Reference code
LAW/4/86
Title
Sam. Woodburn, Hotel Dumont, via della Croce, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, russell Square, London
Date
19 Feb 1823
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He is glad the oil made it to him; he is a little put out that Lawrence resigned his interest in the
Rembrandt; he has now seen all
Vicar's drawings,
Wm. Lock has also given his opinion on them, they include a drawing of the Leda that Mr. Lock so generously gave to the
Academy; he talks of the
King's generous gift to the nation of the library at Buckingham House, which he believes was valued at one million guineas, he wishes some of it was sold to fund a national gallery; he has bought 100 finished drawings by
Canova and a set of silver platters with the heads of caesars on them, he believes them to be the work of
Benvenuto Cellini.