Letter from Uvedale Price, Foxley, to Sir George Beaumont, 1822 January 12 : autograph manuscript signed.

Explaining how he had come to hear that the Beaumonts had arrived safely in Rome and how he lost no time in beginning this letter once he knew that they were in good health and settled; describing a serious accident that befell Richard Payne Knight while he was cutting tree boughs and its consequences: "his head swelled to an enormous size, & for one whole night he was delirious from the pain: then came on so great a discharge, that it was feared his strength must be exhausted, & a mortification come on: but he is a man of iron, & the strength of his constitution has gone through it all"; saying that Knight has completely recovered his strength and his appetite; giving as proof the information that Knight now walks five or six miles a day and "a few days before, he had eat a whole goose all but the drum-sticks, without being sick or sorry. This is a pretty stout meal for a convalescent; but less surprising to us, who remember how he used to lade down his throat half a tureen of Macaroni, devour good part of a turbot or stewed lamprey, then dig down to the Pope's eye of a leg of mutton slice after slice, & fill up chinks with game, puddings, &ca &ca"; mentioning that Lady Dacre has printed two volumes of her poetry and distributed them to her friends; saying that she sent one copy to the wife of a friend and Price borrowed, read and admired it; describing the contents of the volumes and mentioning that the collection contains translations of Petrarch, "which were very much liked by Ugo Foscolo, who, till he saw them, thought it impossible that any idea could be given of the original in a translation"; saying how much he wishes he were in Rome with the Beaumonts; telling the story of how he acquired a number of drawings by Salvatore Rosa in Perugia in 1768, guided by Gavin Hamilton; saying that he went to a house in Perugia where Rosa had often lodged and was shown a room full of drawings, all but one of which he purchased; suggesting that Sir George attempt to acquire the last drawing; arguing based on letters by Rosa that the drawings were made in 1665; quoting a passage from Rosa's letter and signing himself "amico vero."