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Letter from David Wilkie, London, to Sir George Beaumont, 1811 January 26 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
414646
Accession number
MA 1581.206
Creator
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
Display Date
London, England, 1811 January 26.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1959.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.5 x 18.6 cm
Notes
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family. See collection-level record for more information (MA 1581.1-297).
This letter formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wilkie) 13.
Address panel with postmarks and seal to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Dunmow / Essex."
Written from No. 4 Manor Terrace.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Concerning his current work; informing Sir George that a painting recently framed by Charpentier is ready and is being shipped to him in Dunmow; telling him that there are changes he would like to make to painting he is working on; saying "I have touched on various parts of the picture, and gone over entirely the right sleeve of the coat. There are still however a number of amendments I should wish to make before it can be considered as a finished picture, but which the present clammy and soft state of its surface prevents me from doing with effect. I shall therefore beg to have it beside me when you come to town, when these as well as any improvements that may occur to yourself, will be applied with greater advantage;" asking what painting he is working on now and "...whether you have succeeded to your own liking in any of those you were proposing to begin? From the consultation we had about the sketches I feel interested in knowing which you are going on with and desirous that you should have several of them ready for the Exhibition. The late falling off among our members will make your assistance very acceptable. I hope you still keep in mind the request of Miss Joanna Baillie who I am sure will be exceedingly gratified by any picture that you shall think proper to fix upon;" saying he is hoping to see him when he comes to London in a month; adding "I live still very retired, but am at no loss at all for amusement. My health is better now I think than it has been in the whole course of my recovery. I feel stouter and am able to paint longer without getting fatigued, but as I accustomed myself formerly to take too much exercise, I have altered my plan lately, and have found my account in being a little more moderate;" remembering, with delight, his time at Dunmow; .