| GB/0397 Royal Academy of Arts Archive. |
| | LAW Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA, letters and papers 1777-1831 |
| | LAW/1 Autographs volume 1 1777-1811 |
| | >LAW/1/204 T. Lawrence, to [Joseph Farington] [10 Nov 1808] |
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| Reference Code | LAW/1/204 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | T. Lawrence, to [Joseph Farington] |
| Date | [10 Nov 1808] |
| Extent & Medium | 1 piece |
| Content Description | He provides a full report on the election of Robert Smirke and Drummond to the membership of the Academy, he provides the names of all voting members; Hoppner was not there, neither were Soane, Rigaud, Sandby, Tresham and Woodforde; he lambastes Shee for his actions at the meeting; Wyatt held a dinner with Bourgeois, Yenn and Cosway, Lawrence ponders the decline of Wyatt in the Academy; he provides a character assessment of Robert Smirke, Dance tried to influence his design on the theatre, to make it more "theatrical"; Lord Castlereagh was tight lipped about the war. |
| Bibliography | Partly published in Letter-Bag, Layard, 1906, p.60. |
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