He has made enquiries and Count Parisani is
Consalvi's nearest surviving relative; the
Duchess of Devonshire is well and happy, she and the
Duke are to stay in Rome for a while; he congratulates Lawrence on the public acquisition of the
Angerstein collection; he hopes Mr. Day will make it to Rome to organise Lawrence's purchase of the
Raphael drawing at Spoleto, however his
brother will not part with his; Lawrence should soon receive some ultramarine and casts of the small bronze
Madonna and Child by
Michelangelo; he mentions a sketch by
Sebastiano del Piombo from Michelangelo's dream; he discusses the likehood that
Mr. Wicar might part with some Raphael drawings of his own.