Vane Stewart, Vienna, to [Thomas Lawrence]

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/3/273

Title

Vane Stewart, Vienna, to [Thomas Lawrence]

Date

8 Apr 1821

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2 pieces

Content Description

He apologises for not writing, and assumed Clanwilliam updated him on Viennese affairs; what Clanwilliam will not have told him is the story of the romance involving Selina [his sister] and two suitors, Lord Gower and Count [?Clamm]; [the following comes from the second folio] he complains of life in Vienna; "Kangaroo Cooke" is with him and is highly entertaining; the festival was dull due to Schultz's severe attack; he is bored and chaste and spends a great deal of time with his horses; he finishes by repeating some verses left on Talleyrand's house.

Associated Material

The second part of this letter appears to belong to LAW/3/255. This is made more likely by Van Stewart's reference to his injured arm.

Bibliography

Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.163.