Thos. Lawrence
Date
11 Nov 1824
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He thanks Lawrence for the copy of his address; he was struck with Lawrence's claim that
Sir Joshua Reynolds's Mrs. Siddons as the tragic muse as the best female portrait in the world, he completely agrees; he asks why Lawrence did not include
Copley among the great historical painters, but he is biased, as he owns
The Death of Lord Chatham, which he prefers over
West's Death of General Wolfe.
Bibliography
Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.187.