[Unknown], to Sir Thos. Lawrence, 65 Russell Square, London

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/4/145

Title

[Unknown], to Sir Thos. Lawrence, 65 Russell Square, London

Date

[25 Jul 1823]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

[Unsigned letter in an unknown hand] Believes Lawrence's portrait of Sir W. Knighton is represents the "perfection of portrait painting"; the writer wishes Lawrence would paint his ideal of male and female beauty as lifesize figures; these would outshine the Chapeau Paille [by Rubens], "her little breasts sqeezed together & looking like a little child's bum".