BIB_ID
300172
Accession number
MA 1063.9
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
1821 Apr. 27.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Docketed "Read."
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co in 1928; gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1928.
Summary
Mentioning that he is very busy with preparing for an exhibition, and that this has kept him from acknowledging a letter sooner. Promising to "obey the commands" in Croker's letter regarding the Greenwich Hospital as soon as the exhibition is open. Regretting that Croker will be unable to attend a dinner.
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