Letter from Uvedale Price, Foxley, to Sir George Beaumont, 1811 August 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

Saying how much he and his wife Caroline look forward to the prospect of seeing the Beaumonts; discussing the comings and goings of friends and family members; suggesting that the Beaumonts come to visit them, "as you have never seen any thing of Foxley, & Lady Beaumont only a little," instead of the Prices traveling to Coleorton; encouraging them to bring along William Wordsworth ("I know he does not take much time in packing") and George Dance; describing the grounds at Foxley and the excellent prospects they offer for painting and drawing; mentioning Tom Taylor and a portrait Sir George painted of him; quoting from a letter written by his son Bob in which he describes seeing Sir George and Richard Payne Knight arguing over the merits and defects of a drawing by Titian; recalling and describing drawings made by Sir George in the past and saying that he has kept "every scrap of yours"; mentioning a sketch by Dance of a fish with "a very singular propensity," as well as Dance's portrait of James Cranston; discussing his health, attacks of dyspepsia and the possibility of controlling it through diet; quoting Horace; discussing the food eaten by "Homer's heroes"; writing of Sir George and himself that "we have the same pursuits, the same tastes, the same likings, &, as far as they go, the same aversions; for neither of us are what Johnson calls good haters. If you think I vapour too much about my regard, & wish to prove yourself the truer friend, you have the means in your power: come to Foxley, & I yield."