Reference code
LAW/4/84
Title
Saml. Woodburn, Alberga Damon, via della Croce, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A., Russell Square, London
Date
14 Jan 1823
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He has seen
Vicar's drawings and thinks those by
Raphael and
Michelangelo are very fine;
Vicar overcharged
Sir G. Beaumont when he sold the Michelangelo Tondo, but Woodburn will try and ensure a good price for the drawings; he is very upset to hear the
Rembrandt has not yet reached London, he has written to Paris about it; Rome is in raptures about his portrait of the
King, he should soon receive a letter from
Cardinal Gonsalvi; he apologises for the harsh tones of his previous letter concerning the National Gallery, he is personally interested in its creation and hope he would be chosen to buy for it.