Reference code
LAW/4/341
Title
Thos. Uwins, Naples, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, Russell Square, London
Date
31 May 1825
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He has been wondering about Italy drinking in the "wild beauties of nature"; Lawrence's letter has called him back to art; Mr. Cook has copied two figures, full-size, from [
Michelangelo's] Last Judgement; he has been pondering the labour required to copy the Sistine ceiling fresco; he regrets
Mr. Gott's failure at election, he believes the artist a genius of the highest rank; he regrets also the death of
Fuseli and recollects his impressions of the artist.