BIB_ID
300501
Accession number
MA 1063.76
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
1828 May 5.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
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.
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
Regretting to hear that Croker is ill. Mentioning an engagement in the country on Sunday, and declining an invitation to dine that day. Discussing some prints and referencing one his portrait of His Royal Highness, noting that "Rough Complexion, and a coarse texture of skin in the Original, may make the Copy appear flattering and unfaithful."
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