YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

THE FARINGTON DIARY
BY
JOSEPH FARINGTON, R.A.

EDITED BY
JAMES GREIG
AUTHOR OF
A "Life of Thomas Gainsborough," and » "Life of Sir Henry Raeburn'

VOL II.
(AUGUST 28, 1802, TO SEPTEMBER 13, 1804)

With twelve full page and various smaller illustrations

LONDON:
HUTCH INSON & CO
PATERNOSTER ROW
1923

VOL. 1.
First edition published December, 1922
Second „ „ ); I92Z
Third „ „ February, 1923
VOL. 11.
First edition published August, 1923

INTRODUCTION

The reception given by the public to the first volume of the Farington
Diary was highly gratifying. Two large editions were disposed of
shortly after publication, and only a few copies of a third issue remain
to be sold. Nor was the Press reception less complimentary. Praise
was almost universal. In the United Kingdom and its Dominions
the book was generously welcomed, while the Americans backed up the
very favourable criticism in their own country by ordering a consider
able number of copies.
Objections were few and on the whole unimportant. Mr. Maurice
Hewlett* in a very kind notice said : " The book had been better edited
if the newspaper captions had been omitted." Captions, which are,
of course, not a new feature in books, may be made helpful, particularly
to the indolent or impatient reader. In any case, quality is their main
justification. Another writer found fault with the brief notes inserted
in the text. In most instances, these were interpolated when immediate
elucidation seemed to be necessary without the trouble of turning the
eye to the foot of a page.
There was considerable opposition to the opinion " that Farington
will in future rank with Pepys as a chronicler of the sayings and doings
of the eminent men and the stirring events of a later and momentous
period in history." The second volume will, I think, support that claim,
which was at first made, and is now repeated, without the least thought
of placing Farington on the same level of literary expression that dis
tinguishes the immortal work of Samuel Pepys. Farington certainly
was not a literary coiffeur. He never tried to curl his straightforward
sentences until they assumed the character and movement of Early
Victorian ringlets on an old maid's face, or to chop them into the
cubistic lengths that make nimbleness impossible in new Georgian
prose and verse. But he could in a phrase describe the oddities that
reveal character with the incisiveness and certainty of, say, Gains
borough's verbal portrait of Pitt sitting in the House of Commons
" cocking his nose in the face of Europe."
A somewhat hypercritical scribe says that there is in Volume I.
nothing of Farington's " loves, if he had any, nothing of his religion."
* Mr. Maurice Hewlett died June 15, 1923.

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The diarist himself refutes that statement on page 285. Under date,
February 24, 1800, Farington wrote :
" This day the greatest calamity that could fall upon me I suf
fered in the death of the best, the most affectionate, the most
amiable of woemen, my beloved wife. Unexpected indeed was
the blow, — long had I reason to consider her delicate frame with
apprehension, but as she had encountered the severity of many
winters so I fondly hoped she might do this and that a more favor
able season would restore Her strength. The time was now come
when this hope was to be fruitless. Yesterday evening she was de
clared to be better, but in the night a change took place & at 3 o'clock
this day I witnessed the departure of what I held most dear on earth.
Without a sigh, with the appearance of only gentle sleep, did my
beloved expire, to be received by that God to whom Her duty had
been exemplary. May He in his mercies dispose my heart to
follow the example of Her who discharged every duty so as to ex
cite the love & respect of all, so that those remaining years which
it may please God to allow to me may be devoted to His service
and I may be rendered fit to hope for the mercies of my Creator
through the mediation of Jesus Christ our blessed Lord & Saviour."
On April 3rd of the same year he entered in his Diary : " This day
I added this continuation of my journal, which I could not do before
since that period when I was deprived of the great blessing of my life."
To this touching expression of love and religion the critic answers :
" A single swallow does not make it untrue to speak of a swallowless
summer." Nevertheless, a single swallow is an active fact, and there
are more swallows of its kind quickening the pages of the Diary. " I
had not forgotten Farington's reference to his wife's death," the critic
continues. " But, as the subsequent reference to Pepys hints, I was
thinking less of conjugal love than of flirtations, lawful and unlawful."
The only subsequent reference to Pepys has no hint of lust or illicit love.
Here it is : " Nor does he [Farington] ever tell us, with or without Pepys'
prayers or thanksgivings, of his growing prosperity or of his appre
hension of poverty."
The editor of the Diary also is subjected to censure. I am " chary
of dates," he asserts. " There is none on the title-page, as there ought
to be ; none even on the back of it ; none till the end of the introduc
tion." I had nothing to do with the title-page, or the back of it, but in the
Introduction, for which I was wholly responsible, there are over twenty
dates, the year of publication being given on pages vii., ix. and x. The
first (January 23, 1922) is stated to be the first day of the Diary's ap
pearance in the Morning Post, the last (September 19th, 1922), printed
at the end of the Introduction, definitely fixes the year of publication.
The same writer goes on : " Gifford, who, it is interesting to see,
praised Burns as the greatest of contemporary poets — a reference,
by the way, which is omitted from the index." It is true that the entry

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was inadvertently omitted from the index under the name of Burns,
but the censor most unfairly neglects to mention that it is indexed in
Gifford's own name.
Such are the ethics of criticism that win editorial approval in certain
high quarters.
The second volume, like the first, has a good beginning. We were
introduced in Chapter I. (July 13th, 1793) to Horace Walpole, the
charming Misses Mary and Agnes Berry, and the inconsequent gossip
at Strawberry Hill ; and to the Piozzis at breakfast in their home at
Streatham, where Mr. Piozzi " played on the pianoforte and sung in a
charming taste." The youngest Miss Thrale was there ; and Miss
Harriet Lee enlivened the company with her conversation. She had
already published the " Errors of Innocence," in five volumes, and pro
duced her unsuccessful comedy, " The New Peerage, or our Eyes may
Deceive us." Her chef d'ceuvre, however, "The Canterbury Tales,"
came four years later, twelve months before Byron was born ; and
while he was a mere boy the work made a deep impression upon him.
The " Kruitzner " tale, in particular, excited the young poet and, as
he himself puts it, " may indeed be said to contain the germ of much
that I have since written."
The opening to the first volume differs entirely from the opening
to the second. The second begins on August 28, 1802, after the horrors
of the Revolution had ended and Europe was restless in the hectic quiet
of the Peace of Amiens. Eminent people from all parts of the world
then thronged to Paris ; Farington and his friends were among the
motley crowd, and his and their remarkable impressions of what they
saw in the course of their visit are recorded in the Diary.
Napoleon was in the heyday of his career, the centre of all life and
action in the French capital, and Farington on more than one occasion
saw him face to face ; once coming out of the Tuileries mounted on his
favourite white horse, to review the troops in the Place du Carrousel.
It was a brilliant display and the Diarist " went among the people &
was lucky enough to get to the front, between the Cavalry at an angle
which afforded me a view of him as he advanced towards the place where
I stood." His description of the great man is incisive rather than Carly-
lean-picturesque, or dynamic. Farington found Buonaparte's general
appearance better than he expected ; his countenance was of a higher
style than any picture or bust of him had ever suggested.
The Diarist again saw him at a review in the same place, and later
in the Tuileries Palace. " Buonaparte's manner expressed indifference,
and his actions corresponded with it. He did not in the least seem to
study state and eject. He was more like a man waiting for the end of a
ceremony which did not interest him. His actions were unstudied,
quite easy & natural and calm." He did not fear assassination. Buona
parte " passed me so close," said Farington, " that I could have touched
him . . . when He came opposite to me He looked me full in the face
which gave me an opportunity to observe the colour of his eyes which

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are more

.,, ,. ,_ of a blue grey, than I should have expected from his com
plexion or than they appear when not seen near. I thought there was
something rather feverish than piercing in the expression of his eyes, but
his general aspect was milder than I had before thought it." And so on.
Samuel Rogers also saw the First Consul at close quarters and was
disappointed in his personal appearance. " He had no eye-brows, or
eye-lashes to give strong expression, and his eye was rather weak,"
said the poet. Farington thought he would make " a very passable
figure upon an English quarter-deck." Various members of the English
party noted other characteristics of Buonaparte. Of a bust of Hannibal
he remarked that " Hannibal was a bad man, but the sculptor had
given him a nose which expressed goodness." Charles James Fox,
when introduced to Buonaparte, " thought him easy and desirous to
please without effort. ... It has been observed that he smiles with his
mouth but his eyes never have a corresponding expression," and Mr.
Greatheed, of Guys Cliff, said that Buonaparte, while addressing Lord
Whitworth, " moved his chops like a mastiff."
Farington saw in a dressing-room at the Tuileries small models of
artillery lying on " a Sopha among articles for female amusement,"
and in the adjoining bedroom there were " two Busts, one of Charles
Fox — the other of Lord Nelson, both executed by Mrs. Damer."
Benjamin West notes that the arms of the chair in which He sat
in the Council room were " very much cut," which was one proof of
Buonaparte's habitual irritation. He could not remain unemployed
while others were acting or speaking. Stories are told of Buonaparte's
ambition, how in manoeuvring for power he was inexorable, callously
outwitting men such as Murat and the Abbe Sieyes ; and he upset Lord
Chancellor Erskine at their first meeting. In short, he had " no love
for one Sex or friendship for the other."
Delightful accounts are given of scenes in the streets, and in the
Palais Royal, where Greuze, old and slender, usually walked and sipped
ices ; there are graphic descriptions of places of amusement : the theatres,
public gardens, such as Tivoli and Frascati, as well as of coffee houses
and restaurants expensive and cheap. The women of France and
England are compared. Opie said that he " had seen more handsome
women in walking from Berners street to the end of Oxford street than in
all Paris in the fortnight " he had resided in the French city ; but he
refers to Madame Xavier, the actress, as " one of the most beautiful
figures he ever saw."
English and French art, music and acting are discussed. We marvel
at Madame Recamier's resplendent home. It was in her bedroom that
the " highest proofs of taste " were exhibited. It appeared " more like
the design of a painter for a reposing-place for Venus than as intended
or proper for mortal use." The beautiful Vigee Le Brun and alluring
Countess of Oxford graced a dinner party given by Benjamin West,
where also, as guests, were revolutionary Arthur O'Connor, Miss Helen
Maria Williams, John Kemble the actor, Gerard the historical painter,

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Houdon the sculptor, Lord Chancellor Erskine, Farington, and Signor
Torcia, the Italian author, who declared that England was " a model
for mankind," and that " whoever wished to be a man should go to
England for three or four years." David the artist (black and swarthy),
Robespierre's sinister accomplice, Fuseli, Hoppner and others, add
interest to the dramatis personce.
We read exciting tales of the Revolution, and of the after effect on
people and things, note that Fox was lionised in Paris, that, when he
went to the Opera one evening, " Buonaparte leaned forward in his box
to look at him," and we enjoy Farington's woeful story of the homeward
journey from Rouen to Dieppe in a rickety cabriolet. The jolting of
the vehicle was bad enough. It put Fuseli into a feverish temper ; he
lost all patience, and, to render his distress complete, heavy rain fell and
his shoulder, cornered in the " loosely united " coach, was soon " soaking
in a stream of water that made its way from the roof. The Postillions
stopped at the uproar among us, while braced up as He was Fuseli could
only use his tongue. France was never so denounced before. The ex
tremity of his fury left us nothing to say, and to laugh would have been
dangerous." Farington, his feet once more on Sussex soil, began to
philosophise, and concluded with the question, " What must be the nature
of that mind that would not feel grateful that it was his lot to be an
Englishman ? "
Apart from Buonaparte's appearances in the pages devoted to the
Paris tour, he figures prominently throughout the volume. The menace
of his power and vaulting ambition are reflected in many entries. The
Treaty of Amiens was gradually disregarded by him. Windham thought
" that war would not be so bad as the present peace," that " whether
we had Peace or War the country was gone." Admiral Lord Gardner
believed war to be inevitable, that it would be " a war jor existence."
Buonaparte told our Ambassador in Paris that " He had 400,000 men
ready armed and would sacrifice the last of them rather than give up
the points He insisted upon." In the end Lord Whitworth was re
called. Andreosi, the French Ambassador, before he departed from
England " intimated that Buonaparte did not well understand the
state and nature of the British Empire." Fox was opposed to war ;
Pitt, who was for it, " shone with extraordinary lustre " in the debate
on Monday night, May 23, 1803. " His speech affected the House so
much that after He had finished there was a Hear, Hear, 3 times
repeated which had the effect of three cheers. He trimmed Erskine
most severely ... it was thought that Erskine wd. hardly venture
to speak in the House again." Fox, according to Sir George Beau
mont, considered " the predominance of Buonaparte as the greatest
imposition that ever was practised on the world." Fusili was of opinion
that the war would be short, and Coke of Norfolk said to Opie " that He
hoped He shd. die before the period of our subjugation arrives."
People talked of invasion, dreamed of it ; soldiers expressed the opinion
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military." The Bishop of London spoke of the " duty & necessity
of public prayer . . . under the present critical situation oj the
country " & enforced upon his congregation the duty of coming forward,
" either personally or by pecuniary aid, each according to his Capacity,
to add to the general defence."
But the King, with belief in " a superintending Providence, and a
reliance on Religion . . . looked calmly upon the agitated world, & laid
His Head upon His pillow each night with the composure of a Child."
And the great mass of the people were similarly composed. Dread of
Buonaparte involved by the declaration of war on May 16, 1803, did not
greatly interfere with the ordinary life of the nation. There were, of
course, bankruptcies ; but on the other hand great fortunes were made ;
and the wealthy lived sumptuously. We read of a private dinner of
nine dishes with champagne and madeira, at which the host, Mr. Anger-
stein, drank very little after dinner and slept in the course of the con
versation. Invasion was talked of, but " seemed to make very little
impression " as a subject for discussion.
Then there were among the routs in London those of Mrs. Walker,
wife of a Liverpool merchant. " They were given at vast expense, —
5 or £6000 a night. Grapes only cost £500. On some occasions the
fruit £700." Her routs soon became so distinguished that the Prince
of Wales having already on one occasion received twenty tickets,
" afterwards applying for more, cd. not have them." Her husband's
"plate was valued at £20,000, and He removed it every season to and
from London in a waggon He built for the purpose." He also collected
pictures, which were sold at Christie's on March 5, 1803, after his death.
There were only eight works, but all were good, and one, "A Bacchanalian
Festival," by Nicolas Poussin (now in the National Gallery), was bought
by Mr. Angerstein for 800 guineas. People of humble fortune lived
comfortably at cheap rates. Farington informs us that he and William
Offley paid two guineas a week for three weeks for a small neat house at
Ramsgate. That price included the making of beds, but the linen had
to be hired. On his delightful Wye Tour the Diarist reckoned his daily
expense, including " tips," at ten shillings.
In the present volume many eminent men and women appear or
are spoken of. Voltaire, it is stated, fought against atheism and
fanaticism and strove for toleration ; there are interesting references
to Robespierre, Condorcet and bad Government, the courage of
Tallien, the personal charm of his wife ; and Danton is described by
Masquerier as " very stout in his person & had a large belly. His face
was ugly, something like a bust of Socrates." He also compares Danton's
ability with that of Robespierre.
We learn that George III. was very much beloved by his family
and attendants. They paid him great respect. " Bless His old Heart,"
said Princess Sophia one day. Benjamin West tells us that at the
latter part of the American War, in 1781, " when party spirit ran high,
an Adress was presented by the City of London, the temper of which

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was such and the circumstances that accompanied it that the King
was gravely affected by it. That night his Majesty sent for West and
signified his intention to quit England and go to Hanover, and expressed
a desire that West should accompany him." His Majesty took a very
great interest in the Royal Academy, and its constant squabbles, through
factional jealousy, annoyed him so much that Princess Elizabeth declared
that " she was sick of hearing of the Royal Academy."
Many entries, naturally, refer to art and artists. Shee declared
that if Farington " was to quit the Academy it wd. not stand 3 years."
" On our return home [from a dinner at Hoppner' s, says the Diarist] the
conversation turned upon Men being like their works. I mentioned Fuseli
as an instance which was admitted to be a very forcible instance. Law
rence was ostentatious — not natural, but acting, — with little feeling &c.
— Hoppner loose, — not defined, — irregular, but with spirit, — and
cleverness running throughout. — Turner confident, presumptuous, —
with talent." One of Wyatt's weaknesses was a fondness for wine.
According to Beckford, " if Wyatt can get near a large fire, and have
a bottle by Him he cares for nothing else ; " and Mrs. Nollekens, wife
of the famous sculptor, declared that the reason why " no Sir Joshuas,
Wilsons and Vandykes came forward," was that artists were dissipated.
Sir Joshua Reynolds himself attributed artistic failure to another cause.
" Soon after Flaxman was married He was walking in the street with
his wife and met Sir Joshua, to whom he bowed & spoke while his wife
went forward. Sir Joshua asked him who she was. Flaxman told him.
' What, are you married. — Yes — then, said Sir Joshua, your improve
ment is at an end? "
Samuel Taylor Coleridge has the largest share of recognition of any
other of the literary men who figure in the volume. The first reference
to him is as the author of the letters in the Morning Post to Fox with
regard to the statesman's presence at Buonaparte's levees in Paris in
1802. Then we hear of Coleridge as a violent democrat who changed
his opinions. Sir George Beaumont speaks of him as a great genius,
a poet with a prodigious command of words. He had read everything,
had more learning than Wordsworth, but was not his equal in poetic
power. One of the most interesting chapters is entitled " An evening with
Coleridge." It was spent at Sir George Beaumont's house. After
dinner, in the conversation, which was mainly metaphysical, the poet
"had the leading & by far the greatest part." He imprisoned the
guests in words, talked to them of painting and sculpture, of architecture
and poetry ; said that Dr. Darwin was " a great plagiarist, ' he was like
a pigeon picking up peas, and afterwards voiding them with excre-
mentitious additions.' " He objected to novels, even the best of them
did harm. And so on. Coleridge flooded his prisoners with opinions and
explanations, " was frequently perplexed, and certainly at times without
understanding His subject. Occasionally there was some brilliance,"
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generally disappointed me, & rather weakened than enforced what he
had before said. . . . On coming away I expressed to Dance how
much I was fatigued by that sort of confinement. ... He sympathised
in it." In thus expressing himself Farington anticipated later criticism
of Coleridge, about whom there are other comments. For example,
William Godwin had a high idea of " the riches of his mind ; " Coleridge
read a long poem of his own with " the drone of a presbyterian parson,"
says Northcote, who also declared that " ambition was the prevailing
quality " in Milton's mind in opposition to Coleridge's statement that
Milton " was next to our Saviour in humility"
It would be almost impossible adequately even to catalogue in brief
space all the notable entries. Only a few more can be given to show
that interest is maintained throughout the volume. We learn that
Porson thought well of Gibbon, and that he himself had an annual income
of £200, ,£40 of which came for the Greek Professorship at Cambridge.
The Duke of Bridgewater, " founder of British Inland navigation,"
developed a passion for art late in life and formed the famous collection
that bears his name. We read of Lawrence as a play-actor ; the debut
of " young Roscius " ; the gallantry of the 42nd regiment in Egypt
is recorded, so also is the generosity of a publisher, Sheridan's " brandy
appearance " and fear of Mrs. Jordan. A forgotten libel on Buonaparte
is reported. Among the eminent Counsel engaged in the case were the
Hon. Mr. Percival (afterwards Prime Minister) and the Attorney-General,
both for the Crown ; and on behalf of Peltier, the defendant, Mr.
(afterwards Sir James) Mackintosh spoke with " almost unparalleled
eloquence," and declared that the British Government was " the
greatest really Democratick government in the World."
All kinds of subjects are noted by the Diarist. He gives us an account
of the proceedings of those who have united for the relief of Chimney
Sweepers, and on the same page a story of Sir Joshua Reynolds is told
that illustrates the vanity of David Garrick. The merits of artists are
discussed. Turner's character and art suffer much from the comments
of his colleagues, who condemn his " blots " and presumptive and arrogant
manners. Miss Hayman, Privy Purse to the Princess of Wales, whispered
laughingly to Farington that Miss Angerstein was so much in love with
him that she " would like to throw a cowl " over his bald head and make
her confession to him. Miss Hayman also refers to Mrs. Crewe, whose
beauty " uglifies every thing near," says Miss Burney, and to the young
Princess Charlotte, who " must be led not driven." Hayley is charac
terised as " the work-basket poet of that day, — His verses repose on every
girl's sopha." Cowper's appearance was that of a gentleman of " the
old Court," and Mrs. Unwin his "valuable female friend said little."
The rivalry of Church and Chapel is indicated, and we hear of the
Quakers of Philadelphia, of the dread of the Hottentots of the Cape
of Good Hope at the possible " change of an English for a Dutch Govern
ment, fearing everything from their experienced inhumanity." "The
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Grosvenor was always " a dupe upon the turf & expended in that way
vast sums of money." Journalism is represented by Gifford and William
Cobbett ; travel by Farington's own delightful Wye and Thanet tours ;
romance by the tale of a Duchess and a dominie, the rise of a grazier's
son to be Archbishop of Canterbury, and of Copley, the American
artist's son, to be Lord Chancellor of England. Much space is taken up
with the famous and fatal duels between Lord Camelford and Captain
Best, and Colonel Montgomery and Captain Macnamara. In August,
1804, Lady Hamilton (Nelson's Emma) had " grown prodigiously large
& exposed her fat shoulders & breast manifestly having the appearance
of one of the Bacchantes of Rubens." She was then at Ramsgate,
one of the many visitors, including Lady Augusta Murray, who subscribed
herself " Duchess of Sussex," and was accompanied by " Her son, a
fine boy of 11 or 12 years of age seemingly, & very like the Royal family."
Moth is said of Pitt, who was occasionally jocose and might have been
a great general in the field, while Fox's fascination was felt by all who
knew him intimately.
In short the second volume of Farington's Diary, more so even than
the first, amply justifies the following statement by Mr. Edmund Gosse
in his generous review of the book in the Sunday Times in December
last year :
" The effect of this publication on the reputation of its author
will be remarkable. Not merely will Farington take his place
forthwith in literary history, but there can be no question that his
pictures will be searched for and favourably reconsidered. He had
a modest confidence in himself, and when he was growing old, and
' like the ebbing tide,' he confessed in his Diary that ' there was
no doubt but at a future period I should be noticed in the proportion
as I ought to be.' The prophecy is suddenly fulfilled after a hundred
years of oblivion."
The Index was compiled by Mr. T. P. Greig, and thanks are due to
Mr. Robert Harris for his assistance in proof-reading. James Greig.
Morning Post,
June 6th, 1923.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I PAGE
France during the Peace of Amiens — Striking Signals — Necessary Subordination
— Our Army in Egypt — Plus jra Change — Hogarth  I
CHAPTER II
Buonaparte on His White Horse — Montmartre and Paris — Fox feted in Paris —
Buonaparte's Searching Look — The Salon — Beauty of French Women —
Buonaparte at Dinner — Extravagant Acting  5
CHAPTER III
The Palais Royal — A Place of Amusement — You Jacobin — Revolutionary
Changes  9
CHAPTER IV
Voltaire strove for Toleration — The French and Art — Soldiers of Fortune —
The Reign of Terror  13
CHAPTER V
French Supreme in Draughtsmanship — Eminent Men — French and English
Art — And Ye shall Wash Your Linen — The Infernal Machine  16
CHAPTER VI
Buonaparte's Busts of Fox and Nelson — Small Models of Artillery — Propriety
in France — Entitled to Respect  19
CHAPTER VII
Paris que s' Amuse — A Magical Dance — Musket and Bayonet — Buonaparte's
Box at the Opera — The Scottish College  22
CHAPTER VIII
The Members only hear and vote — Robespierre's Artist Associate — French
Music Bad — A Motley Crowd — A Cheap Restaurant  26
CHAPTER IX
Buonaparte and Fox — The Palais Royal — Guillotined by Communes — Smiles
with his Mouth  ".  29
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CHAPTER X PAGE
A Great Vandyck — Interesting Dinner Party — Beautiful Vigee Le Brun—
An Irish Traitor in Paris  32
CHAPTER XI
Buonaparte's Manoeuvring for Power — Kemble and Buonaparte — The First
Consul and Murat — The Officer was killed — The Abbe outwitted  37
CHAPTER XII
The Salon of Madame R£camier — The Hudson School — Pitt against Buonaparte
— Turner and Switzerland  41
CHAPTER XIII
Training of the Artist — David the Painter — Fuseli's Upbringing — Where Henry
IV. was killed — The Conciergerie  45
CHAPTER XIV
There was No Change of Scene — Physiognomy — Restless Buonaparte — David's
Portrait of Buonaparte — English Stage v. French  48
CHAPTER XV
Napoleon in his Glory — He fires upon the People — His Soldiers — He does not
fear Assassination — He takes Snuff — He looked me in the Face — No Eye
brows or Eyelash  •  52
CHAPTER XVI
Napoleon upsets the Chancellor — Buonaparte and Erskine — Dangerous to
laugh — Intercourse with England — Dieppe's one Pretty Street  56
CHAPTER XVII
One England in the World — Grateful to be an Englishman  60
CHAPTER XVIII
Everything to fear from Napoleon — Coleridge and the Morning Post — Buona
parte not yet Ready — Pitt proscribed by Buonaparte  63
CHAPTER XIX
Buonaparte at a Public Ball — A Drawing Master — Tea Drinkers banned — Lord
Howe's Squadron — Rogers at St. Cloud — Buonaparte and Madame  67
CHAPTER XX
A Wealthy Bookseller — Lord Exeter at Burleigh — A Great Collector —
Memories of Paris — Fanny Burney's Brother  71
CHAPTER XXI
Art Gossip — Lawrence Play-Actor — The Companion of Fools — The Marquess
and the Painter — The 42nd Regiment  74
CHAPTER XXII
Peace that is Worse than War — To see oorsels as others see us — A Generous
Publisher — Architects' Fees — Eminent Politicians — Sheridan's Brandy
Appearance  _j

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CHAPTER XXIII PAGE
Buonaparte and Fox — R.A. Affairs — Lawrence as an Actor — Forgotten Libel
on Buonaparte — The Greatest Democratic Government  82
CHAPTER XXIV
Buonaparte's 400,000 Men — -War for Existence — The King's Message — A Little
Academy  86
CHAPTER XXV
Eminent English Lawyers — Landscapes by Claude — Chimney Sweepers —
Garrick's Vanity  .-  89
CHAPTER XXVI
Like looking into a Coal Fire — Lord Thurlow's Daughter — Incorruptible —
Turner's Manners  92
CHAPTER XXVII
The Merits of Artists — -Turner's Blots — In Love with You — The Princess's Pin
Money — Turner presumptuous, with Talent  95
CHAPTER XXVIII
War inevitable — Ambassadors recalled — Buonaparte misunderstands the
British Empire — Pitt will Approve the War— Pitt's Affecting Speech  99
CHAPTER XXIX
A Submarine in 1803 — Cowper the Poet— Fulton's Diving Boat — The Country
was gone — The Greatest Imposition — Pitt's Hostile Manner  102
CHAPTER XXX
Cowper the Poet and Mrs. Unwin — -Vigee Le Brun — Pitt's Speech lost him
Favour — The Old Court — Field Officers  106
CHAPTER XXXI
Alarm in the City — The Duke of Devonshire — Ruin of a Fine Thing — Some City
Men — Church and Chapel  109
CHAPTER XXXII
The Quakers of Philadelphia— Yankee Doodle — An Ill-timed Speech — English,
Dutch and Hottentots — Sir Joshua's Monument  113
CHAPTER XXXIII
The Invisible Girl — The Effect of Invasion— Celebrated People in Surrey —
Sheridan's Lack of Order — Not like a Gentleman — The King much Beloved 116
CHAPTER XXXIV
A Notable Country House — Lady Jersey and the Prince — The King and the
Academy — The King was afraid — Dryden and Pope— England's Safety —
Architects  I2°
CHAPTER XXXV
Botany Bay — The Duchess of Gordon — French Refugees! — Insurrection in
Dublin  I24
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CHAPTER XXXVI PAGE
With the Composure of a Child — A Turf Dupe — Invasion Feasible — A Great
Journalist — -Lord Hutchison's Prisoner — The King and the Academy —
His Majesty's Principles  128
CHAPTER XXXVII
He wanted Direction in Deciding — The Country's Critical State — The Bishop
Chatty and Pleasant — The Affairs of France — Painting by Candle Light —
That which corrodes Society — Severe but well written  132
CHAPTER XXXVIII
My dear son, No — Buonaparte and the Ambassador — Tact and Judgment —
Coach and Sign Painters — Gainsborough's friend — Ich Dien  136
CHAPTER XXXIX
" We have Him " — Man of Feeling — C'est la Guerre — Invasion Improbable —
Paul, the Coward Emperor — The Empress pitied him  141
CHAPTER XL
The Wye Tour — A New Feeling — Troubles of Travelling — Cheltenham Waters
— A Successful Labourer — James Christie  145
CHAPTER XLI
Romantic Stories — The Duchess and the Dominie — Prolix and Tedious — Pope
to Lord Bathurst — A Fortune by Mistake  148
CHAPTER XLII
The Wye Tour — Vignettes — Orators and Patriots — English Cannibals — Tintern
Abbey  151
CHAPTER XLIII
The Wye Tour — Piercefield House — Chepstow Castle — Lady Mary Wortley —
Grazier's Son to Archbishop  154
CHAPTER XLIV
The Enemy's False Hopes — Titian and Wilson — Attempts to invade us — The
Battle of the Baltic — The Morning Post — Unfaithful — The Brothers
Dance — Napoleon and Canova  157
CHAPTER XLV
Sir Joshua and Flaxman — The Military Spirit — Painted Women — A Narrow
Escape — Pitt as General — The Blues  161
CHAPTER XLVI
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme — Artist and Soldier — Waste the Country  Take out
your Assistants — Threw it into the Fire  . ig6
CHAPTER XLVII
The King rode into Windsor— The King was very kind — All will go well  The
King entered on Horseback— Coleridge : Violent Democrat — So goes the
story  170

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CHAPTER XLVIII PAGE
No Borough Interest— Hottentots— The Bey and the King— Opie's Low Prices
—A Good-natured Duchess— Do not contradict the King  I73
CHAPTER XLIX
George III. to quit England— Buonaparte and West, P.R.A.— Uneasy lies the
Head— The King and Farington— The King and Gothic Architecture  177
CHAPTER L
Canova— Lord Lansdowne's Brother— In an After Dinner Talk— A Princess and
the Academy — Beloved by All  X8 1
CHAPTER LI
Sir Joshua ridicules her Work— He lives a Regular Life— Wonderful— Theatre
Notes — Sin of Painting on Sunday — Boydell's Lottery and the King-
Raffle for a Lawrence Portrait — Sir Joshua's Friend  185
CHAPTER LII '
Pope the Poet and his Portrait — Constable as Critic — Pope's Deformity — Dublin
so Dangerous — An Empress and Art  189
CHAPTER LIII
Gainsborough and Fuseli — An Ungrateful Dog — The King's Mind — Mrs. Jordan
and Sheridan — A Dinner of Nine Dishes — Beautiful Miss Jennings  192
CHAPTER LIV
Three Famous Americans — A Forgotten Artist — The Price of a Painting — What
West was paid — An Improper Question — A Conspiracy  195
CHAPTER LV
Pistols for Two — A Fatal Duel — Died Unregretted — A Woman in the Case —
Twelve Paces — No Animal Courage — Disordered by Passion— Tom, you
must die — Gentlemen All  199
CHAPTER LVI
Coleridge and Wordsworth — The Old Nobility — Rochambeau and England —
The King's Illness — First Prejudices — Tea, Bread, Cheese, and Porter .... 205
CHAPTER LVII
An Evening with Coleridge — In Metaphysical Mood — Nothing Human is Perfect
— Coleridge objects to Novels — At Times without Understanding —
Coleridge and Milton — Macbeth — Coleridge reads like a Parson  209
CHAPTER LVIII
Great Figures in French History — Condorcet and Bad Government — He
swallowed Poison — Madame Tallien — Her Person very Fine — The Courage
of Tallien — Danton — Lady Hamilton very Fat — Great Deal of the Peer. . . 212
CHAPTER LIX
Turner's Manner — The King galloped furiously — Wyatt and a Bottle — Friendship
Above all Self-love — The Model's Habit of Exposure — Amende Honorable —
Art Criticism  216

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CHAPTER LX PAGE
The Neatness of English Women — The Young Princess — Women in Love —
Morland and Lawrence — Mrs. Siddons by Lawrence — The Hanging Com
mittee — Farington's Best Picture — French and English  220
CHAPTER LXI
A Sermon for To-day — A Common Case— Passing Rich — James Ward rejected
— Lawrence saved by Exhibitions — Turner as Critic — Respect Academicians 224
CHAPTER LXII
Lord Warwick and Foreigners — Son of a. Dutchman — Garrick and High
Company — Turner's Gallery — Wordsworth's French Principles — Pitt All
that was Great — A Strait Waistcoat  228
CHAPTER LXIII
Music and Pictures — The Prince and Art — Mrs. Siddons despondent — Process
in Painting — Society in Hammersmith  233
CHAPTER LXIV
George III. and Politics — The King decides against Fox — Turner's Presumption
— Reader of Plays — Wine Merchant Critic — Ireland Safe after the Union
— Fortune's Favourites — Turner's Prices  237
CHAPTER LXV
George III.'s Patronage — Mother Windsors — Art and Commerce — The King's
Patronage  241
CHAPTER LXVI
The Snub Courteous — Bristol History — Relishing the Bottle — Emperor of the
French — Constable's Price for a Hand — Rogers and Artists  244
CHAPTER LXVII
Fox and Pitt — Fox's Fascination — While you wait — Most Beloved — The King
and Dr. Johnson — The Mind of Miss Mundy — The Morning Post  247
CHAPTER LXVIII
The King knew of Everyone's Affairs — Paper made of Straw — A Humorous
Duke — The King against his Favourites — Never saw the King look Better
— A Cause Cilebre — Mr. and Mrs. Siddons  251
CHAPTER LXIX
Power of the Pope — A Cruel Usher — The Prince and Tom — Agreeable Inter
course — Fox and the Irish People  255
CHAPTER LXX
Vienna a Delightful Place— Idle Gossip— Political Dinners— A Special Jury—
Nobilit* Counsel— The Law's Delay— Delightful Vienna— Emperor and
CHAPTER LXXI
Mrs. Fox is Playful— British Power in India— Kings and True Religion—
Farington's Forebears— In and Out of Fashion— Where was his Hat ?— ThP
42nd lost 500 men— Made Love to Mrs. Siddons. . The g2

Contents xxi
CHAPTER LXXII PAGE
Eighteenth Century Routs — Memorials — Leonardo da Vinci — Mrs. Walker,
London — Even in those days — Pitt found him Useful — Turner's Narrow
Mind  266
CHAPTER LXXIII
Society in Thanet — Sounds of War — On the High Sea — Marooned on a Coral
Rock — No Adventure in the Navy — Lady Augusta Murray — Lady Hamil
ton's fat Shoulders  271
CHAPTER LXXIV
The Marquess and his Son — A Wreck — The Dreary Round — Beautiful Lady
Diana — Duelling at Manchester — Different Rates To-day  276
CHAPTER LXXV
Pitt was occasionally Jocose — Home Again — Customs and Corpulence — French
Soldiers and Water— The King did not Notice — In the King's Way — The
Princess will sit — 60,000 Men for England — Pitt's Bell-toned Voice  280
CHAPTER LXXVI
Impressions of Pitt and Fox — Enter the Boy Roscius — Art and Respectability —
The Pittites — Fox's Natural Daughter — A True American  285

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The President and Members of the Royal
Countess of Oxford
Samuel Rogers, the Poet
Sir Thomas Lawrence, R.A
Lady Jersey
Scenes on the Wye :
Lidbrooke Village .
Goodrich Castle
Col dwell
Rosemary Topping
Sir John Soane
Sir George Beaumont
Lady Beaumont .
Mrs. Siddons
Farington's Mother
Lady Augusta Murray .
J. P. Kemble in " Hamlet "

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THE FARINGTON DIARY

CHAPTER I
(Paris), 1802
France during the Peace of Amiens
August 28. — Having agreed with Mr Fuseli to make an excursion to
Paris, we left London on Friday evening, August 27th 1802 accompanied
by Mr James Moore, Surgeon, Son of the late Dr. Moore [father of General
Sir John Moore of Corunna fame], and Mr. Halls* a Student of the Royal
Academy. We made choice of the Mail Coach to Dover and had good
reason to be satisfied with that mode of travelling, which is safe and
expeditious. At 8 oClock in the evening (from which time I have kept
a separate Journal of my Tour) we drove with the Packet from Lombard
St. and were at Dover, 70 miles, at a quarter before Seven in the
morning, at the City of London Inn, where the people are very civil.
Immediately on our arrival we were accosted by two or three Masters
of Packets and Vessels. Having looked into two of them we preferred
the larger, called the Favorite Captain Hamond, who I believe seeing
He might possibly lose us if He raised his demand higher, offered to take
us for Half a guinea each person, the price proposed for the smaller
vessel. He first signified that a guinea wd. be the price.
* J. Halls exhibited 108 pictures at the Royal Academy, two of which were sent from
Colchester, one a landscape in 1791, the other " Fingal Assaulting the Spirit of Loda," in
1798. In 1799 he was in London, his address then being 41, Jermyn Street. Afterwards
he lived at 159, New Bond Street, 29, Edward Street, Portman Square, 10, Argyll Street,
46, Great Marlborough Street, and 296, Oxford Street. There are notices of Halls in
more than one Dictionary, that in the D.N.B. being the longest and best.
In 1921, aided by the present Dean, Dr. Gamble, Halls' portrait of his uncle, the Dean,
was given to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. It is a remarkable portrait, and some critics
who saw it attributed the work to Raeburn. Halls was a man of many parts. He wrote
the Life of Henry Salt, F.R.S., who was at one time a pupil of Farington. Salt's experiences
with Farington are enumerated in Halls' Life (1834). He also edited the Life and Ad
ventures of N. Pearce (1831).
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Striking Signals
In three Hours & 35 minutes we were placed against the Pier in the
harbour of Calais.
No effects arising from the revolution, from time, or from any other
cause appear to me to have had any influence on the people of Calais.
They seem to be just what they were when I made an excursion to the
place more than 30 years ago. On my remarking this to Fuseli, He
entirely agreed with me that it was so. — The distinction of national
character from that of the English is very striking, this is in respect of
look & manner. Their dress has, generally speaking, undergone no
alteration. At our Inn we found the people civil, but inattentive when
compared with the vigilence & activity of English waiters.
I noticed a circumstance as it marks a distinction. We had occasion
to speak to Ducro, the Master of the Inn, who having stood a short time
to answer some questions, of his own accord took a chair and drew it
to the table and became one of our little circle. I shd. not decide from
a single instance, but it has been observed that where the distinctions
of rank are most positive, and where one part of the community are in
most subjection to those above them, personal freedom is often allowed
in a great degree. He who can be crushed at the will of a power may
be permitted to approach very near.
Necessary Subordination
In England the case seems to be otherwise. Rights being equal,
and the laws effective, manners alone can preserve that subordination
which is allowed to be necessary. — These observations do not apply
to Ducro, as far as we are concerned, but it shews the habit of the man.
August 29. — At eleven oClock we left Calais, in the Berlin drawn by
4 Horses, with 2 Postilions. The carriage was roomy and easy. The
Postilions were dressed in blue waistcoats and Jackets, turned up with
red. On the left arm a small oval silver plate with the initials R F upon
it (Republique Francoise) on the buttons of the Jackets & waistcoats,
Postes and round that word, Republique Francoise. — They wore Jack
boots, but only so in shape, not large & cumbersome, as formerly.
The Horses were small, but in good condition, the Harness mean, with
ropes instead of leather.
Asses are much used in this Country, we met many woemen riding
on them ; and several equipped with many little ornaments, in the
Frippery way which the English are accustomed to call French, but this
proves that the same taste continues, & that no general permanent
alteration has been produced by the revolution. I should, to justify
this observation, add, that it prevails in all other things as far as I could
judge. We arrived at Montreuil a little before 9 oClock, and liked the ap
pearance of our Inn so well, and the attentions of a pretty and attentive

1802] Necessary Subordination 3
young woman who waited upon us that we resolved to remain all night.
Our repast was very good,— Chickens & Pigeons. The wine, Burgundy,
extremely good at 4s.-6d. a bottle. Our beds very well. Suppers ied
each. Personal attention to Travellers at the Inns in France seems to be
left to the Servants. A carriage stops at the door, but no Master or
Mistress appears ; and the dinner &c are served without either of them
shewing themselves.— When it is necessary to speak to them they are not
defficient in civility, particularly the woemen, but they do not voluntarily
come forward. —
August 30.— We left Montreuil at \ past 5 this morning. The
weather beautiful. This Town was formerly very strongly fortified
as appears by the many parts of Fortification remaining. It is approached
on the Calais side by a long and steep ascent. At the Barrier going
out of the town a Savoyard girl played on a Mandoline, which catching
the ear of the Drivers, they stopped their Horses a little. The musick,
the appearance of the warm rays of the rising Sun, and the freshness of
the air caused very agreeable sensations.

Our Army in Egypt
Mr. Moore told us that His Brother, General Moore, had great appre
hension of our army not succeeding in Egypt which was the position
of the French (about 4000) and so much exposed were the English to
a terrible fire on their landing that there was at one time a thought of
calling the troops off. — The landing however was made good and the
French retreated, but being reinforced a second battle was fought and
the English were victorious. Menon, the French General, who had
despised the English Army, became outrageous at this, not having been
present, and accused his officers of want of courage & conduct. He
resolved on a third battle, which was that in which Sir Ralph Abercrombie
was killed, and in which the French lost 4000 men and were completely
beaten. — Plus ca Change
If I were to conclude from what I saw at Abbeville and Amiens, both
large towns, I should be of opinion that the revolution has produced
no change in the manners or dispositions of the French people. There
is no simplicity in their dress, no propriety as to their situation or occu
pation in life. Cocked Hats, & flimsy cloaths, and tawdry ornaments.
Black smiths with ear-rings and Ques, — The prejudice in favour of an
imitation of Court finery though in so shabby a way is a proof how little
they feel, what the English would call shabiness & absurdity.
Got to Clermont, a situation that made a very picturesque appearance
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as we approached it. The Duke Fitzjames* had a mansion and large
estate here with a Park & plantations partly in the English manner.
Of the whole He was deprived at the revolution but the House & Park
have been lately restored to Him. The estates had been sold and of course
He is deprived of them. A Chateau of the top of the Hill adjoining the
Town, served as a Hunting Seat to the Prince of Conde.

Hogarth
This morning we had some conversation upon painting. Fuseli
observed that Opie was a very able artist, but did not understand back
grounds which in his pictures were often mere daubs. — Hoppner by
keeping his mind upon the pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds frequently
succeeds very well. — Hogarths pictures were mentioned. Fuseli thought
His Marriage alamode had been over praised, when compared as equally
excellent with the Flemish pictures. In respect of expression He was
of opinion that the Prints engraved by Hogarth himself were still more
exquisite than those in the pictures. — He admitted that in parts the
colouring is excellent, and that it was not much to be wondered at that
the praise of the pictures had been unbounded as till lately Hogarth
had scarcely been considered as a painter, and the discovery of his merits
caused more admiration than was proportioned to them.
* Known in French history as Edouard, Due de Fitz-James was born in Versailles
in 1776. He left Paris at the beginning of the Revolution and became aide-de-camp to
Marechal du Castries in Conde's Army, and was not again allowed to enter France until
r8oi. An ardent supporter of the Monarchy he, in 1814, was made aide-de-camp to the
Comte d'Artois, Colonel of the Mounted, National Guard, and a Peer of France. During
the Hundred Days he followed Louis XVIII. to Ghent, and was one of those responsible
for the death of Marechal Ney. He was very eloquent and spoke the truth fearlessly.
He died near Rouen in 1838.
The house at Clermont, referred to by Farington, belonged to the Marechal de Berwick,
natural son of James II. and Arabella Churchill, sister of Marlborough.

CHAPTER II
(Paris), 1802
Buonaparte on His White Horse
Montmartre and Paris
August 30. — Between St. Denis & Paris the only remarkable feature
is Montmartre, a village situated on a small Hill on the right of the road.*
— On the left the country is flat but bounded by a ridge of rising ground.
The suburbs are large for we went a considerable way in streets before
we passed through the gate of St. Denis. We now saw the character
of one part of Paris. Approaching the gate the view to a painters eye
is picturesque, the forms, & variety & colour of the buildings & the
arch which is lofty, make an assemblage very well calculated for a picture,
but to cleanliness, comfort & convenience, most opposite. The Houses
* If the Diarist could visit the famous Butte to-day he would scarcely recognize it,
although there still exist on the heights some of the historical monuments, picturesque
streets, and houses that distinguished the village in his day and long before that time.
In 1802 the southern slopes of Montmartre were, as now, the region of dancing halls and
similar places of amusement. Tivoli, with its far-stretching English gardens referred to
by Farington, partly occupied the site of 27, Rue de Clichy, and the building at No. 23,
Boulevard Montmartre, stands where were the Frascati gambling house, and its gardens,
also mentioned by the Diarist.
Farington found the dancing at Tivoli very agreeable, but if it had been like the public
dancing at the Bal Tabarin, in Rue Victor Masse, last December, he would have been
depressed by the jazzing monotony. The professional quadrillistes, also, with one gracious
exception, were commonplace compared with sprites such as Nini-Patte-en-1'air and La
Goulue of thirty years ago. Indeed, the general spirit of the scene was banal and drearily
amusing. But, in the main, the entertainments at the ballrooms and cabarets of Montmartre
are reduced to the taste of globe-trotters prepared to pay high prices for bad champagne
and the artificial gaiety of Musettes not all of them young or beautiful.
The Real Spirit of the Hill.
The real Montmartre for the artist and student lies further north, beyond the Place
Blanche, where the Moulin Rouge once, like a wrecker's beacon, attracted la jeunesse
from all parts of the world. To find the haunt of the Vrai Boheme one must struggle up
the Rue Lepic (formerly named Rue de I'Empereur after Napoleon III.), where famous
artists still live, to the Moulin de la Galette, which dates from the Twelfth Century.
This now dilapidated but picturesque old mill used, with others, to grind the flour for Paris,
and did not become a public dancing hall until 1833. From this point the interest begins.

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are of Stone or Plaister which is a better colour than the English brick
walls, for the pencil — they are also mostly higher, which, particularly
as the streets are narrow ; causes them tQ appear lofty. Many of the
streets are extremely narrow, and from a variety of causes the air was so
impregnated that the smell was intollerable. As we approached the
Hotel de Marigny where we took up our abode, the situation being more
open, we found the air better.
Mrs. Flaxman told me she had heard Buonaparte spoken of by a
man of science who understood him well.
He has no taste for Art, but encourages it from policy, thinking the
arts very necessary to a people. He aims constantly to improve com
merce. — His private passion is for Mathematics. When a paper on that
subject is to be read at a meeting of the Institute, He constantly attends.—
Fox Felted in Paris
September 1. — Opie [R.A.] dined with us. He dined with Mr.
Fox [the statesman] a few days ago, and in the evening went with him
to a conversazione at Miss Helen Maria Williams, where many French
were assembled to see so extraordinary a man. They rather crowded
upon him & over each others shoulders attempted to get views of him.
He was evidently embarassed by it, and staid but a short time, retired
towards the door against the edge of which He placed his back, and then
turned out. — Mr. Fox was lately at the Opera, when Buonaparte was
there, who leaned forward in his box to look at him.
Narrow, tortuous streets bestride the summit of the Butte and dangle dangerously down
its cobbled slopes. We find rustic lanes, such as Rue St. Vincent, with its ancient walla
and trees ; one of its corners is formed by the little cabaret called the " Lapin Agile," ot
the " Cabaret des Assassins." Once the haunt of artists, models, and their own particular
friends, this tavern is now closed, but travellers can still drink at its neighbour, " Au Clairon
de Chasseurs a pied," in the Place du Tertre, and meet the Bohemian citizens of the
fantastic Republic or " Free Commune of Montmartre."
Summer is the best season to visit this delectable " State." Then clear, silvery light
bathes the hill, the little gardens are charming, and the ramshackle buildings of the Place
du Tertre are hidden by the trees in full leafage, under which you can eat or drink, at small
tables, and study the artists with long, shaggy locks, and " Les modeles aux cheveux roux"
beloved of Willette. There are other attractive communards, including musicians and
comic actors, to amuse you. The Dictator of the " Free Commune " may pass, or you
may see him join in " spiritual wedlock " its droll " Garde Champetre " and " Muse,"
but she will not be more beautiful than Mademoiselle Genevieve Felix, the blonde petilt
bride of yester year. Effit de Nuit.
Do not, in any case, miss the view of Paris at gloaming from the steps of the great
Church of the Sacre Cceur, which looks like a rose-red and ivory crown set in the warm
light of the westering sun. After it sinks over Mount Valerian a grey-blue mystery begins
to creep over Paris lying tranquilly below— its sound never reaches the summit of the hil
Gradually the domes of the Pantheon and Invalides, and the towers of Notre Dame " vast
symphony in stone," are fused into the deepening tones of night. And soon Paris assumei
the appearance of a dream-city ; fights like stars take their place in its firmament ; the
Seme becomes its Milky Way, Place de la Concorde its Pleiades, the Place de I'Etoile its
Belt of Orion, and so on, according to one's imagination.

1802] Fox FSted in Paris 7
Opie thinks the French artists are conscious of their inferiority to
the English. — West said to-day that the French paint Statues. The
woemen of Paris were talked of. Opie said He had seen more handsome
woemen in walking from Berners Street to the end of Oxford Street than
in all Paris in the fortnight He has been here.
September 2. — I went to Place de Carousel opposite the Thuil-
lieres to see the monthly grand review. Abt. Eleven troops begun to
appear, and before 12 there were about 6000 Cavalry and Infantry drawn
up in 6 or 7 lines. They made a very handsome appearance. The dress
of the officers very rich. There were also artillery with field pieces drawn
by Horses. At 10 minutes after 12 Buonaparte came out of the great entrance
to the Thullieres and mounting his favourite White Horse, which has a
stately, prancing gait, and followed by his Generals, advanced & pro
ceeded in the front of each line of troops to review them. He pulled off
his Hat as He passed the colours of each Corps. After seeing the effect
of this generally, and wishing to look more closely at the countenance
of Buonaparte, I went among the people & was lucky enough to get to
the front, between the Cavalry at an angle which afforded me a view of
him as He advanced toward the place where I stood and where He
turned to move along the line.
Buonaparte's Searching Look
I thought his general appearance better than I expected, and his
countenance of a higher style than any picture or bust of him that I
have seen. He has an intent and searching look, but his expression is
confident. His complexion is not as I have heard it described waxy,
but though wanting of colour sufficiently healthy. His person is slim,
& I should judge him to be abt. 5 feet 6 Inches high. He was dressed in
Blue, much more plain than His officers, which gave him additional con
sequence, for the power & splendour of his situation was marked by the
contrast, as commanding all that brilliant display.
After having passed before each line He returned & placed himself
before the Grand entrance out of which He came. At this period several
men & woemen advanced forward & presented Petitions to him, which
were given to an Officer in waiting. The troops then in succession moved
forward and marched Column after Column before him. When the last
had passed He dismounted and reentered the Thullieres at one o'clock
The Salon
The French [Salon] Exhibition opened this day. I went there from
the Review. The walls were not more than half covered ; for Exhibitors
are at liberty to send their pictures when they please during the two
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and very low people got in among others. Indeed if I had been to judge
what sort of People Paris is inhabited by from those who I found there
I should have supposed that there was scarcely a man with the appearance
of a gentleman in the City. Beauty of French Women
One observed that at home (in England) the English are most respect
able, but abroad they are the greatest Tyrants upon earth. If this be
in any degree true it ought to be pressed upon their minds how much it
is unworthy of their character.
I mentioned the observation I had made on the countenance of
Buonaparte. Opie had been placed in the Thullieres, near the steps, &
thought as I did. — We talked of the beauty of French woemen, or rather
what pretensions they had to it. All seemed to agree that they are in
this respect inferior to the English woemen.
Buonaparte at Dinner
Philips came. He had by means of a letter from the Archbishop of
Lyons, Uncle to Buonaparte, with great difficulty obtained admission to
see the monthly public dinner given on the day on which He reviews the
troops. It was in a room that appeared to be 200 feet long. It was a
most splendid entertainment. Buonaparte sat on one side about the
middle of a very long table & opposite to him Madam Buonaparte.
Ambassadors, — Generals &c &c filled the table. Philips observed that
when Buonaparte was helped to anything He did not raise his head till
He had eat what was before him, and that before He did raise it He
looked round under His eye brows.
Extravagant Acting
September 3. — Opie called & talked about the Play of last night.
He said the acting was so extravagant as to be to him ridiculous ; most
furious & unnatural. In this Moore agreed with him. The Parisians
however were delighted, and when the Play was over called upon Talma
to come forward & shew himself. Their applause was unbounded. Per
haps there can be no stronger proof of the difference of the taste of the
people of England from the French. — True representation of natural
expression will not sufficiently move the feelings of the latter, a vitiated
taste can only be stimulated by high seasoned food, the palate is not in
a natural state.
Opie described Madam Zavier, one of the actresses, as being one of
the most beautiful figures He ever saw. Her neck & shoulders were
formed like that part of a fine statue.
In respect to the Play House Opie & Moore differed. The former
thought it, as well as the French Opera House, far inferior to those in
London ; Moore thought the Play House superior.

CHAPTER III
(Paris), 1802
The Palais Royal
September 3. — We dined at our Hotel, and in the evening
walked in the Palais Royal. Among the people of which there was
infinite variety, there were many woemen of a loose order, but I
observed that they were not guilty of any indecorum or troublesome
by their adress.
Every walk in the Palais Royal is filled with Shops, and on every floor
of the Houses and below ground every apartment seemed filled with
people, some drinking, some gaming, some fiddling, some reading, some
buying, many lounging &c. &c. Altogether a most strange mixture &
for a time amusing.
September 4. — West [P. R.A.] told us He had been upon Montmartre
in order to see the general shape of Paris, and to judge of its comparative
size with that of London. His opinion was that London is more than a
third larger.
Opie spoke of the fine collection of pictures at Lucien Buonapartes ;
and of that of the Archbishop of Lyons. The latter He saw when the
Archbishop was present who He found to be a man of great simplicity
of manners, about 40 years of age. He is Brother to Madame Buonaparte
mother to the Chief Consul. — They live together. —
Fuseli, Moore, Halls & myself went to the Prefecture of the Police,
where we delivered our Passport, and received each a Passport of Security
to be used during our residence in Paris. The office is a long room.
Many Clerks were writing. It gives a great idea of the strictness of their
police. People of all conditions were there, natives not inhabitants, as
well as Foreigners. I was informed that their arrangement is so perfect
that no Individual can reside in Paris without being known & watched.
In addition to the account which each person who comes to Paris is
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inmates. The vigilance of attention is said to abate when an Individual
is well understood as to his business and way of living.*
A Place of Amusement
Opie came to tea with us. I went to Frascatit with him & Mrs.
Opie, Moore & Halls at \ past 9. It is a prettily fancied light building
calculated for amusement. The garden is small but in it there are dark
walks & light walks, and many whimsical places & things to make up a
variety for those who have an hour or two to lounge in an evening.
The place was very full, and of decent people. I thought the French
woemen who were there decorous in their dress, and proper in their
manner. I saw no trifling levity but quiet & decent behaviour. Their
Hair with many variations was dressed much like that which is seen
in the pictures of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles first. Thin wiry
ringlets were disposed down each side of the face. Nineteen out of
twenty of the men were dressed quite in the English manner. An altera
tion in this respect I was told had taken place within a very few months :
and the woemen now make a very different appearance from what they
did sometime ago. — In the Country towns this did not seem to me to be
the case. —
How far this spirit of imitation may affect commerce I know not, but
it certainly appears an advantage to be the object of imitation rather
than the imitator.
Opie informed me that Holcroft, the author, who went abroad with
strong prejudices founded upon political notions is become quite national
to England. In painting, — in acting, — &c. &c. He will admit of no
comparison on the part of France ; in short after having taken leave
of his Country He is preparing to return to it.
* Here is a later experience of the strict regulations in Paris with regard to " Passports
of Security " to foreigners. For many years before the Great War it was not necessary
to have a passport in France unless one were to make a prolonged residence in that country.
In the Spring of 1895 a young Scotsman went to Paris to stay for a year or two, and on
applying at the Conciergerie for a passport the following dialogue took place : —
" Why do you want to stay in Paris ? "
" In order to study art."
" Of course you are not married ? "
" Oh, yes."
" But you have no children i "
" Yes 1 "
" How many ? "
" Five."
" Cinq I Mon Dieu I " And after a fit of laughing he cried to the room full of clerks :
" Here is a young man with a wife and five children who has come to Paris to study
art I " And they all laughed merrily.
t Frascati, a fashionable resort, " the centre of pleasure and elegance," was in Boulevard
Montmartre. The gardens were adorned with busts of French and English poets, and
there was a " pleasing hermitage, arranged with great taste." Admission was free, hut
the proprietors profited haudaomelv bv the sale of liaueurs. ices, fruit, and other
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You Jacobin
September 5. — [Monsr. Montferrand, a Frenchman of a noble Family]
said a great alteration has taken place in the sentiments of the Parisians.
The word Jacobin is execrated. He was present a day or two ago when
a man who was working among some stones in the street observing that
two well dressed persons one of whom was a woeman found some difficulty
in passing as the street was dirty, He stepped forward to assist them,
but on approaching near the Man He suddenly darted upon him, seized
him by the Collar, and exclaimed " You Jacobin, you murderer, you
villain, you robbed me of 100,000 Livres," accompanying these words
with such fury of assault that it was apprehended He would destroy
the man, who was with difficulty separated from him by the people that
had collected in consequence of what was passing. Upon enquiry
it was found that the labourer had been a man in good circumstances
but had lost his all, while the other by the plunder of such had been
raised to a reverse of situation. The man who had made the assault
remained unmolested, and had the sympathy of the people, and the other
got away as well as He could.
Revolutionary Changes
Monsr. Montferrand related another anecdote. A friend of his
who was Coll. of a regiment under the old government but now in very
narrow circumstances and but indifferently clothed was walking in a
street, and was splashed by an impetuous driver of a Carriage. The
Coll. expressed resentment, which caused an Officer in the carriage to
look at him, and instantly to get out of it and adress him. The Coll.
had no recollection of him but the other reminded the Colonel that at
such a time He was a private soldier in His regiment but that He was
now a General, such had been his good fortune in the revolutionary
changes. He expressed the utmost kindness for His former Commander
and his best wishes for him.
The present state of the French stage was spoken of. Monsr. Mont
ferrand said those who have known the Old School of Madame Clairen &c
do not approve the present style of acting, which they say is a kind of
madness. When the French Theatre was situated in that part of the
town where men of letters resided, and which was called the latin part
of Paris, the stage was better criticised, and a more chaste performance
was necessary. Talma, the first Tragedian was a violent Jacobin and
many of the Parisians now hold him in detestation.
A remarkable change has taken place in the appearance of the people
from what they were a few years ago, gloomy,— savage, — without regard
to dress or cleanliness. They are now coming fast round to chearfulness
and civility. At Rouen a print is now sold in the Shops. It is a portrait
of the late King and under it an inscription signifying " Had He been a
Tyrant, He would now have been King." Monsr. Montferrand thought
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those in better situations pay attention to its duties but the congrega
tions are now very different from what they formerly were. Being in
a part of the town where He was uncertain of his situation He asked a
man the way to Pont de Revolution (formerly Pont )* D  n
the Revolution replied the other.
Speaking of the dirty appearance of the Houses in Paris and of their
want of repair, He said He had been told by several that their property
had been too insecure for them to think of being at expense upon it, but
that they proposed next year, if all goes on well to do what is so much
wanted. * Pont de la Revolution, " formerly " Pont Louis XVI., has been known since October
25, 1795, as Pont de la Concorde, which then led, as it now leads, from the Palais Bourbon
into the Place de la Revolution, renamed (in the same year as the Bridge) Place de la Con
corde. During the Reign of Terror a guillotine stood permanently in that Place, and there
Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, Philippe-Egalite, Madame Roland, Madame du Barry,
and others were beheaded.
L. H. Senior writes : " In a footnote you state that during the Reign of Terror a guillo
tine stood permanently in the Place de la Revolution.
" M. Lenotre, in his book, ' La Guillotine pendant la Revolution,' says that after the
fete of the Supreme Being the guillotine was removed to the Place du TrSne at the other
end of Paris. It remained there permanently till the 9th Thermidor, and during that
time beheaded 1,300 victims. On the 10th Thermidor it was taken back to the Place de
la Revolution for the execution of Robespierre and his accomplices. After three days it
was removed to the Place de la Greve, and at the end of May, 1795, again appeared in the
Place de la Revolution."
[Our authority was the latest edition of Larousse (the French equivalent to the Encyclo
paedia Britannica), which says : " L'echafaud s'y dressa en permanence pendant la Terreur."
This does not mean, however, that the guillotine was never occasionally removed from
its site in the Place de la Revolution. On the Fete of January 21, 1794, the oxen yoked to
one of the allegorical cars refused, we are told, to move past the spot whence the guillotine
had been removed for the day and all traces of blood washed away. It was not again
removed until after the trial of 52 persons on June 17 of the same year (nine days after the
Feast of the Supreme Being), when it was taken to the Place du Trone (now Place de la
Nation), east of Place de la Bastille. Robespierre was arrested on July 27, and the guillotine
was brought back to the Place de la Revolution for his execution on the following day.
Carlyle's description of the last scene comes to mind. " At the foot of the scaffold,
they stretched him (Robespierre) on the ground till his turn came. Lifted up aloft, his
eyes again opened ; caught the bloody axe. Samson wrenched the coat off him ; wrenched
the dirty linen from his [wounded] jaw ; the jaw fell powerless, there burst from him a cry;
hideous to hear and see : Samson, thou canst not be too quick ! Samson's work done, there
burst forth shout on shout of applause."
Thus ended the Reign of Terror on July 28, 1794. During its disastrous course of
fifteen months, some 17,000 persons were executed in France under form of law. — Ed.]

CHAPTER IV
(Paris), 1802
Voltaire Strove for Toleration
September 5. — We went to the Pantheon. It is a very fine building
of Grecian style of Architecture.
Here we had another proof of a change of opinion among the people.
The Ashes of Marat, — & Mirabeau, — and Pelletier, — were deposited in
Urns in the Pantheon. Those of the Two former have been thrown into
the public Sewer : the Urn of the third was solicited and obtained by his
relations. There are at present only Two monuments remaining : those
of Voltaire & Rousseau. On one side of that of Voltaire is an inscription
signifying that he combated Atheism and Fanaticism, and strove for
Toleration. — On that of Rousseau is inscribed, " The Man of Nature and
of Truth." — Thus have the French amused themselves in the midst of
blood shed and devastation ; — with fancied notions of freedom and
equality, — and with ideas of obtaining a state of perfection founded on
the basis of what they called reason and true Philosophy ; the emblems
of which still remain in their public buildings and places, those places and
buildings where the bayonet glistens to remind them of a power to which
they are now more subject than any other people in Europe. Such is
the farce that France now presents to the rest of the world.
The French and Art
On returning from the Galleries and museums which contain the
most extraordinary works of Art & Science, when I mix with the people ,
the contrast is so great that I spontaneously have thought what have
they to do with such treasures. The disorder and bad taste which so
universally prevail among them is ill suited to those sentiments which
the noble works which they have made themselves master of are calcu
lated to inspire.
We had much conversation upon Art. Flaxman does not concur
with the French Artists who think that the Diana of Ephesus, which is
in the gallery of Statues was executed by the same Sculptor who made
the Apollo of Belvedere. — Mr. Long [afterwards Lord Farnborough]
prefers the Groupe of Lacoon to all other works in sculpture, & is of opinion
that the Diana is a very inferior work to the Apollo. — He remarked that
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the gallery of paintings does not contain a picture by Gaspar Poussin
or by Salvator Rosa. Flaxman said that Rome still contains those
works which give the highest idea of art, and elevate the mind of a
Student. It still possesses the great works in Fresco executed by Raphael
& Michael Angelo. — Opie replied that an Artist who could not be moved
by what is in the gallery in Paris would go farther in vain.
Soldiers of Fortune
The accumulation of great fortunes by the French Generals was
mentioned and was easily accounted for. They were allowed Ten per
cent upon all the money which was levied where they had the Command.
This induced them to keep their armies without expence to France,
and makes the great fortunes of Murat, &c no longer to be wondered at.
The Troops which vie saw at the last review were allowed to be very
fine. Mr. Long thought their Helmets which may be locked on the top
of the Head or under the Chin, and the long Hair which falls on the
Shoulders and back, and is known to resist a stroke of a Sword, is a better
guard than any we have in England among our troops.
September 6. — To the Painter who has to learn the principles
upon which the great masters of his Art worked, the Gallery at Paris
is the place where He may pass his hours in careful consideration and
deep reflection. He may there see how Raphael thought and discrimi
nated ; — How Titian by appropriate colour gave solemnity or splendour
to his subject ; — How Correggio harmonized ; — and how Tintoretto
attracted by his brilliance and surprised by the spirit of his execution.
He will there see that the highest excellence of the respective masters
was obtained by each of them following the particular bent of his mind
and exerting all its powers in the way to which it was most inclined;
which may cause him to weigh his own powers and consider his acquire
ments. This may prevent his dissipating his abilities, and occasion him
to confine himself to unremitting exertion to do that well of which He may
judge himself most capable. —
We dined at our Hotel, Monsr. Montferrand with us. Some remark
able escapes during the Massacres in Paris were mentioned. Of a Lady
who was not sentenced owing to the good management of a former
servant, who being now one of her judges when she was brought forward
contrived to hint to her to be steady in her manner whatever questions
might be put to her, and then affecting extraordinary severity put pub-
lickly as an officious leader of those who were sitting in judgement several
questions, which she happily answered discreetly, He then changed his
manner and proposed that as nothing appeared against Her she should
be dismissed which was agreed to. When she was taken away He slid
out after her, and now overcome found her fainting, and to secure her
He carried her from the place in his arms.
The late King of France had a very bad adress, abrupt & some-

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thing harsh in the tone of his voice. — The first appearance of the late
Queen was that of great Hauteur but her manner was gracious & pleasing
when she adressed a person. — The Prince of Conde has always borne the
character of a plain, honest, soldier like man. The Prince of Conti of
a very different disposition & pursuits, much resembling our Duke of
Queensberry. The Reign of Terror
Mrs. Williams, [half] sister to Miss H. M. Williams, told me the
French dress had been changed since the days of terror : then every
one studied to appear as mean and careless as possible, the men dirty
and unshaved. When that wore of a plain dress was continued and
was now the fashion after the manner of the English. — She said that the
state of apprehension they were constantly in during the days of terror
could scarcely be described. The most guarded expressions only were
uttered even before near friends and before servants, an indiscreet word
having often proved fatal.
General Moreau is abt. 38 years old and has an open, pleasing, manly
countenance. Monsr. Gerard [the famous French artist] is abt. 30 years
old. The apartments occupied by the Artists [in the Louvre] are in the
rudest condition and can only be approached by passing through long
passages in many parts filthy, — and by going up staircases which are in
some places pitch dark. — These apartments however are soon to be given
up as it is the intention of the government to complete these dilapidated
parts of the Louvre in a handsome manner for some purpose or other
agreeable to a Plan which has been approved. —
Though the Apartments in the Louvre are still in the possession of
Artists the title of Academician by which they formerly held them is
no longer allowed. To be members of the National Institute is the only
Honor now granted to Artists, who in common with Literary Men &
Philosophers seek for that distinction to which by the new order of things
they are limited. The institute consists of 142 French members divided
into Classes. To Painting Six Seats are allowed and an equal number
to Sculpture & to Architecture. This number being very small in pro
portion to that of artists who have acquired reputation in France causes
much disatisfaction. The Institute has not reed. Gerard, — Guerin,—
Girodet, and many others who are acknowledged to be at the head of
their Art.

CHAPTER V
(Paris), 1802
French Supreme in Draughtsmanship
Eminent Men
September 7. — Visconti, the Popes Antiquarian came in. Flaxman
told me He is esteemed the best informed man, in that respect in Europe.
He is a little man, something like Mr [Charles James] Fox, and wears
Spectacles. Flaxman mentioned to him a conjecture which had occurred
to him relative to the Apollo. The folds of the Cloak do not correspond
on the two sides, a proof of it being a Copy from a Bronze figure. The
Artist who executed it afraid of weakening his marble avoided making
the indents of the Drapery opposite : In Bronze this may be done with
safety. The Hair which is also more particular than is usual in statuary
seems an imitation of bronze which can express it more minutely.
Visconti said the observation was new to him but He approved it. —
Monsr. Percier, also, esteemed the best of the French Architects
came. He is much employed by Buonaparte. He is a sensible looking
man. — Monsr. Lenoir and his wife also came. He is a painter by Pro
fession, and is Conservator of the Museum of National Monuments and
was a chief cause of their preservation. He told us that when the monu
ments were opened the bodies of Henry 4th and of Marshal Turenne were
found in such a state of preservation that a Child who had seen prints
of them might have known them. The lead of the Coffin had pressed
a little on the nose of Henry. The Skull had been opened at the forehead
to admit the embalment but had been very well closed again.
September 8. — Fuseli & Moore were at the Opera last night. The
Ballet was Telamaque in Calypso. Fuseli said it was like a luxuriant
dream, — even the figurantes have a sentiment ; their feet seemed in
spired. The Whole moved in a perpetual round, — no Angles, — The
conceptions of Albano [the Italian who painted beautiful women] were
clumsy if compared with them.
French and English Art
The French School of Art considering Historical painting and Scupl-
ture as the Head branches of it is superior to the English School in being
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upon a better foundation pursuing the great object of true art. The
French artists draw without comparison better. Gerard and Gu£rin
are without comparison the best. The Belisarius of Gerard is in very
near a perfect style both in drawing and expression. Guerin is a little
inclining to the French (the outre) in his expressions.
David is inferior to both. In his picture of the Sabine woemen there
is drawing but not of the best kind. Boys of 12 or 14 years of age in the
French school draw better than young men do in England.
The French are superior also in their Architecture when compared
with the best English architects. In form ; in Chiaro-oscuro {effect)
and in Ornaments. In Sculpture the Belisarius of Chaudet stands
very high for purity of taste, true sentiment and fine execution. Houdon,
has done some good busts.
Banks's basso-relievo's of the Mother of Achilles rising to comfort
her Son ; and his death of Eloisa in Lewisham Church are equal to the
works of Chaudet. — And Ye Shall Wash Your Linen
From the Gallery of Statues I went with Flaxman, — Mrs. Flaxman, —
Mr. Frankland, brother to Sir Thos. Frankland, and Mr. Sharp across
the Seine in a boat. We passed by the barges filled with washer-woemen
who were beating the dirt out of the linen placed on a Stone with a piece
of flat wood that had a handle to it. It seemed to me that it must be
stout linen that would bear many such washings.
We went to the House of Count Horn, a Dutch gentleman who resides
in Paris. It exhibits a curious specimen of furnishing and finishing
in the Old French style, and contains abundance of Ebony, gilt Cabinets,
— Clocks, — Bronzes, — old pictures of the Albert Durer kind &c &c.
Whoever wishes to see what was the prevailing taste of a former age may
see it at Count Horn's, who seemed to be an enthusiast in Collecting and
very jealous of anything being injured by touching. I was soon weary
of looking at things a few specimens of which had sufficiently satisfied
me, and which had little to recommend them but singularity. What
related to art was of a poor kind, but at last He shewed us a very fine
small bust of Jupiter Osiris, or Pluto, executed in black basaltes, and in
the finest preservation. Flaxman thought it might be done abt. the time
of Alexander. I dined with West & Sharp at Very's [on the Terrasse des Feuillants, in
summer, and at 83, Palais Royal] the Restaurateur, adjoining the gardens
of the Thullieries, into which, by permission, one of the doors opens.
It is esteemed the first House of entertainment o.f the kind in Paris. The
dinner was good and neatly served. The wine of good quality. Our
expense was about 14 livres [Francs] each.
The Infernal Machine
As we passed through the Place de Carousel to Very's we stopped
at the end of the street where the " Infernal Machine " as it was called
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was stationed, and fired off. The escape of Buonaparte must have been
almost miraculous if the account of it is true. Had not the Coachman
who drove him been irritated by finding himself somewhat interrupted
by a Cart which had been stopped nearly opposite to the Machine, and
which caused him suddenly to Whip his Horses in order to force them
through the passage between the Carriage must have been blown to
pieces. As it was some damage was done to the hind part of it only.
In the evening we walked in the garden of the Thullieries and passed
by the Hall or Palace of the Tribunate which is situated a little way beyond
Very's. It was formerly the Kings Mews. It was to this place that the
King escaped from the Palace of the Thullieries, during the Massacre
of the Swiss guards, through a subterraneous passage, and placed himself
under the protection of the National Assembly. This was on the ioth
of August 1792.
September 9. — Monsr Dutetre [artist] appeared to approve the
Revolution. He seemed to be a man of much energy. He said that
before the Revolution a man who produced even a well-made Knife, or
anything else which gave him a claim to notice would have his wings
clipped that He might not interfere with the interests of those who were
allied to or under the protection of people of higher ranks.
September 10. — The Royal Academy of England has had its oppo
sition, and the French establishments are not unanimously approved.
It will be so where all cannot be on an equal footing. Those who have
been disappointed or who cannot attain the object they aim at ; will
seek for a substitute.
A good deal of rain fell to-day and I felt the inconvenience of the
Paris streets in such weather. In most of them there is a wide Kennel
in the middle, and there being no foot way, the Passenger is in continual
danger of being splashed by the Carriages and Horses which pass along,
and which it requires a pretty constant attention to keep clear of on
other accounts. The stones with which the town is paved are tolerably
well laid, but are disagreeable to walk upon to those who are accustomed
to the London footways. The streets are also very narrow if compared
with those of London, and appear more so from the Houses being in
general much higher even to Six or Seven Stories in height.

CHAPTER VI
(Paris), 1802
Buonaparte's Busts of Fox and Nelson
September 11. — Soon after Hoppner came He had been much struck
with the appearance of Paris, — the public buildings &c, and had been
much pleased with the civility & accommodation He met with upon the
road from Calais. He was last night at the Opera, which appeared to
him to be filled with one shilling gallery people. The only persons that
had the looks of gentlemen were the Officers that happened to be there.
The acting He thought good, & the singing and dancing fine.
_ I went with Mr. & Mrs Hoppner to the Palace of the Thullieries.
Miss French had procured a Card to the Head Porter or Keeper of the
apartments and accompanied us to those of the Chief Consul. They were
his private apartments and are on the left side of the Palace. They are
not large but make a very handsome appearance being furnished with
taste &_ elegance united with solidity. Eight of the rooms are in a line
succeeding each other and looking into the garden of the Thullieries.
The great dining room is on the opposite side and looks into the Court
of the Thullieries. Of the Eight rooms, the first is an Anti-room in which
are several pictures by Vander-meulen describing the movements of the
Armies of Louis the 14th. viz. : The seige of Maestricht, — the Battle of
Fleurs where Marshall Luxembourgh commanded, — a view of Dijon
&c. &c. — The pictures of Vander-meulen are not works of the first order
but they have great merit. His arrangements are skilfully contrived,
and ably executed, and as He generally introduces portraits of the most
distinguished persons which appear to be faithfully done His pictures
become interesting on that account. —
The next is a sitting room, which leads to what is called the Ambassa
dors room. The walls are covered with light blue sattin festooned, and
large glasses let in. The whole has the appearance of the inside of a
tent. The next is a small Library : the books are in cases. In this
apartment Buonaparte & Madame Buonaparte usually dine when they
have only two or three with them, and this in a very domestic & private
manner as is evident from several little circumstances which I observed.
The next room is a bed chamber very handsomely furnished in which the
Chief Consul & Madame Buonaparte sleep.
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Small Models of Artillery
The next is a room which appears to be used for a dressing room and
also to sit in, & that they do so in a family way might be seen by there
being small models of artillery &c laid on a Sopha among articles for
female amusement. The next was a bed chamber sometime ago occupied
by the daughter of Madame Buonaparte now married to Lucien Buona
parte. On a table in this room there were two Busts, one of Charles Fox,
— the other of Lord Nelson, both executed by Mrs Damer, not very
good likenesses but they might be known.
The principal dining room looks to the front court of the Thullieries.
A dining table was placed in it which would hold 50 Covers. — There were
many plates of Earthenware standing upon it and on the center of each
plate the letter B was marked. The Egyptian figure the Sphynx made
part of the frame work of the Chairs in one of the apartments.
The Porter was very civil and modest in his manner. We gave him
two Crowns.
Hoppner observed today that nothing could be more striking than
the sudden change from a people of one appearance to that of another
than was seen by crossing the Sea from Dover to Calais. He thought
the French in their appearance much more picturesque than the English
from the variety which is seen among them. In England every one aims
at an appearance of substantial propriety, which brings them nearer to
an equality. In France to please their own fancies is more their object
than to imitate, which causes such whimsical mixtures of dress to be seen
everywhere. Poverty obliges them also to be content that a portion
of finery shall be mixed with meanness producing very odd contrasts.
September 12. — Fuseli said It is the change in the appearance of
the Military, and the disuse of powder, — the cropped heads, — the chin
shaved & the throat unshaved, which is a beastly custom breaking a man
like an animal, that makes up all the alteration that the French have
undergone. In all material respects they are tied to the ground and have
not advanced one step.
Halls was at the Theatre last night and saw a Comedy very well
performed, perhaps no one so good as Mrs. Jordans, but the performers
were more equal than those on the English stage and generally better.
Hoppner came to us. He could scarcely sleep last night from thinking
of the great works which He saw yesterday. He had no notion of such
of those of Domenichino, Raphael, Titian, &c. Fuseli astonished us
by telling us that for his great work, the Communion of St. Jerome,
Domenichino had only Ten pounds.
Propriety in France
The more I see of the French people the more I feel how strong a
national distinction a want of propriety in dress makes between them and
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on his box ; a blacksmith at his Anvil ; each appears as not belonging
to his station but as there awkwardly & by accident. But the word
propriety must not be thought of in France. The insensibility or at
least inattention to it is observable in almost everything. In their public
buildings there are few examples in which a neglect of it is not seen.
Parts that are beautifully designed lose their importance and effect
from having disproportioned and often ill applied ornaments placed upon
them. I often thought while observing the people how little those Philoso
phers & Speculatists had considered their character, habits, manners, &
prejudices who proposed the popular and fanciful forms of government
which in succession were recommended to them. In the face of every
thing that was opposite to it, Systems were thought practicable which
if possible to be maintained for any length of time in any state of society,
where the mass of the people were but little corrupted, certainly could
not be preserved in their integrity where everything is in disorder. How
could it be expected that refined regulation would be suddenly established
where the beauty of it had never been felt even in a common degree.
Entitled to Respect
Robt. Smirke thought the Parisian woemen generally much thinner
than the English woemen and that He saw but few such complexions as
are common in England, and much less beauty.
September 14. — West and Sharp thought the people of Paris appear
to be in a much better state since the Revolution. West said that when
He was in Paris 39 years ago on his way from Italy, He found the streets
crowded with fine coaches, with Servants in rich Liveries, 2, 4 — or 6
standing behind on footsteps raised above each other : Religious pro
cessions moving in every direction ; but the mass of the people abject
and ragged. Now there appears to be but one order of people, a middle
Class as they may be called. — Sharp said He noticed that all the people
were well clothed, that He saw no ragged ones among them, and that this
proved that their condition was bettered ; that in the streets of London
there is a much worse appearance in this respect. He also observed that
people employed in the lowest offices seemed to consider themselves as
entitled to respect, and received civil attentions as their due, such atten
tions as people of the same degree in London, would look upon as ridiculing
them. This is a proof that they are exalted in their own opinion. —

CHAPTER VII
(Paris), 1802
Paris que s'Amuse
September 17. — Hoppner called. He was at Tivoli* last night,
which He described to be the lowest and most vulgar of all public places
of entertainment. Miserable arts to amuse and some indelicate.
[Farington's experience two nights later was greatly different. He
says] I dined at Savary's with R. Smirke only. We had a bottle of Bour-
deaux at 3 livres 10 sous, and our whole expence was 3s. 9d. each. We
drank tea at our Hotel and at 8 oClock went to the public gardens called
Tivoli, in the suburbs. We paid at the entrance 2s. 6d. each. It is a
Vauxhall, but upon a larger scale. It appeared to me that some thou
sands of persons were assembled and all was gaiety and pleasure. The
dancing was to me a very agreeable sight, for I then saw the French in
their element. There are large spaces near the Orchestra covered with
boards, answering the purpose of stages on which the people assemble
and dance, hundreds of couples being in motion at the same time. The
effect was very gratifying to see them striving at their favourite exercise
who should be most alert or most graceful. The woemen were light,
airy, and easy in their motions and their persons, in general, well formed
for the purpose. The men appeared in comparison to much disadvantage ;
inelegant in their dress, and as below the class & rank of the woemen, &
ill suited to them as partners. A Magical Dance
One tune seemed to have a magical effect upon them, it was that to
the " Walse Dance." It was no sooner played than a Couple began to
turn round which is the whole figure of the dance, and as they moved
forward, proceeding in this circular motion, they were followed by other
couples that never ceased to advance while the music of the Orchestra
continued. — I observed that in this dance the man makes a Circle with
• Tivoli gardens were in Rue de Clichy, then in the suburbs, now in the heart of North
eastern Paris. That popular haunt was superior to any other of its kind in Paris. It was
intersected by " winding rivulets of limpid purity, while its contiguity to an humble but
elegant dairy produces," says a chronicler, "a fascinating contrast between the luxury
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1802] A Magical Dance 23
his arms, within which the woman continually turns round. Many of
the woemen assumed attitudes while turning to appear easy & graceful,
and those who were most perfect in it seemed to receive scarcely the
touch of a finger from the man. A few that were clumsy made a rolling
awkward business of it. What particularly surprised me was that no
giddiness appeared to be caused by it, which shews what practise & habit
will do. On observing this multitude I could not but be sensible that
beauty among the woemen is much more rare than it is in England in
large assemblies, but in form, and more particularly in carriage, the
French woemen cannot be looked upon without much interest.
Dancing though the most prevalent was not the only amusement.
Some were engaged at Battledore & Shuttlecock, — others riding Flying
Horses, — there was also tumbling &c. —
Musket and Bayonet
Here as in all other places the people are reminded of the authority
under which they assemble. The Soldiers that were there were not
placed to dignify the entertainment, but to shew the consequence of
disturbance. There was a large guard who appeared to occupy a building
in the garden reserved for the purpose. — The civil power is not distin
guishable in Paris. It is the musket & bayonet that settles all
differences. —
He [Hoppner] was with Mr. Erskine [Lord Chancellor] yesterday in
the gallery and shewed him the St. Peter Martyr by Titian ; Erskine
turned and desired Hoppner to point out the beauties to him. Hoppner
replied that if He could not see them, it was not in his power to make
him sensible of them, as it required an education like learning Greek to
make him sensible of the excellencies which the picture contained.
The Air or something or other in Paris, disagrees with English Con
stitutions. Halls has complained much of lassitude & a sore throat.
Robt. Smirke now does the same, and says He wants spirits. Fuseli also
complains. The weather is bright & fine, but warm though not so hot as
it has been. Buonaparte's Box at the Opera
Hoppner went with me to the great Opera. Iphigene was the Opera ;
and the Ballet was the Marriage of Thomasine from Don Quixotte. The
singing I thought indifferent, & the acting little better. The dancing in
the Ballet was far inferior to what I have seen in England, but I was told
it was a bad specimen of what they can do. The acting part repre
senting the Story of the Ballet was one of the most vulgar and low exhibi
tions that I remember to have seen : I came away before it was over.
The Opera House does not appear to me to be so large as that in
London, & is less splendid. [The present Opera House is far more
magnificent than Covent Garden.] It is lighted by a large Chandelier
suspended over the center of the Pit, no lights are attached to the Boxes.

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On the Stage there is a row of lights in the Front. The appearance of
the House is gloomy. The appearance of the audience was the opposite
to anything like splendour. In the Boxes nothing above what would be
called rather below the middle rank. There seemed to be Six men to
one woman in the general number.
The price of the Boxes is 6 Livres [francs] 10 Sous (5s. 5d.). We were
imposed upon by the woman who delivered the Tickets. She took our
money but only gave us Tickets for the Pit. On finding how we had been
tricked by her, we exerted ourselves, but could get no redress. There is
one part of the Pit next to the Orchestra which is boarded off from the
Pit, & those seats are at Box prices.
The want of mutual confidence is shewn at the door of the French
Theatres. At the English Theatres, Tickets & money for change are
placed before an open wicket, but in Paris the Ticket Keeper has in her
or his Front a strong Iron Prison like grating, with only a small space
sufficient to admit a hand, so that no snatches can be made.
The Box of Buonaparte is, like the King's Box in the English Theatres,
on the left hand, looking towards the stage. There is no Ornament or
mark of any kind over it. It is only distinguished by being a little more
fine than the others. It is lined with light blue silk, and has side curtains
of red velvet bordered with Lace, and a flap of the same material falls
down before it.
A friend of mine told me that Mr. Erskine had mentioned to him that
Mr. Fox in conversation with Buonaparte had observed on the good
terms which He had granted the Emperor when a peace was settled be
tween them considering the state his power was in, to which Buonaparte
replied in a way that signified too good.
It is said that Mr. Fox has been married to Mrs. Armstead Eight
years.* She has been introduced to Lady Oxford.
The Scottish College
September 18. — The Son of the Revd. Mr. Este,t who is settled
in Paris as a Banker, and married a daughter of the late Sir Robt. Smith
* Fox lived for years with Mrs. Armstead, at St. Anne's Hill, and had a deaf and dumb
boy, but they kept their marriage secret.
t The Rev. Charles Este was one of the most extraordinary characters of his time,
yet he does not figure in the D.N.B. Educated for the ministry, he was much attached
to the stage, indeed, actually became an actor. But his theatrical adventure soon ended,
and he devoted himself to the Church, and also found plenty of time to contribute
anonymously to The Public Advertiser, mainly on stageland topics. Este's communications
with Woodfall were as mysterious as those of Junius, and it is doubtful whether the editor
ever identified his correspondent. Este induced Kemble, the actor, to start a newspaper,
which did not succeed, and he later joined with Captain Topham in bringing out the
World. It also failed, and on its extinction the parson claimed, and ultimately secured,
from Topham an annuity of ,£200. Este's writings caused two prosecutions, one by Lord
Loughborough, against Woodfall, the other by Lord Cowper's relatives against the World.
Este's name has frequently appeared in the Diary.

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called on Fuseli to-day. He mentioned that Mr. Fox had been disap
pointed in his researches in the Scotch College.* The Diary which was
written by James 2d which had been deposited there, and from which He
hoped to have been able to have made some valuable extracts, was lost or
destroyed during the Revolution. He found many curious and valuable
papers but they have been given to the world already by Sir John
Dalrymple and others.
September 19. — Hoppner called. He continues much disgusted
with Paris. He is to dine to-day with Mr. Fox.
The Champ de Mars ; the Elysian fields ; — and all the public walks in
Paris where verdure might from the names they bear be expected, are
perfectly devoid of it. The eye has no such comforting relief. The Trees
rise out of gravel, and a blade of grass is to be seen near them. During
the Summer heats there is no comparison to be made between the state of
the public walks in London and those of Paris.
* At 65, Rue du Cardinal Lemoine, founded in 1325 by David, Bishop of Moray.
Originally in the Rue des Armendiers, the building was transferred to the former street
in 1662 by Robert Barclay.

CHAPTER VIII
(Paris), 1802
The Members Only Hear and Vote
September 19. — We went to the Palais de Bourbon, formerly
belonging to the Prince of Conde. It is now the Palace of the Legislative
Assembly. [To-day the Chamber of Deputies.] The Hall in which they
assemble has been compleated 4 or 5 years, and is very finely designed in a
very good taste. From the person who attended us I obtained a better
knowledge of the present French Constitution than I had before. Being
on the Spot it seemed like reducing Theory into practise. In this Hall
300 members deputed by the Departments assemble in divissions of 75
each. Every member is allowed by the nation 10,000 Livres [francs] a
year. The meetings are continued as business may require, viz. 4 or 6
months in a year. There is no debating in these assembles, the members
of it only hear, and vote. The proofs they had during the Revolution of
the impossibility of preserving any order, or proceeding regularly with
any business while each member was allowed to give his opinion caused
this restraining prohibition. It is now all dumb shew, as far as the
Deputies are concerned. —
Robespierre's Artist Associate
September 20. — A more violent Republican than himself [David,
the artist] did not exist during the period of the revolution. He asso
ciated much with Robespierre, and after the death of that dreadful
character would himself have been executed for the part He acted in the
days of terror while Robespierre had the rule, had not a consideration
for his great ability in the art He professed operated on the minds of
those who then had the power. It was signified to him why He was not
further proceeded against & it was recommended to him to go home and
devote the remainder of his life to the practise of his profession his skill in
which had produced so great an effect in his favour.
The very active part which He took in effecting the Revolution, and
his violent zeal for Republicanism, caused me to enquire a little into his
character in private life. The>answers I reed, were of a very unfavourable
kind. His conduct in his family, and his persecution of many of his own
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profession, as well as others, proved him to be a man of a very unamiable
disposition.* French Music Bad
The French dancing is allowed by all to be excellent, but their Vocal
music very bad. Mr. Fox mentioned yesterday that an Italian Ambas
sador who came to Paris was at the Opera and held his ears while it was
performing. On going to his carriage there was a violent noise as usual
among the Coachman & lamp boys &c, on which He cried out " I thought
the Opera was over." —
I walked this evening a little in the Palais Royal, a scene that as it
relates to morals and manners exhibits dissipation and profligacy in
strong colours. There are many Coffee Houses among other places of
resort one of which was distinguished by being called " a Coffee House for
Strangers," to which was added " without noise," a proof that the French
are not insensible to their propensity to make it.
September 21. — The Swiss told us the late King never slept at
Petit Trianon, but always came there to breakfast, with the Queen. He
lived at Great Trianon a little distance from hence. The Swiss talked
with Fuseli, his countryman, and recommended to him not to believe the
stories propagated to dishonour the Queen. He said " Liberty led to the
Devil." A Motley Crowd
September 22. — There is anually an Exhibition of Manufactures
in the great square of the Louvre, in a temporary building erected for the
purpose. It extends round the whole square, and is divided into shops
containing everything that recommend the Manufacturer and owner to
public notice.
The number of people which had come into Paris from the Provinces,
to see the Exhibitions, and Fire works, and various amusements which
are made on the Complimentary days, was prodigious. The streets were
crowded, and the public places difficult of approach. I was frequently
interested by seeing respectable people who had come from the distant
provinces and were dressed in their finest cloaths, but of a fashion as
different from what now prevailed in Paris, as the dress of Queen Elizabeth
would be to that worn in London. I sometimes observed that the
Parisians wd. stop & look at such extraordinary figures, but that in a
manner not to give offence by seeming to ridicule it. The French in
this respect appear to be a pattern for the people of other Countries.
* David made a rough sketch of Queen Marie Antoinette in the cart which carried her
to the scaffold, " Overwhelmed with outrages by the mob the whole way from the Con-
ciergerie to the Place de la Revolution." And Carlyle thus refers to the part played by him
at the Feast of the Supreme Being — " Amphitheatre has been raised, or at least monticule
or Elevation ; hideous statues of Atheism, Anarchy and such like, thanks to Heaven and
Painter David, strike abhorrence to the heart. . . . The sea-green Pontiff [Robespierre]
takes a torch, Painter David handing it."

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Singularity of dress, or imperfect attempts to speak their language, are
never causes which excite levity in them, but in the latter instance they
do all in their power to assist the explanation.
A Cheap Restaurant
I dined at a Restauranteur adjoining the Thullieries gardens, (not
Very's) which was frequented by respectable people, but chiefly such as
studied economy, the expense being much less than in many other Houses
of the same kind. The first circumstance that I remarked was that there
were a great number of tables as in the English Coffee Houses, at which
parties were dining ; but upon no one was there a table cloth. Each
Table was covered with a piece of painted oil cloth, and under each plate,
according to the number of persons, was a napkin, which the person to
whose plate it belonged might put under his chin ; — upon his knees ; or
make a small table cloth of it for his own purpose ; and in each way I saw
them used, which produced a whimsical effect.
I was astonished at the rapidity with which the Head waiter collected
the reckonings, and at his recollection of what each person had, where so
many separate articles were called for, making up at each table a long
list though but of trifling expense. It proved how habit strengthens
recollection, for He had nothing to refer to, and the exactness might be
depended upon, for it wd. not do for him to charge too little, and it is
certain that the French guests would not like to pay too much. —
To these places respectable women go witht. remark. I saw a few
dining at their ease in this large assembly of eaters. Here I noticed
another matter. I had often heard of French men eating more than the
English & today I was confirmed in it. Many it seemed to me might have
eat for a wager ; but one in particular took such a portion that I re
gretted not having wrote down the articles, which I should have done had
I not been deceived by the manner in which He proceeded through his
work. In fact supposing that his first beginning was a large dinner, I did
not further regard him till some time after I saw other single dinners
carried up to him in succession, my Companions Shee & Halls were more
attentive to him than I happened to be & I believe can go pretty well
through his bill of fare. — our dinner, wine included, cost us 3s. nd. each.

CHAPTER IX
(Paris), 1802
Buonaparte and Fox
September 22. — Monsr. Vincent [the famous artist] desirous of
shewing respect to his guests, asked Fuseli if He should give a toast in
the English manner. Fuseli approved it & proposed, " A Union of the
Arts of Great Britain and France," which was joyously reed, being given
by Madame Vincent. —
Monsr. Vienne had attended Buonaparte today while He viewed the
Exhibition of modern French Art, and the old gentleman was so covered
with Lace that Fuseli said " He looked like a Baby."
Buonaparte inspected the works carefully. He remarked on a
Bust of Hannibal, " that Hannibal was a bad man, but the Sculptor
had given him a nose which expressed goodness." — He went down to
the gallery of Statues, and while there said that the Apollo would soon
be accompanied by the Venus of Medicis, as the statue was on the road
[from Rome].
The entertainment today at Monsr. Vincent's, was very handsome
in the French manner, but Fuseli observed that the Knives & Forks
were never changed, — they were to be cleaned by the bread. Vincent
was aware that it might be noticed & sd. to Fuseli that He approved the
English Custom of changing them but it was not yet the fashion of
France. Monsr. Vincent is one of the most distinguished Historical painters
and is a member of the Institute. The Palais Royal
I walked to-day in the Palais Royal, and was amused with the variety
to be seen there. The rows of Shops appear like Exeter Change but
upon a larger scale. Booksellers, Jewellers, Milliners, Shops for blacking
Shoes, with a covered seat & a newspaper to read during the operation,
— Coffee Houses, — Restaurateurs, — gaming rooms, night cellars, —
&c &c abound. A narrow Piazza runs round three sides of the great
Square of the building in which people of all sorts are perpetually moving.
Many loose woemen parade the Piazza's, who by their dress and manner
sufficiently express their character but they are under a proper restraint
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so far as not to interrupt or molest or adress any person who does not
give them encouragement. I was told the Police was very strict in
this respect, which caused them to be careful how they conducted
themselves. It seems to have been a great sacrifice to have allowed the ground
and buildings forming part of a Palace of a Prince of the Blood of France
to be appropriated to such purposes, which I was informed was for the
sake of the large income it produced.
The late Duke [of Orleans] increased his revenue by adding to the
buildings which are thus occupied.
Guillotined by Communes
September 23. — He [R. Smirke] was also to-day on the ground
where the Bastille stood, but nothing of it now remains. The space which
it occupied is now used as a deposit for wood. He conversed there with
an Inhabitant of the neighbourhood about the destruction of that famous
building, and of what had happened in Paris after that period, and said
He shd. like to have been a witness of some of those proceedings. The
man replied that it was better to be out of the way when no one, what
ever might be their politics, was assured of life for aday. He spoke
particularly of the time of Robespierre, and said that then people were
ordered for execution by Communes, (districts) those who had dwelt
in a Commune to be guillotined together.
The mode of proceeding was for the Executioner to go to the Prison
and cut off the back part of the Hair of such as were to be executed
that the stroke might not be impeded. This was the notice for execu
tion, without trial or any other preparation.
This being the first day of Vendemaire (September 22d) the New-
years day in the modern French Calendar, a public fete was given.
The Thullieries was illuminated on hoth fronts, and in the Center of the
garden front, a large temporary Orchestra was erected, which was filled
by a very numerous musical band. A multitude of people surrounded
it, and others were walking in every direction. The manner of their
illumination had a good effect. It was in lines describing the form of
the building and its parts.
In the Center of the garden front of the Thuillieries there is a Balcony
into which Buonaparte attended by the two other Consuls came between
7 & 8 oClock in the evening and by lamp-fight presented himself to the
people. He was dressed in Scarlet, — the other Consuls in Blue, all
richly with Lace. Buonaparte bowed to the people and remained some
time in their view.
The French have long had the Character of being a gay people. That
they are volatile is certain ; and that they are impetuous & energetic is
equally so. But if the French may be said to be gay it is not, in my
opinion, to be understood that they are chearful. Speaking generally of
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as any to be met with. Whatever their action or affectation may be,
If I were to judge of the state of the heart from the visage I should
associate with the look little of that complacency & ease which proceeds
from content. Is not their restless disposition, and characteristic love
of novelty & change a proof of the contrary ?
Smiles with his Mouth
September 24. — Shee and Hoppner saw Buonaparte deliver the
medals as prizes to those who had been adjudged to have produced the
best proofs of skill in manufactures &c. Mr Fox when introduced to
Buonaparte thought him easy and desirous to please without effort.
In one particular only He noticed the manner of a man who acts as a
superior ; which was, that He sometimes put questions and did not
wait for the answers before He proposed other questions. — It has been
observed that He smiles with his mouth but that his eyes never have a
corresponding expression.
West told me that He was introduced to Buonaparte in the Exhibi
tion room by the minister of the Interior. It was when Buonaparte
came to His picture and asked who it was painted by that the minister
introduced him. Buonaparte spoke to him in Italian, hoped He had
found Paris agreeable and expressed his approbation of the merit of
his picture. — West then continued with those who attended the Consul
and went through the exhibition room of drawings and models, — and
down stairs to the Gallery of Statues.
Mr. Erskine Junr. said He had been in America four years. Sir
William Pulteney has vast possessions of land in the State of New York.
Sir Francis Baring also has great property in land in America. Mr.
Erskine allowed that the people of America are 200 years behind the
English in general improvement. He spoke of a young man of the
name of Cowper who has lately had much fame on the Stage in Phila
delphia. He has a fine person, and great powers ; but is dissipated.
He reed, at Philadelphia abt. 10 guineas a week which is a great sum for
an actor there. He was a pupil of Godwin who proposed to educate
him to be an Author but that is a profession not to be assumed at Will,
with a reasonable prospect of success, and He saw it so little promising
that He was induced to turn his attention to the stage, and went to
America. He is abt. 25 or 6 years old. Mr. Erskine has mentioned
him in so favourable a manner to Mr. Richardson of the Proprietors of
Drury Lane that an offer is gone to him.*
• David Montagu Erskine was the eldest son of Lord Chancellor Thomas first Lord
Erskine, and succeeded his father as second Baron. He was a diplomatist, and married
in 1799 the daughter of John Cadwallader of Philadelphia, Washington's companion, and
one of the leaders of the American Revolution. In 1806 young Erskine was appointed
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States.

CHAPTER X
(Paris), 1802
September 24. — Mr. Erskine Senr. was introduced to Buonaparte
yesterday. There was no Court as in England, consisting of Parisians :
none were there. The Ambassador's and Residents from different
countries stood separate, and near each such persons as desired to be
introduced by that Ambassador or Resident to Buonaparte. When
thus assembled Buonaparte goes round to each minister, who then
presents the persons who have come for that purpose.
A Great Vandyck
September 25. — I passed almost the whole of this morning in the
picture gallery .[the Louvre] and saw for the first time the admirable
whole length portrait of Cardinal Bentivoglio by Vandyke, which was
brought from Genoa. It was evidently painted when Vandyke was
studying the works of Titian, and it would rank with the pictures of
that great master. For breadth ; purity of Colour ; and truth of
Character, I have scarcely seen it exceeded. The head is the part
executed with the greatest attention : the Hands are not painted with
so much precision as is frequently found in the pictures of Vandyke.*
He [the gallery attendant] also informed me that Buonaparte had
ordered three of the best pictures in the modern French Exhibition
[the Salon at the Louvre] to be purchased for him.
Mr. Walker, a young artist, who was sometime ago pupil to R. Smirke
Senr. & came to Paris by his advice to obtain a more correct practise
lately placed himself as a pupil under David, who receives pupils at
12 livres a month. The room in which they study is in the Louvre and
at that time there were about 40 in number. The Hours of attendance
* Vandyck left Genoa in 1623 for Rome, where he at first was the guest of Cardinal
Bentivoglio, the historian, who had been Papal Nuncio at the Flemish Court in Brussels.
During his visit to the Cardinal Vandyck painted the magnificent portrait referred to by
Farington. This canvas was one of some fifty pictures restored to the Pitti Palace, Florence, after
Napoleon's fall in 18 15. These included also eight Raphaels, Giorgione's "Concert,"
Titian's " Portrait of Cardinal Hippolyte de Medici" and " Portrait of his Mistress," and
a Rembrandt self portrait.
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are from Seven in the morning till twelve at noon, with a short interval
for breakfast at nine oClock.
Walker found the place so dirty, and the young men so playful &
careless that He soon became disgusted and quitted it. He described
it to be in fact an Academy for drawing from the Life figure ; a living
model being placed before them. David comes in and walks round to
look over their drawings.
September 26. — We walked round the Colonade of the Palais Royal,
and saw Greuze, formerly an Artist of very great reputation, now, an
old man of 86. He was walking with His Hat under his arm, dressed
in dark coloured cloaths with a narrow gold Lace. It seems it is his
custom to walk every evening in the same place, after which He takes
a little Ice. He is a middle sized, slender old man ; of an healthy
appearance. Interesting Dinner Party
September 27. — To-day Mr. West gave his public breakfast, or
rather dinner, at our Hotel — Between 12 and one oClock the Company
began to assemble, and before three oClock the party was upwards of
thirty in number.
At the great table were — *.

* Farington describes most of Benjamin West's guests. Arthur O'Connor was the
Irish revolutionary ; Erskine senior, the famous orator and Lord Chancellor ; Erskine
junior, his eldest son ; S. Rogers, the banker poet ; and Shee, the Royal Academician.
Joel Barlow (1754-1812), who was born in Connecticut, graduated at Yale in 1778,
and from 1780 until the end of the American Revolutionary War, he acted as chaplain
in a Massachusetts brigade. Barlow was one of a group of young writers known as the
" Hartford Wits," and wrote " The Vision of Columbus," which once was widely read.
While in London, where he spent much time, Barlow was a member of the " obnoxious
London Society for Constitutional Information," and a volume by him entitled " Advice
to the Privileged Orders," 1792, was proscribed by the British Government. In that
year he was made a French citizen, and in the retreat of the French Army in Poland in 18 12
he died of exposure at Zarnowiec.
The Mr. Brown, also mentioned by Farington, was probably Charles Brockden Brown
(1771-1810), a Philadelphian, who wrote six romances and is regarded as the " first American
novelist." Helen Maria Williams (1762-1827), authoress, daughter of Charles Williams, went
over to France in 1788 on a visit to her elder sister, Cecilia. Here she adopted the principles
and ideas of the revolution ; became friendly with many of the leading Girondists and was
on terms of intimacy with Madame Roland. She was thrown into prison by Robespierre
and narrowly escaped the guillotine.
The story of her novel " Julia " was adapted for the stage as " The Lady of Lyons "
by the first Lord Lytton. Among Miss WiUiams's other works were " Letters Written
in France in the Summer of 1790," and " Letters containing a Sketch of the Politics of
France from the 31st of May, 1793, till the 28th of July, 1794-" She died in Paris on
December 15, 1827, and was buried in Pere Lachaise beside John Hurlford Stone, political
refugee, under whose protection she had lived in France.
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1802] Interesting Dinner Party 35
At three oClock we adjourned to another room & all sat down to a
very elegant cold eolation, served up in a very handsome manner, with
the best wines, Champaigne &c— Mrs. Cosway was there but did not
sit down at the table. Monsr. Vienne, the Old President of the former
French Academy went away before dinner. Monsr. La Harpe, was
Tutor to the present Emperor of Russia. Madame Gerard appeared
to be about 20 years of age. She is an Italian by birth ; and paints
small domestic scenes with great neatness & ingenuity. Monsr. Le Roy
is 75 or 6 years of age, of an amiable appearance & very gentlemanly
in his manner. He was formerly in England, & resided with his friend
Sir William Chambers. Monsr. Denon's work on Egypt is now in cir
culation throughout Europe. His face put me much in mind of Mr.
Geo : Baker of St. Paul's Church Yard. —

Beautiful Vigee Le Brun
Madame Le Brun has been much celebrated in France & in Italy
for her skill in portrait painting. She appears to be abt. 40 years of
age, & is a very handsome woman, with a very lively expression of
countenance. She was at one time much in the confidence of the late
unfortunate Queen of France & wd. not have escaped the Guillotine
had she remained in France. Her name was mentioned in the necklace
story so much talked of. —
Signor Torcia informed me that He had resided in England two
years, and was much acquainted with Brompton, the Portrait Painter.
He adressed Mr. Erskine aloud across the table, and said that He re
minded him of the Bust of Demosthenes. Mr. Erskine replied that
He feared the resemblance would not be found ; but if his features
were similar to those of that Champion of liberty, He hoped his coun
tenance would never change. This answer was noticed by the company
with loud applause, it having been translated to the French who did
not understand English.
Signor Torcia spoke of England to me and Sharpe. He said that
whoever wished to be a man should go to England for three or four
years, be He a German, — a Frenchman, an Italian, — or of any other
Country. " That Country, said He exhibits a model for mankind."
Mr. West told me that Monsr. Moitte is the best Sculptor in France,
and equal to the Antique in His Bassorelievos. — He observed of Madame
Vincent [wife of the artist] that she painted better than Madame Le Brun.

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An Irish Traitor in Paris
Arthur O'Connor was brought by Lady Oxford.* His attendance
upon Her Ladyship appears to be almost constant. This could not be
unnoticed by the English as a great impropriety in many respects.
Banished as He is for acknowledged treason, and proved as He has
been having deceived his friends. Though they were in the room
together, & sat at the same table, I did not observe that Mr. Erskine
took any notice of him. He was one of those who had been deceived
by him, and gave a strong evidence in his favour when He was on his
trial at Maidstone. O'Connor appeared to me to be abt. 35 or 6 years
of age : Black Hair & dark complexion. There was nothing in his look
that to me seemed to indicate ability, or that distinguished him from.
what may be called common.
The Countenance of Madame La Harpe I thought sweet & interesting.
Her manner modest, easy & natural, yet with an air of refinement, it
formed a strong contrast to the assured vivacity of Madame Le Brun ;
and the too affected and laboured civilities of Miss H. Williams. —
Mrs. Joel Barlow appeared to be a quiet, unassuming woman. I
was told she is an American by birth, & had a good fortune. The person
of Joel Barlow is tall & bony. His countenance ill-favored but his look
thoughtful & shrewd. To reflect & to observe seem to be his habit,
and it is expressed in his appearance. His head is shrunk between his
Shoulders, and constantly leans to one side ; and one of his hands is
invariably placed upon his breast, as it were to support his chin ; a
common action of consideration. So much of description of one who
distinguished himself in the late days of speculation and trouble, as a
Reformer of political constitutions ; and with others proved to the world
the danger of endeavouring to carry visionary Theories into practise,
at the risk of all the horrors of bloodshed and confusion. —
* The Countess of Oxford was one of the most beautiful women of her time, as we see
by Hoppner's portrait of her, which was shown at the Royal Academy in 1797. The
Countess was a great friend of Lord Byron, and while in Paris in 1802, as Farington
records, she scandaUsed some of the other English visitors by going about with Arthur
O'Connor, the Irish rebel.
"She is a strange woman," said Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, who met her in
Florence in 1814, and Sir Uvedale Price, writing to Samuel Rogers in December, 1824,
remarks : " Poor Lady Oxford. I had heard with great concern of her dangerous illness,
but hoped she might get through it, and was much grieved to hear that it ended fatally."
[She died on November 20.] . . .
" There could not, in all respects, be a more iU-matched pair than herself and Lord
Oxford, or a stronger instance of the cruel sports of Venus, or, rather, of Hymen. . . •
It has been said that she was, in some measure, forced into the match ; had she been
united to a man whom she loved, esteemed, and respected, she herself might have been
generally respected and esteemed, as well as loved ; but in her situation, to keep clear of
all misconduct, required a strong mind or a cold heart ; perhaps both, and she had
neither. . . . There was something about her, in spite of her errors, remarkably attaching,
and that something was not merely her beauty."

Countess of Oxford.
After a portrait by Hoppner.

[To iace p. 36.

CHAPTER XI
(Paris), 1802
Buonaparte's Manoeuvring for Power
September 27. — I went with Mr. West to look into the Shops of the
Exposition in the Louvre. — The Porcelain, — the quilts, — the leather for
tables, — and many other articles appeared to us to be excellent. The
Composition imitation of the English black lead & the chalks for drawing
we very much approved.
We drank tea together in Mr. West's apartment. He noticed to
me Fuseli's absence, & of others not accepting his invitation. I told
him of the feelings which there had been about the Exhibition That
his not communicating the information of Buonaparte being to visit
the Exhibition, which would have afforded several English Artists an
opportunity to see him with great convenience had given much umbrage.
He said the notice He received was at so short a time before He was
required to go, that it was not in his power to signify the intention of
the Consul to others.
At 9 oClock we went together to Miss Williams Converzasione, and
found much company. Lady Oxford, — Arthur O'Connor, — Lawless,
another proscribed Irish man ; by profession a Surgeon, and of good
Connexions. An intemperate young man who was one of the associates
of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. He was advertized, with a reward of XS00>
but contrived to get over to France, where He may pass probably some
of the best years of his life in reflecting upon his unlawful conduct. —
September 29. — At 10 went to Mr West's apartment. He men
tioned that while Bonaparte was viewing the statue of the Apollo of
Belvidere it was observed by one present that " Apollo required Venus,"
to which Buonaparte replied, " that she would soon attend him, being
on the road." Kemble and Buonaparte
Kemble, Rogers, Boddington and Erskine Junr. joined us. It was
observed that Kemble was very like Buonaparte only upon a larger
scale. Kemble said that the French had remarked it. West went so
far in this opinion as to say that with Kemble before him and some of
the imitations of Buonaparte He could make a better likeness of the
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Chief Consul than had yet been seen. The Hero of the Stage seemed
very well pleased with the opinion.
The disposition of Buonaparte was spoken of. Kemble. who has
resided some time in Paris and had various communication said that
He was passionate, sudden in his actions, — quick in his motions, and
a fast walker. That He was good tempered notwithstanding those
irritable propensities. — That His face in respect of expression is divided
into two characters. The upper part never indicates pleasure, but the
lower part is often smiling and always agreable. — The English news
papers, the Times and the Morning Chronicle, two papers which have
taken the greatest liberties with his Character, are read to him every
morning. He does not understand a word of English, but they are
translated by his reader who has often hesitated at passages which were
the opposite to complimentary ; but the Consul never wd. allow of any
omission of an expression whatever it represented him to be, so that
we may be assured if He does not know what one part of the world says
of him it is not from want of this sort of information.
The First Consul and Murat
Masquerier* was in the gallery and I had some conversation with him.
Being half a Frenchman, His father a native of France, and He speaking
the language perfectly, He had all the advantage that could be desired
from those circumstances, and was in much confidence with many persons
in distinguished situations. Murat, the Chief minister of Justice and pro-
pounder of the Laws, mentioned to him the adress with which Buonaparte
laid his plans whenever He had a favorite measure to carry into execution.
After having gradually obtained almost unlimited power He had still
one great point to carry that of the privilege of reprieve after judicial
condemnation. This was a question too bold to be proposed to the
Council of State witht. management and previous preparation of some
* John James Masquerier (1778-1855) was born in Chelsea of French parents. He
studied at the Royal Academy, and while there he painted a self-portrait as a boy which,
through the intervention of George III., won for him an aUowance from the Academy
to study in Paris. He was painting under Vincent at the Tuileries when the Swiss Guard
was murdered there on August 10, 1792, and just escaped with his Ufe. Masquerier's
mother was imprisoned with Helen Maria Williams, and was not liberated until the fall
of Robespierre. In 1793 Masquerier returned to England and entered the studio of John
Hoppner, and two years later he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy. He
made much money by showing in Piccadilly in 1801 a picture of " Napoleon Reviewing
the Consular Guards in the Tuileries," the claim being that it was the first authentic
portrait of Napoleon exhibited in London. WiUiam Cobbett accused him of being a spy
but he was able to refute the charge.
Eventually he made a fortune, and, retiring from his profession, settled at Brighton,
where he died on March 13, 1855. He was very popular in England, and Campbell, the
poet, described him as " a pleasant httle fellow, with French vivacity." A number of
his works, including " Napoleon I. distributing Medals to the Army of Tilsit," were sold
recently in the Baroness Burdett-Coutts sale at Christie's.
An interesting volume entitled " Masquerier and His Circle," by R. R. M. See, was
published by the Connoisseur in November, 1922.

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of the members. Murat was suddenly sent for at a late Hour one evening
by the Chief Consul, who represented to him the propriety of his being
vested with a power without the existence of which somewhere the
Government would not be complete. Murat knew the temper of the
Consul too well when He had an object to carry to expect to be able
to divert him from his purpose, and may be supposed not to have been
very willing to risk the consequences which might fall upon himself
from attempting it. He therefore made a general answer trusting to the
resolution of the body of the Council when assembled together and
supporting each other that they would do it. —
The next day when the Council met Buonaparte proposed the question
and demanded that the members should speak separately upon it. This
they did some with more some with less resolution, evidently disap
proving it. The last He applied to was Murat, who was confounded at
his situation for He could not retract what He had said the night before
which was of a temporising & rather complying nature. His speech was
such that Buonaparte demanded a positive declaration, to which Murat
thought it prudent to say that " Clemency should follow Justice." —
Buonaparte promptly insisted that such an opinion, coming from such
authority, Ought to govern the Council and asked whether they did not
concur with him in thinking so. Every one thought it expedient to
comply, and the privilege was declared to be attached to the office of
Chief Consul. — The Officer was Killed
Masquerier also mentioned a story of Buonaparte related by Tallien.
That while Tallien was with him in Egypt, the French Army and that of
the Mamalukes happening to be stationed very near to each other frequent
skirmishes took place. One day after Buonaparte had dined with those
officers who were attached to his Suite, Tallien also being present, Buona
parte observed from a window that a Corps of the enemy were advancing
farther than He chose to allow them to do on which He turned to an Aid
du Camp, a young man who had appeared to be one of his great favourites,
and calling him by His name desired him to go and drive them back.
After a little time an Attendant of Buonaparte came in with great ap
pearance of consternation & said the young officer was killed. The
Company present were much shocked at the information having so lately
sat with him convivially, and the man who announced it was so filled with
the impression that He was proceeding to relate some particulars when
Buonaparte turned sharply upon him and said " Well, the man is dead ;
What more." — His look was sufficient and the attendant retired, while
the party shrugged at his indifference.
The Abbe Outwitted
It was by a maneouvre that He outwitted the Abbe Seyes, and placed
himself at the head of the government. Seyes had designed that situa
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placing him at the head of the Army. The latter perceived this, and
seemed to leave the business of forming a government & ordering the
appointments to Seyes. Accordingly, Seyes completed His Plan, and an
Assembly of Councillors having been convened He produced it to them.
It was read and approved, and the nomination to situations was then to be
declared, the first of which Seyes expected the assembly would decree to
himself. But at this moment Buonaparte rose and adressed them stating
the great services of Seyes and the confidence which ought to be reposed
in his opinion, He therefore moved that the Assembly should wave their
privilege of nominating and decree it to Seyes. It was instantly agreed
to, and the confusion of Seyes on seeing himself so outwitted was visible.
He could not with any decency name himself to be Chief Consul as such a
nomination would only have his own opinion. He had no alternative,
and faintly proposed Buonaparte. It was assented to, and the office
filled, and one of the first acts of the Consulate was to signify to Seyes that
a residence at a distance not less than 30 miles from Paris would be bene
ficial to his health after the fatigues He had undergone, and He understood
the temper of Buonaparte too well to dispute the opinion. He quitted
Paris in a very short time and has continued ever since to live in a state of
privacy. Those who have been much with Buonaparte say that He has no
unreserved communication with anybody, and though when uninfluenced
by any particular view easy to have abt. him, yet He has no love for one
Sex or friendship for the other.

CHAPTER XII
(Paris), 1802
The Salon of Madame Recamier
September 29. — We went to Madame Recamiers* where we were
much gratified. Her House is furnished with singular elegance. The
dining parlour of this celebrated House is finished in a simple and plain
manner, but like all the other apartments evidently not in the way which
any Upholsterer would propose but from the designs of an Architect of
* Jeanne Francoise Julie Adelaide Bernard was born at Lyons on December 4, 1777,
and she, a beautiful girl of fifteen, was married to Jacques Recamier, a rich banker, about
three times her age. Her salon in the Hotel Necker became the centre of the literary,
social, and political life of her day. It was particularly brilUant during the Consulate,
and in spite of the ardour of her many admirers she was able to resist all temptation. The
disastrous failure of her husband's affairs forced her to go to her friend, Madame de Stael,
at Coppet, in Switzerland, where she met Prince Auguste of Prussia, nephew of Frederick
the Great.
They feU in love with each other and, in order to marry the Prince, she applied for
and obtained her husband's consent to a divorce, but in the end she refused to leave him
in his adversity. Exiled from Paris by order of Napoleon, she went to reside with M.
Recamier' s family at Lyons. A second reverse of fortune befell her husband, and in 1819
she, while at L'Abbaye-aux-Bois, became deeply attached to Chateaubriand, who, when his
wife died in 1846, wanted to marry Madame Recamier (she had been a widow since 1830),
but the lady declined her lover's offer. He died on July 3, 1848 ; she on May 11, 1849.
The Abbaye-aux-Bois, where Madame Recamier lived simply from 18 14 and daily met
Chateaubriand until his death, no longer exists : its site lies under the comparatively new
Rue Recamier. Madame Recamier also inhabited No. 12, Rue du Mail, and Rue d'Anjou,
and when cholera broke out in the Abbaye-aux-Bois she took refuge in the Bibhotheque
Nationale (where her niece's husband was an official), and died there in 1849.
Madame Recamier first lived at Rue des Saint-Peres, across the river opposite the
Louvre, and there she began her famous Salon, which reached its greatest briUiance at
Madame Necker's house purchased by M. Recamier in 1798. That building stood at
No. 7, Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin (its site is to-day occupied by the Hotel d'Antin),
where also resided Madame Roland and Edward Gibbon. Other celebrated people Uved
in this important street, Chopin's home was at No. 5, Rossini's at No. 2, which dates from
1792 and is now the fashionable Pailliard Restaurant in face of the Vaudeville Theatre,
where Rejane's art triumphed for years. At No. 42, which belonged to Mme. Talma,
Mirabeau died in 179 1, his widow in 1800 ; Josephine de Beauharnais, before she married
Napoleon, dwelt at 62, Gambetta at 55, and Cardinal Fesch, Napoleon's uncle, rebuilt
. No. 62.
Madame Recamier and her Salon inspired several fine works of art. Visitors to Paris
wiU remember David's striking portrait of her in the Louvre ; Gerard also made a fine
sketch of her, she was the model for Canova's bust of " Beatrix," and the " Salon of Madam*
Recamier " is one of Sir W. Q. Orchardson's best pictures.
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high & cultivated taste. There is also that uniformity in all the parts of
the furniture according properly to the general design of the whole that
shews that everything was done under the direction of one uniform
plan. The drawing room is most elegantly furnished as are all the other
apartments, but it is in the bedchamber of Madame Recamier that the
Artist has endeavoured to exhibit the highest proofs of his taste. It
appears more like the design of a painter for a reposing place for Venus
than as intended or proper for mortal use. The whole is so ideal, that is
so little similar to any fashion which prevails, that it certainly has the
same effect on the mind that looking at a beautiful design in painting
would have. The rich and costly appearance of the furniture is only a

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second consideration ; It is the taste & the elegance which most delights
the eye. —
The expence of furnishing these apartments which are not many in
number is said to have amounted to £25,000 This was mentioned to a
very civil Servant who attended us. He said all He knew was that He
heard Monsr. Recamier, His master, once say at his table, that the fur
nishing the House had cost him so much that He had not & would not
say how much it amounted to. —
We were informed that Madame Recamier really uses this room when
she is in Paris. Her situation is singular. It is spoken of as a fact well
known that Monsr. Recamier stood in a near relation to her before He
married her and that He went through the ceremony with Her merely
to give Her the claim to His fortune which He would have wished her
secured of as his daughter, — but which the late situation of France made
doubtful, as she could have no legitimate claim.

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The Hudson School
September 30. — I went with West to Madame Vincents & saw
Her & Her pictures. She was in 1785, Madam^e Guiard & certainly one
of the best of their painters, but like the rest in a dry manner, possessing
none of those charms which feeling & colour give. It is all that sort of
art which may be taught & just stops short where the powers of imagina
tion & high taste commence. The Hudson school in England had as
much of the higher requisites, as this description of French painters could
boast. Masquerier told me today that General Moreau is a very able man.
He has a large fortune lives in the Country some distance from Paris. He
is esteemed by the French to be their best General. — He is also popular. —
The French people if amused, think little abt. politicks unless some
occasion rouses them to action. Then their Character is expressed.
They act like lightening : they act and then think ; the English think and
then act.
I went to the picture gallery & saw Turner who returned from Swisser-
land two or three days ago. He found that Country in a very troubled
state, but the people well inclined to the English. — Grenoble is abt. a
day's journey beyond Lyons ; in its vicinity there are very fine Scenes. —
It took him four days to go from Paris to Lyons. The lines of the Land
scape features in Swisserland rather broken, but there are very fine parts.
Pitt against Buonaparte
It is reported among the French that in conversation Buonaparte
has discovered the weak side of Fox, or as the expression goes, " turned
Him upside down," — the French have a high Idea of Pitt & say He is the
only man who can act against the ability of Buonaparte.
Agriculture is pursued in France with great ardour, — Commercial
greatness appears to them to be a distant object ; it is upon their internal
resources that the French reckon, of which agriculture must be the chief. —
General Murat [King of Naples, 1 808], who married a Sister of Buona
parte is considered lightly as a Soldier. He has courage & enterprise,
qualities for an Huzzar, but has not capacity for command. The Lady
would marry in opposition to the wishes of Her Brother, but He yielded
to it. The only generals of whom Buonaparte is supposed to be jealous
are Massena [afterwards Prince d'Essling, and Marshal], and Bernadotte
[who became Charles XIV. of Sweden], who are doubtful and intriguing
characters. Such particulars we collect from various conversation,
which though it may not be exactly true, shews what opinions are floating.
Turner and Switzerland
October 1. — Turner called. He was three days at Lyons. He
thinks little of the River Rhone at that place ; but the views on the
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Edinburgh, but there is nothing so good as Edinburgh Castle. The Grand
Chartreuse is fine ; — so is Grindewald in Swisserland. The trees in
Swisserland are bad for a painter, — fragments and precipices very
romantic and strikingly grand. The Country on the whole surpasses
Wales ; and Scotland too, though Ben  may vie with it. The
Country to Lyons very bad, — and to Strasburgh worse. The great fall
at Schaffhausen is 80 feet, — the width of the fall about four times and a
half greater than its depth. The rocks above the fall are inferior to those
above the fall of the Clyde, but the fall itself is much finer.
He found the Wines of France and of Swisserland too acid for his
constitution being bilious. He underwent much fatigue from walking,
and often experenced bad living & lodging. The weather was very fine.
He saw very fine Thunderstorms among the Mountains.

CHAPTER XIII
(Paris), 1802
Training of the Artist
October 1. — I went with Fuseli and Turner to Monsr. Moitte's
the Sculptor, in the Court of the Louvre, to see a Basso relievo, which
West told me was the best work of that kind that had been executed by
any modern Frenchman, & equal to the Antique. It was an Allegorical
design, a model to be executed in marble, to be placed in the Luxembourgh.
The_ subject, " Republican France " with Minerva &c at Her back,
receiving assurances of support from Her Citizens represented in Arms. —
Fuseli thought it about as good as the works of Banks or rather inferior ;
and better than those of Flaxman. —
We saw also a small marble figure executed for Mr. Beckford ; not
equal in merit to the other.
The best of his works in our opinion was a model large as the life of a
French Philosopher in a much better style than either of the works before
mentioned : The Drapery particularly good.
The deportment of Moitte was cold & dry ; apparently little disposed
to conversation, and though not uncivil, yet without effort to shew atten
tion or to social intercourse. We then crossed the Louvre to the work
shop of Chaudet another celebrated Sculptor, where we saw only a Bust
of Buonaparte, a model done from memory. —
David the Painter
We next called upon MadamseUe Julia* as she is called in Paris, at
David's, and saw the Half length portrait of Her uncle which was painted
by David. She told us He sat Eighteen times for it, from about Ten
oClock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. The price was 200
guineas. It was painted in a very poor manner having a sort of woolly
appearance as if done in Crayons. It put me much in mind of the pictures
of the late N. Hone.
She told us David is abt. 57 or 8 years of age, but is desirous of passing
for a younger man. His wife is a plain & amiable woman, & has of her
* On November 20 Farington says : " I went this morning with Hoppner, Mrs. Hopp
ner, Fuseli, and Halls to the apartments of David in the Louvre by appointment of
Madam*=lle JauUie, as she is called, a young Lady from Ireland who is pupil to David."
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own fortune an Income which is called £1000 a year. They have four
Children two boys & two girls. The eldest Son is to be a gentleman :
He is about 20 years of age. The Second a Sculptor, but David says He
will never be in that line what His Father is in painting. The daughters
are from 16 to 19 years of age, carelesly brought up, knowing nothing
nor fit for anything. They will be married for what they can bring. —
David was, during the Revolution, divorced from his wife, and they
were separated some years. It has been supposed that she was induced
to come to him again by regard for her children.
Fuseli was very merry in his remarks upon the French pictures. He
thought David for the eighteen sittings deserved all the money for day
work, from such a subject, which indeed was a very bad one.
Fuseli's Upbringing
Fuseli gave us an account of his Infancy. He said that at Eight
years of age He was so passionately fond of drawing that it being the
custom to send him to bed early He used to steal bits of Candles, and when
the family had retired He contrived to get a light and sit up all night
drawing. That He still has some of those productions, which in respect
of thought He could not mend, the Story of Mutius Scavola &c. Letters
were beat into him. His Father, as was the usage at Zurich, determined
what His Children should be without consulting their inclinations. He
resolved that Fuseli should be a Scholar, and that his brother should
be a Painter, whereas it should have been reversed.
He passed those early days in crying & drawing : every day floods
of tears at being forced to read, which were relieved by stolen hours
for his favorite amusement. This was however a fatal circumstance for
his pursuit, as it prevented his fully acquiring at an early period that
practise so necessary at the outset, and which has scarcely ever been
obtained by those who have commenced the study at a more advanced
age. It was in Italy that He applied to literature with inclination, and
there, perhaps, lost too much time in it. — The basis on which his after
acquisitions in this way were raised had been flogged into him.
The observations which Fuseli made of the disadvantage He has
suffered from not having had proper early education in the art are certainly
shewn in his works to be just. His power of execution cannot keep pace
with his conceptions, which are generally, if not always, of a nature that
particularly require vigorous practise to express them properly. —
October 2. — At noon I went with Robt. Smirke to the Louvre and
saw the Hall of the Institute, which was formerly the room of antiques.
It is about no feet long by 25 wide between the seats. In the Center
on the right the President sits, or if He happens to be there the Chief
Consul. Opposite to that seat is the Tribune in which whoever reads or
speaks stands. In this Hall the members of all the Classes of the Institute
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away to such as desire to attend the meetings, and there are back seats
appropriated for them. Strangers find no difficulty in obtaining ad
mission through the Porters. It was formerly public but the inconvenience
which arose from indiscriminate admission caused the limitation
adopted. —
On each side of the Hall are Statues as large as the life placed in
Succession. Racine  ^ ... ...  CorneiUe
Fenelon  _  L'Hopital.
Montesquieu  „  ........ Mole.
Descartes  »  „  SuUy.
Pascal  ........  . ...  ., ...  ... „ ... RoUin.
Bossuet  „   D'Augeseau.
Moliere    _  La Fontaine.
Where Henry IV. Was Killed
At the upper end of the Hall there are two Statues. One of the Due
de Montansier ; the other no name upon it. — From the Hall we went up
the great staircase of the Louvre. The fifth step from the top of the
first flight is scooped out in one part in memory of Henry 4th. who expired
on that spot while [being carried] up stairs after He had been stabbed
by Ravillac.
We passed through a gallery with bare walls, and through the meeting
room of the Institute where we were last night to a small apartment which
was the closet of Henry 4th, and next to it his bedchamber. They are
both very richly carved & gilt in the taste of that period, and the rooms
are furnished with Tapestry. They are curious as they remain without
alteration what they were in the time of Henry, but are in the most
neglected & dirty state. In the bedchamber, in the carving there were
many emblems of Royalty, & the Fleur de lis was strewed abundantly.
During the rage of the revolution these became objects of detestation
to the infuriated reformers and were cut away or broke down and RF
(Republique Francoise) placed in their room. Had not a stop been put
to these outrages no vesteges of what the rooms originally were wd.
probably have remained. — The Conciergerie
October 2. — The Conciergerie, a prison too well known to all
Europe on account of the Cruelties committed in it during the Revolu
tion is situated near the end of the bridge [Pont au Change] on the other
[south] side of the river. Here Condorcet, Lavoisser, Malsherbes & many
hundreds more were confined and a daily supply to the Guillotine was for
sometime taken from it. — The entrance to the prison is by a descent of
several steps, to a formidable grated door. — Above the prison is the
Palace of Justice a title which of all others was least due to it.

CHAPTER XIV
(Paris), 1802
There Was No Change of Scene
October 2. — The Sun was scorching hot today, I think a kind of heat
which I never was sensible of in any other place, and it seemed to me
to be owing to the atmosphere of Paris. It was a heat that I could less
endure than any I remember. I felt as if my skin was deprived of all
moisture and becoming like parchment upon me ;
We took a Coach & drove back across the bridge to a distant part
[east] of the town near Rue St. Antoine, to the great [plate] glass manu
factory [Rue de Reuilly near Place de la Nation].
I do not remember whether I have before mentioned that the fare of
a Coach taken from one extremity of Paris to the other is only a livre
[a franc] and a half (i5d.) but if the person who takes the Coach stops
anywhere on the way, it is reckoned a fare, and the whole is paid if the Coach
moves from the spot where it is ordered. —
After dinner Mr. West called on me to shew me a medal, a head of
Buonaparte, the only true likeness He had seen & I concurred with him
in thinking it was so. — In the course of our conversation about the Chief
Consul, He remarked having observed that the arms of the Chair in which
He sits in the Council room are very much cut, which is one proof of
Buonaparte's habitual irritation. He cannot remain unemployed while
others are acting or speaking. Physiognomy
Fuseli had returned to us. A conversation commenced upon a
favourite subject of Fuseli's, Physiognomy. He gave his own opinion
of the forms of the Heads, and of the Countenances, of several of our
acquaintance, & took the observations of the rest. — Fuseli's was decided
to be a face of anxiety & distress. Opie's of Jealousy. — Hoppner's of
irritation and anxiety. — Shee's of petulance and promptness to speak
without feeling. — Moore of observation of the world to use it. Mine
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[The following are Farington's features as given by the French on
his passport :
Chevaux [cheveux, of course] — gris
Sourciles — rous
front — tres haut Chauve
Yeux — gris blues
Nez — romain
bouche — Moyenne
Menton — round
Visage — ovale
It was numbered 6953 Etrangers.]
Restless Buonaparte
October 3. — I went to Andrieu's medal engraver, Rue St. Louis,
pres Pont Neuf, No. 38, and bought four medals of Buonaparte, from
the same dye with that which Mr. West shewed us last night. It was
executed from memory and by comparing it with other imitations of him.
Andrieu had several times before attempted it but failed in his endeavour
to satisfy himself. — Buonaparte will not sit long enough to give any
artist an opportunity to paint him. He sat to David, but not above
half an hour at a time.
Andrieu was a short, well set man, and appeared to be good natured,
as well as ingenious, and about 36 years old. He had a little bundle of
a wife who seemed to be well suited to him and appeared to be com
fortably situated in the french manner. He occupied a floor, according
to the custom in France and in the great towns of Scotland, where an
imitation of the French is seen in many instances. Andrieu's apartments
were the 5th story from the ground floor ; but it does not seem to be any
object whether the suite of rooms is higher or lower than another.
At 3 oClock I called on Madam^ue Julia at Davids with Fuseli, Halls,
and Turner. As we were returning out of the House we met David coming
up the stairs. He is a man of a very black & swarthy complexion ; — and
his right cheek is much swelled. He had on a drab great Coat in the loose
French manner & looked plain enough. His deportment was shy, keeping
himself close to one side of the staircase.
David's Portrait of Buonaparte
Madam^iie Julia took us to one of his [David's] painting rooms in
another part of the Louvre to see his whole length portrait of Buonaparte
on Horseback. For this picture, it is said, He is to have 24-000 livres
(£1000 sterling). It is for the French Republic. The Horse is repre
sented in the action of mounting a rock. Buonaparte looks with nearly
a front face as if giving orders pointing with His right hand. I think
the portrait like, but not of so high a Character as the head of Buonaparte.
The scene is supposed to be a part of the Alps, up which Soldiers are
VOL. II. 4

so The Farington Diary [1802
dragging Cannon. David does not trust to his memory in painting;
but has always, if possible, an object before him for every part of his
picture. The Cloaths of Buonaparte, — the Horse furniture, &c were laid
in different parts of the room.
David is not we were told of an agreeable disposition. Where his
interest is concerned He will in an interview or two pass off tolerably,
but that soon wears away. His mind is little cultivated : His associa
tions very limited : and scarcely at all with artists. Inveterate as was
his republican spirit at the commencement of the Revolution, and violent
as He was in the days of terror, He now feels it expedient & submits to
be an instrument to record the glory of a Despot much more formidable
and omnipotent than that power which He took so much pains to reduce.
October 4. — I looked generally over the French Exhibition with
Turner. He held it very low, — all made up of art : but He thought
Madame Gerards little pictures very ingenious.
October 5. — Rogers [the Poet] was there [at the Louvre]. He
told me that General de Grave, a French officer, dined with him yester
day. Speaking of the state of Society in Paris, the general said that
such was the opinion entertained of the morals of the people that sus
picion was attached to everything that was possible. He said it would
not be prudent for him to walk with an Unmarried niece that He had
unless there was another woman in Company. Seduction in France is
not considered a Crime in a man and He suffers nothing from the report
of it. The consequence is, that to preserve Character no confidence must
be shewn, but a woman for two or three years before and after marriage
must be very circumspect in what relates to her appearance.
English Stage v. French
October 6. — Shee [R.A.] came to tea, and I went with him to see
the Tragedy of Zaire at the Theatre Francois. Talma, the Kemble of
the French Stage, performed Osman ; and MadamseUe Volney, a young
actress, Zaire. The other performers were Men. Nandot, and St. Fal,
one of whom performed the part of the Brother of Zaire. — Vanhove,
was Lusignan. Floras, the confidant of Osman. There was no change
of Scene throughout the whole performance, so that the Unities were
preserved with the utmost strictness. The French value themselves upon
the propriety which, in this respect, is preserved in their Theatrical
representations, & consider the changes of place which are supposed to be
exhibited on the English Stage by altering the Scenes, as monstrous
& absurd.* Dr. Johnson in his preface to Shakespere has defended the
• In the remarkable exhibition of the " Art of the Theatre " held at the Victoria
and Albert Museum in 1922, it was fuUy demonstrated that the scene painter not less than
the actor should, independently, of course, but harmoniously, strive to preserve what may
be caUed the Unities that express the universal or particular quahties of a play.
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custom of his country against this Criticism of the French authors in a
very satisfactory and convincing manner.
Talma pleased me more than I expected. I thought He acted with
feeling, and with much less extravagance of manner than I had heard
described. — MadamseUe Volney had something pleasing but not dignity
enough for the Character. She had too girlish an appearance, and her
acting at times had too much of the familiar in it.
The entertainment was Crispin Medicios, — The Mock-Doctor.
The Doctor — Baptist Cadet,
a favorite Actor.
Crispin — La Rochelle.
Maid — Madamseiie Conta,
a favorite actress.
elder woman, Madame Lachaniage.
It was very well performed. All that I have mentioned supported their
Characters extremely well.
The Theatre is not equal in appearance to that of Covent Garden. —
There is no gallery ; only an upper row, forming a tier above the Boxes. —
There are Pillars between all the Boxes which make them appear too
much like holes. The only light is from a large Chandelier suspended
over the Center of the Pit. — The Box of Buonaparte is distinguished by
blue or green Silk or Satin festoons with Lace ; not sumptuous. — In
conducting their Stage entertainments one circumstance is agreable.
The time between the acts is very short.
is arbitrary lighting, the antagonism of a painted scene's own light and actual stage illu
mination. This opposition has in some measure been lessened, thanks to the invention of
Gordon Craig, Norman Wilkinson, Lovat Fraser, and other scenic artists of the modern
school, working under enhghtened managers, such as Granville Barker and J. Bernard Fagan.
An almost perfect example of stage unity may be seen any night at the Lyric Theatre,
Hammersmith, where the players' and Lovat Fraser's art expresses the exhilarating humour
of " The Beggar'6 Opera," and represents so charmingly the architecture and dress of its
period There we have English scenic art at its best, and the fine models for various pro
ductions, notably " The Rivals," at South Kensington, further reveal the genius of Lovat
Fraser, who, unfortunately, died some time ago.
Every scene produced should convince the audience that it is a place where something
is going to happen — on the stage. Anticipatory illusion was admirably suggested in Sidney
Sime's very exceUent designs which, along with many other drawings made by him for
theatre purposes, have been generously presented by Lord Howard de Walden to the Vic
toria and Albert Museum. On the other hand, the only thing that could possibly result
from a play or ballet that justified some of Ernst Stern's futurist designs would be the spread
of madness to the auditorium side of the footlights.

VOL. II. 4*

CHAPTER XV
(Paris), 1802
Napoleon in His Glory
October 6. — Tallien has mentioned some particulars of Buonaparte
which are remarkable. He commanded the Artillery at Toulon, and
after that business was over, He was not employed or not in the way He
wished, and came to Paris to solicit a situation more agreable to him.
He lived in a private lodging and his finances were very low. — At that
period, upon some public disatisfaction against the government of which
Barras was a member, the Sections of Paris appeared in a state of In
surrection, and made a very alarming shew. Buonaparte contemplated
the situation of things and wavered upon the point whether to join the
Sections who He saw wanted nothing but a Leader. At this moment an
offer came from the government to give him command of the Troops,
which He accepted, but he had no Generals Uniform, and the notice was
so short, that it was necessary to patch one up for him. When He joined
the Troops He was to act under a higher officer, to whom He recom
mended to attack the Sections immediately, which the other, not liking
the consequences which must follow, declined.
He Fires Upon the People
He happened however to leave the Command to Buonaparte for a
time, being called away by some necessity. Buonaparte immediately
begun to irritate the people by firing some shot, on which an attack was
commenced by them, the thing He sought for, and He availed Himself of
the occasion to destroy several hundreds of them and completely got the
better of all opposition. His principle was not to wait their time as their
numbers and confidence might encrease. The termination of this affair
established his Character with the government, and Barras soon after
caused him to be sent to the Army of Italy. —
October 7. — At 10 Masquerier called and took me & Rogers to the
Palace of the Thullieries, and introduced us to a friend of his who held
some office in the establishment of the first Consul. He appointed us to
a very good situation in a window that commanded a view of the whole
Court of the Thullieries, and the entrance to the Palace. We were then
shewn by him into a small room on the ground floor which looked into
the garden of the Thullieries, an apartment called the Ambassadors room,
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where they assemble before going up stairs if occasion should require it.
Here we amused ourselves till past Eleven oClock when we took our
places, seated in the window. The troops for the grand review were
filing into the Court of the Thullieries, and the Place de Carousel, and
formed. The day was very fine, and Crowds of people had assembled
wherever they could stand. Under our window we saw many English.
His Soldiers
It was calculated that about 6000 troops were assembled, including
Horse, foot and artillery men. It was a good sample of what an army is
composed of as it comprehended I believe, every species of troops. The
whole made a very showy appearance & the dress of the officers particu
larly was fine and glittering, & the accoutrements of their Horses suitable
to it ; but Rogers, who attended more closely to the minutiae of their
equipments than I did observed, that when examined, that which ap
peared so splendid was made up in a way that would not have satisfied
English workmen being clumsy & ill finished. At 10 minutes past 12 a
body of Officers rushed hastily out of the great entrance of the Palace
and mounted their Horses, and were followed by Buonaparte who was
upon his white Horse almost as soon as seen, and advanced forward
followed by a Cluster of generals among whom were Berthier & Murat &
aid de camps, along the first line of the troops. He was dressed in Blue
with White waistcoat and Breeches. His fiat quite plain with a very
small Cockade. After passing along the front of every line He took his
stand in the front of the Thullieries before the great entrance where I had
a constant & full view of him, and had the opportunity I wished to con
sider his appearance and manner. —
He Does Not Fear Assassination
I had also before observed that as He passed the ends of the lines of
troops petitions had been delivered to him. The ease with which people
of all sorts approached him sufficiently shew'd that He had no personal
apprehension, but I have much stronger proofs that He does not live in a
, state of fear of assassination. While this business of presenting petitions
was going on the Troops were passing before him in a state of the highest
display, and the most exact order, with Trumpets and musick, which had
a very military effect. So long as the petitions were under his considera
tion He did not pay the least attention to the troops but confined himself
to the papers. When these were disposed of and applications to him had
ceased, He looked at the troops as they passed but without any seeming
interest or closeness of observation. It was more like a man waiting for
a ceremony to be over which occupied little of his regard.
I remarked this the more as it was contrary to what I expected which
was that He would have appeared solicitous to shew How important it
was that every motion shd. be perfect. I should rather say that his
manner expressed indifference, and His actions corresponded with it.
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54 The Farington Diary [1802
He Takes Snuff
As all circumstances are remarkable about an extraordinary man, I
noticed that He picked His nose very much, — sometimes took Snuff, and
would take off His Hat and wipe his forehead in a careless manner. — I
also remarked that some of the Officers occasionally spoke to him, without
His having adressed them, and seemed only to be making such remarks
as persons who are on an easy footing do to each other. —
Just before the review was over a very civil officer of the Palace who
had the appearance, being full dressed, of a gentleman Usher, signified to
Rogers and myself that we might go upon the first landing of the great
stair case where the Chief Consul would pass us. We were only divided
from it by a door which He opened, and we took our station. There were
no persons except a few guards and two or three officers of the Palace so
that we found ourselves almost standing alone.
In a few minutes Buonaparte entered the Palace and stood at the
bottom of 3 steps which were raised above him. The body of the Hall
was filled with officers &c. but round the person of Buonaparte except on
the stair side there was a Circle. Here He stood abt. 3 yards from me
abt. 10 minutes reading a paper which had been delivered to him by an
Officer to whom He put several questions. — Having dismissed this appli
cation He advanced up the steps to the landing, when another Officer
presented a paper which He looked at and gave an answer.

He Looked Me In the Face
During the first conversation He took off his Hat, and wiped his fore
head & I noticed that all his actions were unstudied and quite easy &
natural & calm. —
The second application being answered He proceeded to the next
flight of steps and passed me so close that I could have touched him.
His eye having glanced upon strangers, when He came opposite to me He
looked me full in the face which gave me an opportunity to observe the
colour of his eyes which are lighter, and more of blue grey, than I should
have expected from his complexion or than as they appear when not
seen near. I thought there was something rather feverish than piercing
in the expression of his. eyes, but his general aspect was milder than I had
before thought it. — A window was at my back, and the light full upon
him, so that I had a perfect view of him. His person is below the middle
size. I do not think more than 5 feet 6, I rather judge him to be less
than that measure. Mr. West thinks otherwise. He is not what can be
called thin. He is sufficiently full in the Shoulders and body & thighs
for his age & height.
Rogers stood a little way from me and had ail equally good oppor
tunity of seeing him, and observed that He looked us both full in the face.
Rogers seemed to be disappointed in the look of his Countenance and
said it was that of a little Italian.

Samuel Rogers, the Poet.
After a drawing by Lawrence.

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No Eyebrows or Eyelash
That He had no eye-brows, or eye-lash to give strong expression, &
that his eye was rather weak, and that Hoppner and others who had
described him did it through their imaginations. I do not agree with
Rogers in his remarks though others may exaggerate. His general
appearance from his dress, (Blue & White) bore some resemblance to the
Uniform of the Officers of the English Navy, and while I endeavoured
while viewing him, to consider what I should think of him simply as a
man, I thought He would be a very passable figure upon an English
quarter deck. The Physiognomist might perhaps write a disertation
upon the form of his head & his countenance : to do that I am not
qualified. What struck me was, that there are points of determination in the
formation of his head & in his features. It would be extravagant to say
that there is that expressed abt. him which denotes that such a man must
be superior to others in an eminent degree, but I certainly felt no disap
pointment on seeing him after all I had heard of his character, unless it
was that his deportment was more easy and open than I had pictured to
myself. —
After He ascended to the great rooms many Ambassadors and persons
who came to be presented were moving about, & a crowd of French
Officers went to the large apartments above stairs. I saw General Fitz-
patrick there in uniform, & many other English, — some of the Bennets
(Lord Tankerville's family) Lord Carhampton &c &c. — I have not before
mentioned that Buonaparte, sat on Horseback while the troops passed
before him abt. \ an hour. —
At 25 minutes past one oClock I left the Thullieries, & passed the re
mainder of the morning at the Gallery of pictures. Rogers joined me.
He had reconsidered the Countenance of Buonaparte and thinks it like
Kemble, but that the forehead and Chin of the Chief Consul project more.
He noticed the calmness of his Countenance, — the light grey of his eyes, —
and the want of eye brows & eye lashes, which causes his face to appear
of a more uniform Colour than it would otherways do, He also did not
think His Complexion so yellow or brown when seen near as when viewed
at a distance. He said His face appeared natural, perfectly free from
assumption of a look of Character, all abt. him was easy and without effort.
It might be considered a proof his mind being superior to such considera
tions a face mild when the mind was in no state of exertion, but capable of
great expression if moved. —

CHAPTER XVI
(Paris), 1802
Napoleon Upsets the Chancellor
October 7. — Fuseli dined out. Halls went with me in the evening
to the Theatre to see Moliere's Misanthrope : that character by Baptist
Cadet the favourite Comic actor, MadamseUe Mazarie, the French Mrs.
Jordan also performed in it. — The entertainment was the " Fausse
Infidelites," — MadamseUe Mazarie again. —
I was very well pleased with the manner of acting of the French
Comedians. Their deportment was easy & genteel, and there was nothing
outre in their action.
My attention was not altogether confined to the stage. I frequently
surveyed the spectators, and observed that they appeared to be very
much engrossed by what was performing. — Their approbation was warm,
but not to a troublesome excess. — The state of France may be seen in the
Theatres. There is scarcely any appearance of gentility ; all seem nearly
on a level ; degrees are not manifested. All but what was seen on the
stage had a sombre hue over it. As it was what is called a genteel Comedy
the Actors were dressed suitably agreeable to former etiquette, which
made the Stage appear very gay, or rather splendid, from the Contrast of
the gloomy shew in every other part of the Theatre.
October 8. — Prepared for leaving Paris. I called upon Rogers &
Boddington & took leave of them. They told me that Mr. Erskine & his
Son left Paris this morning at 5 oClock, and that last night at 12 oClock
He called upon them in very high spirits having succeeded in a wish to be
introduced to Buonaparte in a more distinguished manner than was the
Case at His first introduction. After the review the Chief Consul had a
Levee which He attended & was included in the number of those who
were invited to the public dinner. — Fox, Fitzpatrick &c were there also. —
Buonaparte and Erskine
When Erskine was first introduced to Buonaparte by Mr. Merry, it
was as Chancellor to the Prince of Wales. This title made no impression
on the Chief Consul & He passed on witht. having much noticed the
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learned Advocate. This remained a sore upon the mind of Erskine who
was by no means satisfied that Buonaparte did not know that He had
had before him a leader in the British Senate & the first of public pleaders.
The disatisf action of the Barrister was, it was said, communicated to the
Chief Consul through the medium of the Archbishop of Lyons, and when
He was presented a Second time the matter was mended. Buonaparte
conversed with him by the help of an Interpreter, Monsr. Le Brun, the 2<J-
Consul, and set his heart at rest. — Buonaparte could not speak English
and Erskine was not a proficient in the French language so that the aid
of Le Brun was necessary. These particulars were soon in circulation,
many having heard of Erskine's uneasiness.
At 3 oClock I left Paris, after having had some trouble at our Hotel
before quitting it finally. Brigaud, the master of it, indeed did not
molest us with farther application. He had in every way which He could
fleeced us,* and seeing no more was to be got took no farther notice of us :
but Francois, our Valet ; — the Bed Maker ; & the waiters, seemed to
strive who should appear most disatisfied, & we left them fully impressed
with a feeling that if Frenchmen were to be judged of by what we
experienced, gratitude would not be found in the Country.
Dangerous to Laugh
We dined at the Hotel de France, Rue des Carmes (Rouen) and hired
a Cabriolet to carry us to Dieppe abt. 40 miles. We now experienced
another instance of such expense as Englishmen travelling in France are
occasionally liable to. We paid for the use of the Cabriolet 25 shillings,
* WilKam Woodward, F.R.I.B.A. writes : The leading article in the Morning Post
of June 5, 1922, with Mr. Farington's impressions on his visit to France, leads me to ask
permission to point out a remarkable resemblance in the methods and work of the two great
diarists, Evelyn and Farington. Both must have laboured hard in making their notes,
because both are almost microscopicaUy minute in their details. Nothing seemed too small,
or even too paltry, for their observations, and the result is, in both cases, that we are made
acquainted with useful matter and useful particulars, which we should not have known bat
for the diaries.
Take, for instance, Farington's Diary of his visit to Paris in the autumn of 1802 :
the note on the master of the hotel at which he was " fleeced " ; _ the price of his lodgings,
and the times of his various arrivals and departures ; the details of Buonaparte's dress,
" appearance and manner " ; and that, with Robert Smirke, he went to the Louvre and
saw the hall of the Institute, " which is about no feet long by 25 wide between the seats."
Now there was no " Baedeker " in those days, so Farington must have taken the trouble
actually to measure the hall, and he has given us similar dimensions in many other cases.
Evelyn was in Paris and Italy in 1644, and we find his Diary of those visits as exact
as Farington's. He (Evelyn) went to Notre Dame on Christmas Eve in 1644, and he tells
ui that the Cathedral " consists of a Gotig fabrig, sustayn'd with 120 pillars, which make
two ailes in the church round about the quire, without comprehending the chapells, being
174 paces long, 60 wide, and 100 high. The quire is enclos'd with stone worke graven
with the sacred history, and containes 45 chapells cancell'd with yron."
I have given Evelyn's spelling and punctuation, as you, sir, have Farington's ; and
I wonder how many artists and architects to-day imitate the wise labours of the two
diarists.

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and had the Horses a superfluous number of which they forced upon us,
&c. also to pay, so that the whole expense of this Journey of 40 miles cost
us above 4 guineas, and we found it the most uneasy, jolting conveyance
that can be imagined. Halls who sat in the worst situation which He
submitted to with great patience had most to endure ; but He was young
& could endure ; but Fuseli, whose temper had been sometime in a very
feverish state, now lost all patience, and made our complaints appear
feeble. To render his distress compleat Heavy rain fell, and our Machine
was too loosely united to resist such weather. His attention was suddenly
diverted from a consideration of the misery of having his limbs im
prisoned and his body jolted, by feeling that his shoulder which was
lodged in a corner of the vehicle was soaking in a stream of water that had
made its way from the roof. — The Postillions stopped at the uproar among
us, while braced up as He was Fuseli could only use his tongue. France
never was so denounced before. The extremity of his fury left us nothing
to say, and to laugh would have been dangerous.
Intercourse with England
We left Rouen about 3 oClock and about 10 at night arrived at the
Packet Boat Inn at Dieppe, where we were immediately sensible of the
effect of the Innkeeper having an intercourse with England. The accom
modation, for a Port town was very tolerable, and the personal atten
tion such as we had not experienced in the interior of the Country. The
French maid that waited upon us spoke English & there were several who
had a smattering of the language.
I should before have observed that the mode of travelling by the Dili
gence, except the objection of being all night upon the road, I prefer to
any other. The Diligences are more roomy than our Coaches, and a party
taking the whole may make it very agreeable, all trouble of posting being
avoided. October 10. — Expecting to sail at Ten, but the Wind became un
favorable and we could not sail with that tide. Mr. Erskine and his
Son were at our Inn, and being impatient of delay, hired an open boat for
which we were told they paid 20 guineas, and embarked at Ten oClock,
equipped in Fishermen's Jackets and trowsers. Their passage must have
been very unpleasant as they were without covering and did not reach
Brighton we heard till the following morning at an early hour. Mr. Hill,
our Captain that was to be, told us his attempt would be in vain & that
we shd. be in England before him but it proved otherways as we did not
arrive till the afternoon.
I walked upon the Pier with Halls, and afterwards went to the Church
where I saw a large congregation assembled, chiefly women, in the body
of the Church. It was satisfactory to see that the conceptions of the
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Dieppe's one Pretty Street
Dieppe has one pretty long street,* and a Market Place in which People
had stalls and were selling fruit &c, but notwithstanding this circum
stance the general appearance indicated that it was Sunday. The Sea
is bounded on the right & left of Dieppe to a great distance by Cliffs
similar to those of Dover but no[t] so high. — At 2 oClock Mr. Erskines
boat was out of sight but our Captain still persisted that we should be
over before him.
The day was very fine. I amused myself with walking among the
people and observing the provincial singularity of their dress ; particu
larly the Headdress of the Woemen. . . I went with the Trunks to the
Inspecting Office, where they were passed on a very slight examination, a
mere ceremony. — In the Office there were two Cardtables, at which two
sets of men were playing. — On the Quay there was a sort of Quack Doctor
selling Pills, — Pomades, — and engaging the attention of the People by
tricks of Juggling. * Rue de la Barre.

CHAPTER XVII
1802
One England in the World
October 10. — At J-past four oClock we dined & at Ten at night went
on board the Packet which soon got under way. There were 15 people
Passengers. In the Great Cabin there were 12 Bed places in two rows;
the lowest very near the ground. I got an Upper Bed place & abt \ past
10 laid down, as did most of the Passengers. The night passed com
fortably enough as I did not suffer the least inconvenience from the
motion of the vessel. At eight oClock in the morning we were well on
our way. A Calm of three Hours had delayed us in the night, but we now
proceeded at the rate of 5* or 6 miles an hour. The Weather was Cloudy,
but pleasant.
I had some conversation with one of the Passengers a Scotch Gentle
man who was returning after having made a tour in France and Italy.
He said when He arrived at Calais from England He purchased a Horse
and rode the whole way from that town to Genoa where He disposed of
his Horse & went on by other conveyances. — He noticed how very
generally the land in France was in a state of Agriculture, but He thought
the people appeared to be but indifferent farmers. — He mentioned how
detested the French are by the Italians, and the English respected. —
He had coasted along part of the Shores of Italy in one of their Coasting
vessels which He described as having subjected him to greater endurance
than He had ever before suffered. It was the most disagreeable situation
that can be imagined. He travelled from Genoa to Pisa, 150 miles, on
Mules & had very bad accommodation on the way. — The weather in Italy
in the Summer was extremely hot.
We arrived off Brighton abt. a quarter past 2 oClock in the after
noon, when a Custom House boat came along side & took out all our
Baggage, and the Passengers, and landed us at Brighton at three oClock.
— The fare from Dieppe to Brighton was a guinea and a half for each
person, and two shillings & 6d. to the Crew. — We were conducted to the
Custom House Office and our Trunks were more strictly examined than
they had before been at any place. Some painting Brushes which I
had brought over were detained. We each paid 3 s. 6d. for this examina
tion and our Trunks were then carried to the Old Ship Inn which we made
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our Head-quarters. On going to the Custom House Office again after
their hurry of business was over, we found them disposed to let our
Brushes pass witht. paying duty as being articles of little value, nor did
we pay any additional fee.
When I landed on the Beach John Offley was standing before me.
Seeing a Vessel coming in from France He walked down to meet it thinking
it possible that I might be a Passenger.— We also met Mr. Sharpe,
who had been with us at Paris, and had lately brought his family to
Brighton.— Fuseli, Halls and myself dined together at the Inn & Sharpe
came to tea. Fuseli's anxiety & impatience to be in London had now
so encreased that not being able to procure places in the Coach for
tomorrow morning He & Halls at Eleven oClock set off in a Post Chaise.
He said " His mind was in London " and He must go. He was there at
breakfast the following morning.
Grateful to be an Englishman
Our excursion was thus completed. Our absence from England had
been but short and I could not have expected that on returning any
very sensible impression would have been made upon my mind. I had
not prepared myself for any other than what France would make upon
me. ^ It proved otherways. I felt on my return a difference the most
striking ; it was expressed in everything ; and may be explained by
saying that it was coming from disorder to order. From Confusion, to
convenience : from subjection to freedom. — I no longer saw the people
covered with the patches of necessity, or the ridiculous mixtures of
frippery imitations of finery with the coarse clothing of poverty. All
appeared appropriate and substantial, and every man seemed respectable
because his distinct & proper Character was consistently maintained. —
What must be the nature of that mind that would not feel grateful that
it was his Lot to be an Englishman ; a man entitled from his Birth to
participate in such advantages as in no other country can be found. —
Such a state for man must naturally have an influence upon the
manners of a people. It certainly was manifest to me that the difference
in the deportment of the English when compared with the French, is as
great as the causes which produce it. I could not be insensible to
that Air of independence bordering upon haughtiness, which is manifested
in the English Character, but is little seen among the people I had left.
Wealth, and Security, and the pride of equal freedom, together habituate
the mind to a conscious feeling of self importance that distinguishes
the people of England from those of other Countries. — But if this effect
is produced, if there is less of what is called the Amiable, it is amply made
up by a quality of a much higher kind, which is integrity. That is a word
which the English may apply to their character by the consent of the
whole world more universally than any other nation that exists in it.
The American who was at Dieppe rendered the panegyric of an
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traversed Germany ; and was acquainted with Italy. He had experienced
the varieties of each Country, and formed his judgment upon it. His
decission was, " that each of the Countries had something to be admired,
and something to be approved ; But that there was but One England
in the World."
October 14. — Went to breakfast at Mr Kirby's, the Marine House
[Brighton] where I engaged to board at 2 guineas a week. After break
fast walked upon the East Terrace. Saw the Prince [of Wales], — also
Lord Thurlow & his daugr. Mrs. Brown, — and Lord Elenborough [sic]
to-day. — The Prince is much abt. riding & walking. — His established
companions are Admiral Payne, who has an apartment in the Pavilion, —
in which, being much a valetudenarian, He has a fire even in July, —
Trevies, the Jew, — Day, who was formerly in India, and Cole Coningham.
— When the Prince is invited to dine out at Brighton it is usual to ask
those persons also. —
October 20. — While we were walking, the Prince with Mrs. Fitz-
herbert were also on the Steine together, and called on Lord Thurlow. —
Lord & Lady Elenborough were also there. She of rather a tall size, and
her aspect is mild & agreeable. — Lord Elenborough is abt. 52 years of
age. He was at Cambridge and took his degree when Mr. Keddington did.
— Lord Thurlow has now all the appearance of an old man, being very
gouty & infirm. —

CHAPTER XVIII
1802
Everything to Fear from Napoleon
October 26.— Holecroft [author of " The Road to Ruin "] has sold
his 2 octavo volumes prepared for the press, relating to France &c for more
than 1000 guineas.
October 31. — Edridge [A.R.A] mentioned that Mr. Pitt has been
very seriously ill lately & was recovered by means of a warm bath. — It
is said that since He quitted office He has indulged rather more freely
in the use of wine. —
November 5. — Our conversation turned chiefly on the Art we had
seen in Paris. — The Lacoon seemed to be the favorite piece of Sculpture. —
The blue sky in the St. Peter Martyr of Titian was much objected to by
Daniell, & Shee, & Turner inclined to them. I thought that strong,
simple colour contributed much to the grandeur of the effect & to give
substance to the figures. West inclined to me, & sd. the blue was to
balance the brown which prevailed in the landscape. —
Buonaparte was spoken of. — West thinks him 5 feet 7 inches high —
I do not believe him to be more than 5 feet 6 at most. — West when at
His tallest, was, He said, 5 feet 8, and He compared his own height
with that of Buonaparte when He stood opposite to Him. —
November 7. — Richard [Smirke] thinks the French painters have a
great deal of that knowledge which is wanting in England, careful drawing
& finishing. —
November 10. — Mrs. Wheatley [widow of the Academician of that
name] is going on very well. She has now 10 pupils. The Princess
Sophia of Gloucester takes lessons twice a week, but talks half the time.
The price is 7s. 6 a lesson : one hour each lesson.
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November 12. — Ward* of Newman St : called. He has been out
of town in South & North Wales, 3 months, making drawings of the
different species of Cattle found in those Countries for the work which
Messrs Boydells are carrying on. — He is to paint pictures at a certain price
and bears his own expenses while travelling & is not allowed for time.
but He makes it answer as it affords him an opportunity of seeing coun
tries & making drawings of the scenery & circumstances which He meets
with. — He came with the compts. of Mr. Evans of Wenlock Abbey,
who shewed me much hospitality while I was making drawings of those
ruins in the year 1789. — He requested me to meet Hoppner at his house
to dinner on Tuesday next. —
November 16. — Hoppner told me He has begun some of his pic
tures since he returned from Paris, in Water Colours, feeling that Oil
is a vehicle which will not produce those tints which He seeks to obtain. —
November 19. — I talked of the best seasons for travelling in Italy.
Garvey & Woodforde sd. a tour made in Swisserland in July & August,
and to push on to Italy by Milan to Rome in September wd. be a good
arrangement. To pass the latter part of September at Tivoli & Frescati
& October and November in Rome, — December & January in Naples. —
Coleridge and the "Morning Post"
Coleridge was said to be the author of the letters to C. Fox published
in the Morning Post, — on the latter attending Buonaparte's Levees.t —
November 20. — Robt. Smirke writes from Aries where He finds
himself more out of the way of travellers & of imposition which was heavy
everywhere, at Nismes &c, owing to the extravagant folly of English
* Catherine Mary Phillimore writes : There is a reference in the Farington Diary
to James Ward, R.A., the famous animal painter. May I be allowed, through your columns,
to caU attention to the fact that his grand-daughter, Mrs. E. M. Ward (widow of E. M.
Ward, R.A.), entered on her ninetieth year the following Thursday, June 1 [1922]. She
has, of course, inherited some of the best specimens of her grandfather's work, as, for
example, the life-size picture of the White Horse belonging to Sir Hesketh Fleetwood,
the first Arab produced in England ; some of the pedigree bulls, " Dash," the favourite
dog of James Ward, and other animal paintings of well-known repute. These are on view
at her house, 59, Sydney Street, Chelsea, between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. Also two
portraits of James Ward by himself. Mrs. E. M. Ward, the descendant of four generations
of artists, in spite of her advanced age, still continues to exercise the talent which reached
the zenith of its fame in her painting of " Mrs. Fry Visiting the Prisoners in Newgate,"
exhibited simultaneously by the side of her husband's much admired pictures of Queen
Marie Antoinette, now more than half a century ago. The family tradition of art was
continued in the work of her son Sir Leslie Ward, whose recent death leaves no insignifi
cant gap in the world of art, and is also maintained by her two daughters, who have inherited
a share of the great talents of their parents.
t In all probability Coleridge wrote the letters in question, as he continued to con
tribute to the Morning Post up to the autumn of 1802. A full account of Coleridge's
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Spendthrifts who throw their money abt. so profusely that the French
on all the public roads are tempted to exact from all Englishmen. — By
bargaining before hand, & by living at a Second Hotel at Nismes they
did pretty well in all respects. At Aries they were comfortable and found
matter for study.
November 23. — Turner called to-day. He said that the expense of
living might be arranged while on their Tour [on the Continent] at 7
shillings aday, — all their expense except travelling at half a guinea aday. —
They had a Swiss servant from Paris who they paid 5 livres aday, &
He bore his own expenses. — It is necessary to make bargains for every
thing, everywhere, or imposition will be the consequences.
November 26.— [Admiral] Lord Gardner called. We talked of the
times. He sd. that Windham [War Secretary] made a very impressive
speech in the house of Commons on Tuesday last, representing the situa
tion of this Country as it stands with regard to France. He bore very
closely upon Fox bringing forward his various opinions of the beauty
of the Fabrick of the French Constitution &c. &c. — Fox has seldom
been so driven in the House of Commons. — There was but little expressed
by the House while either Fox or Windham were speaking, from this
cause ; that there seemed to be unwillingness to commit themselves by
approving or disapproving. Buonaparte not yet Ready
Lord Gardner thinks that there is no appearance of the Peace being
broke at present, because Buonaparte is not ready, but that we have
everything to apprehend from him* — Wilberforce's speech was long and
rather dry, His object seemed to be to retract his opinions with regard
to subsidies and foreign Connexions and to urge for Peace. —
Mr. Addington & Mr. Pitt are certainly upon the best terms. Mr.
Addington told Lord Gardner with great pleasure that He had good news
for him, — that Mr. Pitt's health was restoring since He went to Bath. —
Lord Gardner showed me a list of the places He visited in his late
tour. He travelled above 1000 miles and upwards of 600 of them on
Horseback. — He had put down what He rode in one column, & the whole
number in another. — He was delighted at the Lakes. —
At Birmingham, Mr. Boulton permitted him (contrary to his rule)
to see his manufactory. He saw the Coining. Eight Boys are employed
in attending Eight presses which are worked by a steam Engine and the
onlything the Boy has to do is to supply the Cup through which the
Coin passes, the whole operation being done by the machine. Six
thousand pieces are coined in an Hour, making 48 thousand aday, the
machine being worked 8 Hours. It has been proposed to Mr. Boulton
* War again broke out on April 29, 1803, the Peace of Amiens having lasted since
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to make a fresh Coinage for France, which including Gold, Silver, & Copper
Coinage wd. be one hundred millions of pieces. —
November 28. — Byrne called to-day. — He pays Hearne 10 guineas
each for the drawings of the " Antiquities of Great Britain," and He
becomes sole proprietor of the id. volume. He sells the drawings for 8
guineas. — Smith is to make the set of drawings for the County of Cornwall
number of the Prints intended to accompany Lysons new work. Byrne
is to give Smith 3 guineas each for the use of the drawings which Smith
means to dispose of to another person. —
December 3. — Shee informed me that it had been proposed by Mr.
West in Council to encrease the Salary of the Treasurer to £100 a year : —
& agreed to. — I told him I thought it a very unreasonable addition, — that
the trouble of the Treasurer had not encreased & I had always con
sidered the Treasurer in proportion to the other Officers overpaid. —
He mentioned that He proposed to move that the visitors salary be
encreased to one guinea a night, which I said I approved & had proposed
it 3 years ago but the matter had been suspended. —
Pitt Proscribed by Buonaparte
December 6. — Hoppner complained of debility & want of Appetite.
— He shewed us a very handsome letter written to him yesterday by Lord
Grenville in consequence of Hoppner having sent his Lordship a present
of Lady Grenville's portrait. — Lord Grenville also called on him to-day,
& expressed the pleasure He shd. have in seeing the collections in Paris,
but circumstances prevented his going, though He believed Himself
not proscribed from visiting France which Mr. Pitt is by Buonapartes
order. —

CHAPTER XIX
1802
Buonaparte at a Public Ball
December 9. — Lawrence has got a young pupil of 15 years of age,
who draws Lane says better than He [Lawrence] does. — His name is
Harlow.* December 10. — Turner was very urgent to be a visitor [at the R.A.].
I told him I could not support his wishes as I thought pluralities shd.
be avoided unless in particular instances.
December 12. — He [West] spoke of the desires of some of the mem
bers to obtain the Presidency, or to make it go by Sucession, — and
the voting for Wilton & Wyatt was to shew the King that there was not
an unanimity for Mr. West. — I told him I had heard expressed a desire
of a change & had answered that however disatisfied at present, if Mr.
West shd. by any circumstances be removed, the members wd. soon
find their difficulties encreased by the jealousy of distinction operating
against any one that could be proposed.
The King's mind, a Nobleman has said, is prejudiced against those
members of the Academy who have been to Paris, as being democratical.
December 14. — Lawrence dined with me. He has commenced a
system of living agreable to a Plan which He has formed, which I
thoroughly urged him to persevere in. — [Lawrence had fallen into financial
difficulties.] — J£8oo a yr. wd., He thinks, defray his expenses, His estab
lishment being 2 men and two maids, — of course He wd. have a large
surplus. He considers that He might calculate upon painting a half
length picture in a week, which at 60 guineas wd. be if regularly continued
£3120 a year, but allowing for many interruptions a considerable surplus
must remain after paying his expenses. — He reckons upon painting 6
Hours aday. —
* George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) studied first under Hendrick de Cort, passing
thence to Samuel Drummond's studio, and, advised by the Duchess of Devonshire, he
ultimately began to work with Lawrence. Harlow, who had very considerable talent,
won some fame as a historical painter in his eariier days, and afterwards painted portraits
with considerable success. Canova, the sculptor, thought highly of Harlow, who was elected
a member of St. Luke's Academy in Rome. On returning to London in 18 19 he was
afflicted by a throat trouble, which caused his death at the age of thirty-two.
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He spoke to me abt. an assistant to Copy 5 pr. [pair] of portraits
of the King & Queen from those of Sir Joshua Reynolds at the Royal
Academy. He has from Government 80 guineas a picture, and proposes
to allow 20, — 25 or 30 guineas for each to the Copiest. — I spoke of Mary
Smirke & undertook to propose it to Her Father. —
A Drawing Master
December 19. — Alexander called today. He is established at
Marlow as drawing master at the Military College, by my recommendation
to Coll. Le Marchant. — He feels the advantage of the situation as a
relief from all anxiety abt. Income. After the lesson of the day is over
He can sit down by his fire, witht. the reflection that the business of
the day is interrupted, or the means of living not earned. — His Salary
is £200 a year, — and a sufficient allowance to pay for his House rent.
He has 6 Bushels of Coals a week allowed, and candles, — paper &c. —
His time of teaching is from 10 oClock in the morning till 12. Every
thing is carried on with military exactness. Distinctions are given to
the Boys that excel, viz : they are nominally advanced to be Corporals,
Sergeants, Ensigns, and have apendages to their dress to express it.
He has only one circumstance to object to. There appears in rank
and distinction to be a sense of difference between the military instructors
& those in the Civil line. — In the latter there are a Mathematical
Master, — a drawing master, — a teacher of Arithmetick, and a writing
master. He believes that the objection to the receiving the two latter
persons, operates against the two former, who are not always invited
where they wd. otherwise be, from an apprehension of giving offence
to the latter.
Alexander, during the vacation which is from the last day of November
to the first day of February, is employed in copying the Egyptian An
tiquities at the Museum which He means to publish.
Tea Drinkers Banned
December 20. — Lord Gardner called & desired me to call upon
him to give my opinion of the state of his late Brother [Colonel] Henry's
portrait painted, by Stuart, — and some shop pieces. — His Lordship sd.
He was in very good health but subject to acid in the stomach. — Met a
Physician at Ludlow, who has left off practise but prescribes for friends,
but will not for any one who drinks tea. —
December 22. — H. Hammond came to breakfast having returned
from Paris yesterday. He left that City on Thursday Last.— The Hotel
de Circle is a very genteel House, where respectable English assemble
& dine at a Table D'Hote as well as foreigners, men of consideration.
No one can dine unless He engages to do so for a week.— H. Hammond
says the appearance of the dinners is elegant, but they are not suited
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limit himself, found himself attacked by a bilious complaint. — He took
ioo Louidors with Him and brought two back. He was in Paris 5
weeks. — Lord Howe's Squadron
December 23. — Called on Lord Gardner and saw the 2 pictures,
the burning of Paita & the taking [of] the Galleon by Lord Anson's
Squadron, — also the portraits of his Lordship and of Col : H. Gardner,
which I undertook to get cleaned &c.
I saw 3 drawings, — viz : of the line of battle on the 20th. of May
1794 of Lord Howe's Squadron, — of the Queen after she had passed
the enemy's line except 2 ships, — and of her disabled state afterwards :
when La Montagne endeavoured to cut her off, but was prevented by
2 Ships coming down to Her relief. — His Lordship told me that the Queen
had advanced so far towards the head of the fleet that He could have
taken the lead of the Cesar, Molloy's ship but did not do it, as He thought
Molloy might have some particular order to execute which He was not
acquainted with : but when Molloy, instead of fetching the enemy's
line by wearing if He cd. not by tacking, had fallen quite out of his
situation, He in the Queen wore, and managed to open fire upon the
enemy's \th. ship and proceeded to the last, by which time the Queen
was in a most disabled state. It was at that period that He had more
to boast of than upon any other occasion. He did while the action was
still continuing, set about getting up a mast, to serve in lieu of the main
mast, and by that and other efforts, was enabled to express by signal
that He was ready for action the next morning; — or I rather think
He sd. that evening. — This exertion He sd. gained him more credit from
Ld. Howe &c. than anything He had done and was admitted to be
extraordinary. — He had passed the enemy's line all but 3 or 4 Ships when
He lost His Master, and Capn. Hutt lost his leg, and 2 Lieutenants were
killed. — I observed on the desperate service of passing such a line, and
asked whether He was followed by others in the same way. He sd.
not by all, some did not like it. — I sd. it seemed to me from all the accts
I had read of great naval actions that it never happened that all equally
exposed or exerted themselves. He answered it was true, they never
did.— Dance I dined at. Much talk abt. music — Dance considers Handel
as above all other Composer's : — In the pathetic as well as the grand.
Shee was for the Italian. — Dance sd. when He came from Italy He had
such prejudice but it had been done away. Much talk abt. manner
and style.
December 24. — Dr. Monro called and took paper and chalks
which came from France. Mrs. Monro when she married had a little
squint but it was rather agreeable. Two or 3 years ago owing to some
cause abt. the eyes, one of them has turned in the opposite direction
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circumstance thinking it makes Her appearance very singular. — The
Dr. wishes for a drawing of her by Lawrence. —
Rogers at St. Cloud
December 25. — Went to Percy Chapel and reed, the Sacrament. —
Rogers [the banker-poet] called after Church time. He was more and
more gratified by being in Paris the longer He continued there. The
dancing at the Opera particularly delighted him. He has been at the
English Opera since His return and says it is comparatively a Sadlers
Wells business in respect of dancing. —
He was at St. Cloud which has been fitted up at a great expense by
the Chief Consul, But He thinks in a bad taste in many respects, and He
understands that the Consul does not approve it. — There are reasons
why it is not likely the Consul will remove to Versailles. It is too far
from Paris to serve as a Town as well as a Country House, which He requires
as residing at the Thulleries, the gardens being public, is [like] living in
a place of confinement, which in some measure Versailles would partly
be as the public expect the gardens should be open. — Madame Recamiers
bedroom and Bath [at the Hotel Necker, Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin]
He thinks the finest specimen of taste that He has seen.
Buonaparte and Madame
December 27. — Cade called. He was at Havre at the time Buona
parte was there, and saw him very well at a public Ball which was given
at the Theatre. There were supposed to be 1500 persons present. Buona
parte sat in a Box between Madame Buonaparte and Madame Lucien.
Cade thought his countenance mild, but when very attentive to anything
a searching look. — He remained in the Box an Hour. — Madame Buonaparte
appeared to be 45 or 6 years old ; not at all handsome ; unassuming
in Her manner, and, plainly dressed. There are about 30,000 people
in Havre and trade begins to flourish among them. They are friends
to the peace having suffered much by blockade during the War. They
consider it an advantage Buonaparte being on the Throne as it causes
order and gives them security.

CHAPTER XX
1802-3
A Wealthy Bookseller
December 27. — Landseer [the engraver] came in the evening and
read to me an adress to the Royal Academy representing the claim
which engraving has to more notice and Distinction than it at present
receives. He proposes that there shall be 4 Engravers made Acade
micians, viz : three Historical and one Landscape, or Two Historical,
one Landscape — one Portrait. He also proposes that medals shall be
given to encourage young Students in that Art, — and that a space be
assigned in one of the Exhibition Rooms for unpublished engravings
only. —
Byrne told me that Cadell, the Bookseller who died on Monday
last has left £150,000 to a Son & daughter. — He was abt. 60 years of age,
and did not recover from the effects of a cold which He got while He
was Sheriff of London, — He was much respected. Edwards, the book
seller gave Byrne these particulars.
Lord Exeter at Burleigh
December 31. — Stothard is lately returned from Burleigh where
He is painting on wall a completion of Verrio's work. The space He is
to Cover is abt. 30 feet long & 17 deep. The Subject "Hell" — He
has an apartment in which He breakfasts and dines, seeing the family
only occasionally. He is deaf & mixed society cannot amuse him. as
(so) he goes on according to His own Plan, He commands his own time ;
gets to work abt. 10 in the morning & can work abt. 6 Hours a day. —
He is much satisfied with Lord Exeter, who does not interfere but leaves
everything to Him. — He is much pleased also with Lady Exeter (late
[Dowager] Duchess Hamilton), who appears to conduct herself in a very
domestick and proper manner in the family, paying great attention
to His Lordship's Children by a former wife. Lord Exeter has uncertain
health & quacks himself. — The disorder, the gout, sometimes falls upon
His spirits and causes him to decline appearing in company for days
together. At other times He has very good spirits. He is 48 years
old. — We talked of filling the Professorship of Ancient Literature. Sharpe
was for Porson having it, being so far above any other, but believed
that Burney & Dr. Parr are the two next.
He said Porson is not apt to undervalue men of letters or others, but
He had heard him say that " School masters shd. have a great deal
to begin with for they seldom acquired much afterwards." He thought
well of Gibbon as having gone through his Historical work ably, but not
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without objection.— The circumstances of Porson are— The Greek
Professorship at Cambridge, abt. £40 a year,— and £1000 subscribed
for him sometime since which, was sunk for an annuity of £100— and
other matters making up abt. £200 a year
January 3.— I dined at Fuseli's. Fuseli told me He had undertaken
to make a new Dictionary of Painters, on a very complete Plan— He
is also engaged in making a complete set of drawings for an edition of
Shakespeare for a body of Booksellers,— who oppose that with wooden
Cuts, from the designs of Thruston.— Duke of Bridgewater's Collection
Fuseli had seen. He sd. Turner's Sea piece had more comprehension
in it than that in the same room by Vandevelde, but was very inferior
to it in execution.
January 12.— Serres called. Their Plan of an Exhibition & Sale
of British art flourishes beyond their expectations.— They have sold
many pictures by Opie, — Arnald,— Morland &c. — They have proposed
to give premiums. The Duke of Northumberland approves their Plan
& has sent them £50 to encourage it. — He urged me to send some pictures.
A Great Collector
January 13. — Lewis is much with the Duke of Bridgewater.*
The Duke is only abt. 64 or 5 but more infirm than might be expected.
His habits of life are to rise between 8 & 9, and to dine at 5 or 6, — from
which time till 10 oClock, He remains at the dinner table, & though
slowly must drink a bottle of wine a day. — Port is his wine. — He is a shy
man & lives but with a few. Lord Gower, His Sister's Son, is a great
favorite &' is also a shy man. He dines with the Duke two or three
times a week. — Though the Duke turned his attention to pictures lately,
it has become a passion, which his friends are glad of, as it causes him
to take the exercise of walking much abt. his gallery's & rooms. — He
goes to bed abt. 11 or 12. — The greater part of his property is at his own
disposal, and it is thought much of it will go to Lord Gower. — General
* Francis Egerton, third and last Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), amassed a great
fortune by developing the resources of his Worsley collieries near Manchester, and by
constructing waterways for transport purposes. The canal from Worsley to Manchester
was the first in England entirely independent of a natural river. This enterprise made
the Duke known as the founder of British inland navigation.
The Duke was a stern, but just, taskmaster, careful of the comfort and health of his
miners. He bore a curious resemblance to George III., and was careless in his dress, which
was described as " something of the cut of Dr. Johnson's." The Duke was a great smoker
and snuff-taker, he scarcely ever talked of anything but canals, and, although he brought
together the magnificent collection of pictures that bears his name, he disliked the orna
mental ; indeed, on finding some flowers that had been planted at Worsley in his absence,
he " whipped their heads off, and ordered them to be uprooted." The Duke never
married, and women servants were not allowed to wait on him. Yet in his youth he was
engaged to the widowed Elizabeth Duchess of Hamilton, one of the " beautiful Miss Gun
nings." But the reputation of her sister, Lady Maria Coventry, was not free from the
scandalmonger's gossip, and the Duke broke off the engagement because the Duchess of
Hamilton refused to obey his injunction, that all intimacy between herself and her sister
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Egerton is frequently with the Duke, & will succeed to the title of Earl
of Bridgewater. — The Duke is supposed to lay by £20,000 a year.
Lewis had a Son in the Navy, who was in the Mediterranean in the
Barfleur, in which ship Lord Radstock sailed as an Admiral. His
Lordship was very distant in his manner to the Officers of the Ship,
who were not desirous of the day of invitation to His table.
Memories of Paris
West spoke at the Architects Club of the Comparative merit of the
English and French Schools of Art. He said " that the English Artists
much better understood what was necessary to make a whole of a picture,
but that the French excelled them in knowledge of the parts. That each might
[know] that which is material from the other." Guerin He sd. was their
best Historical painter, and above David. That Isabey in Small heads
& Carlo Vernet in drawings very much excelled. The latter was Son
to the late celebrated Vernet. — He spoke of Davids whole length
[portrait] of Buonaparte as being a very moderate performance.
He said that while He with others, attended Buonaparte through
part of the French Exhibition He noticed that though Buonaparte
looked at the different objects, and asked questions, His countenance
expressed that His mind was elsewhere. — This corresponded with what
I observed of him at the last Review when I had a long continued view
of him. I was surprised at his inattention to the objects passing before
him. He appeared languid & indifferent to the Scene and as one going
through a ceremony from necessity.
Fanny Burney's Brother
January 15. — The President notified to the meeting [of the Royal
Academy] that they were called to fill up the vacancy of Professor of
Ancient Literature, and proposed that they shd. proceed to a ballot.
Two names were offered — Dr. Charles Burney & Mr. J. Copley. — The
Revd. Mr. Nixon had withdrawn his name. . .
The Balot was then proceeding to, when I said that I was an
Academician when Mr. Gibbon & Mr. Langton were elected, & well
remembered the sentiments of Sir Joshua Reynolds upon those offices. —
That it became the Academy to conduct such elections as gracefully
as possible, & to avoid Competition, & to render it as near a nomination
as it cd. be. To do this I thought it wd. be best to put the names up
separately, which wd. make the person elected seem to be so witht.
competition. — This was opposed by Tresham & Beechey, — and supported
by Smirke & Lawrence. Flaxman was again on the opposite side &
Shee seemed the same. Russell also opposed this & the former. — Seeing
this I desired it might be no farther noticed, saying the Academy might
see my motives but I shd. not urge it. — The election then went on. —
The numbers were —
Dr. Charles Burney 16.
J. Copley — 8.

CHAPTER XXI
1803
Art Gossip
January 17. — Company I had to dinner. — Sharpe, Fuseli, Daniell,
Halls & Smirke. Much conversation abt. Art. — Vasari, Fuseli sd. was a
useful writer as His books contain much information of circumstances
and of men, — but He had no enlarged view of the Capacities of the Art. —
Fuseli had sent his lectures handsomely bound to Vincent at Paris to be
by him presented to the Institute with a letter. Poggi [a picture-dealer]
carries them. — Marchi told me to day that during the latter part of Sir
Joshua Reynolds life, He used as a vehicle in painting the Macgilp only
(mastic varnish & drying oil) which He sometimes would lay on a part of
his picture without mixing any colour with it, but making it serve as a
tint. This did not answer, for in a few months it was sure to become
yellow or brown & was obliged to be taken off. —
January 25. — Edridge has been at Windsor 7 weeks making
drawings of the Royal family. — The King sat to him on the 3 last days
before His Majesty left Windsor. He had wished to sit no more, but
consented on the Sunday, sat on the Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday &
went to London on Thursday. — Edridge said a very strong impression
of the goodness of his Majesty's disposition was made on his mind by
what he saw of him. —
Dr. Monro [Turner's early Patron] mentioned that Abbot* the Por
trait Painter died abt. 6 weeks ago in a state of Insanity. A Commission
of Lunacy had been taken out and it then proved that He was not pos
sessed of more than 3 or 400 pounds a year. —
January 26. — A conversation abt. different merits of artists. —
Northcote sd. Beechey more original than Hoppner but his art is of a
lower quality. Hoppner has a better eye, a higher taste, and gets his
pictures better together. — Lawrence more original than Hoppner, &
* Lemuel Francis Abbott painted the well-known and best portrait of Lord Nelson,
which was presented by the Admiral to his friend, Lord CoUingwood. It subsequently
passed into the Baroness Burdett-Coutts Collection, at the sale of which, in 1922, it
brought £1,890. He also produced a portrait of Cowper the poet.
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of higher quality than Beechey : but his pictures want fullness and are
broke into parts, & but little power in Colouring. — Turner has a great
deal of painters feeling, but his works too much made up from pictures,
not_ enough of original observation of nature : Girtin had more of it. —
Smirke differed from him in this respect. —
Nollekens told us young Bacon has pushed his notices of his Exhibition
of the Statue of Lord Cornwallis so far, that 4 or 500 people go each day.
The Cards of admittance are circulated to Performers — Couriers &c.
January 28.— Mrs. Wheatley called, Her 2 daugrs. with Her*
She was at Perry's, of the Morning Chronicle yesterday, where she was
told that Barry [R.A.] has been very ill & in great distress. In His
House 3 days in bed witht. food or attendance, — crawled to the window, —
Stopped a passing Hackney Coach, — was conveyed by it to a friends in
Soho square, a Surgeon,— told him was come to die and declared His
means of subsistence were gone. The friend hired & placed him in
lodgings and attended & recovered him. A subscription by way of raffle
for a picture of his, a Venus, is proposed. Lord Buchan who is also a
friend of Barry's has written to Perry abt. him.
Lawrence Play-Actor
The Academy Club I dined at. Dr. C. Burney came with Mr. West
as a visitor. Heath told us that Sheridan called on him today & told him
he had been to the Marquiss of Abercorn's where He has seen the play by
amateur performers. Lawrence performed the part of ( ) and was
a very good actor. Heath asked whether He meant considering him as
one who attempted. Sheridan replied No, but really a very good actor. —
He added that Lawrence had painted several pictures there, but He did
not much like them. He preferred his acting to his painting. — In the
Morning Post it was today stated that another Play (which had been)
intended to be performed at the Marquiss of Abercorn's was obliged to be
put off on acct. of the indisposition of Mr. Lawrence who is there confined.
January 29. — Nollekens told me that His Father came from
Antwerp when only 6 years of age. Both his Father and grandfather
were Painters. His Father was a pupil of Watteau, Nollekens was placed
under Scheemaker the Sculptor, when only Eleven years of age. Schee-
maker lived in Vine Street. With him Nollekens continued Eleven years.
Seven as an apprentice, & four as a Journeyman. — He went to Italy in
* Mrs. Wheatley {nee Clara Maria Leigh) was the widow of Francis Wheatley, R.A.,
famous as the painter of the " Cries of London," familiar through the popular colour
engravings after them. A very handsome woman, she served as model for his most charming
figures. She herself was an artist of considerable abiUty ; her flower pieces in particular
found great favour.
In 1807 she married Alexander Pope, the actor and artist. She died at 29, Store Street,
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1761. — He found Peters [R.A.] at Rome who had been there abt. half a
year. —
The father of the Revd. Dr. Whinfield was a Hatter & resided in
Oxford St. — Dalton, the King's Surveyor of Pictures left what property
He had to a Brother of Dr. Whinfield, an Attorney, — and to an old
servant man. — Dalton survived his wife who was one of two daughters of
a Spittlefields weaver & had abt. £15000, which after Dalton's death went
to two neices of Mrs. Dalton. — Dalton was a very indifferent artist but
had been recommended to the King by Lord Bute, through the interest
of the Revd. Dr. Dalton, his Brother.
The Companion of Fools
January 30. — Went to Percy Chapel, where a Sermon was preached
by the Revd. James Moore, LL.B., alternate morning preacher at Bedford
& Portland Chapels, & one of the evening preachers at the Foundling for
the benefit of the Female Charity children. His text — Proverbs, Chap.
23. Verse 20. " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but the
companion of fools shall be destroyed." — His discussion lasted 28 minutes,
and was delivered with evident good effect upon the congregation. Both
men and women wiped their eyes & I was happy to see that most, after
the service was over, seemed preparing to give something. — His discourse
turned upon the danger of associating with persons who professed to
oppose religion or who were careless of it ; as such persons might be
possessed of talents & of agreeable manners, that might gradually weaken
the effect which a proper terror of their principles at first produced. He
exhibited a picture of an uneducated and neglected young female, scarcely
sensible of the distinction between virtue & vice, falling into a state of
seduction & ruin, — a body destroyed and a Soul without Hope, — and
contrasted it by describing the state of another who after being instructed
& prepared for a situation suited to her leaves the House of Charity &
enters Society to be a blessing to it.
The Marquess and the Painter
Copley . . . said that while He was painting the picture of the
" Death of Lord Chatham," the present Marquiss of Buckingham desired
to have the refusal of it, & caused him to introduce several figures of
particular persons. Copley after its completion offered it to the Marquiss
for two thousand guineas. The Marquiss desired 24 Hours to consider
of it, Copley called again, — the Marquiss was engaged but wd. be at
leisure in half an hour, — at that time Copley called again — the Marquiss
[was] still engaged. Copley came away and never heard from him since,
but has been since told by a Bishop that the Marquiss said to him " that
He could not bring his conscience to give two thousand guineas for a
picture," or something to that effect.

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The 42nd Regiment
January 31. — Dr. Clarke from Dunkeld called. We spoke of the
gallantry of the 42nd. regt. in Egypt and of the question abt. taking the
Colours, — which has lately been disputed (The Colours of Buonaparte's
invincibles). Dr. Clarke was at the Highland Society lately where an
account of that affair was reed, from the Officers of the 42nd. who signed
it. They state that the French Officer who carried the Colours being
wounded Major [Sinclair] of the 42nd. got the Colours from him, but
being on Duty delivered them to Serjeant [Stirling], & directed him to go
to the rear of the regt. with them which He did, but was soon wounded &
fell with the Colours, on which — Leef s, a foreign soldier, took the Colours
from him & ran with them to head quarters, where they were reed. & He
was ordered to be paid 20 Dollars. — At a meeting of the Highland Society
in Edinburgh, Serjeant Stirling was sent for & desired to sit with the
Company which He declined, saying He did not take the Colours, but
reed, them from Major Sinclair. — The Duke of York is satisfied of the
truth of this account & has refused to give a Commission which was
solicited for Leefs. Major [Sinclair] was originally a private in the regt.
but has risen by merit. — He is abt. 38 years old. The 42nd. regiment was
originally raised for the purpose of keeping the Highlands in order, a kind
of Militia ; & consisted chiefly of the son's of gentlemen. It afterwards
was recruited in a general way, in Scotland, but the Duke of York has
now ordered that it shall be recruited in the Highlands.

CHAPTER XXII
1803
Peace that is Worse than War
February 1. — Nollekens remembers Roubiliac [the sculptor], who
was a native of Lyons, but came to England when a young man. — His
workshop was in St. Martin's Lane, opposite Old Slaughters Coffee House.*
— He was in height rather below the middle size. The Print from Car-
pentier's picture was very like him. — Nollekens spoke highly of his
talents, — said He worked " Con amore ", — was an enthusiast in his pro
fession & often disatisfied with his works, which He wd. frequently destroy
& begin the subject again.
February 4. — Shee's I dined at.
Mr. Windham [statesman] has been sitting to Hoppner, had much
talk abt. Political matters and abt. Parliamentary speaking. — Windham
continues to think that War would not be so bad as the present peace. —
Of Parliamentary speaking He said that at the Commencement of every
Session He found himself unable to speak without difficulty till after He
had some practise. That occasionally He felt it necessary to rise when
He was in a state so little prepared to speak that He seemed to himself
not to have the use of his faculties. He said His speeches were seldom
well given in the papers ; the reason He thought was, that, like Burke He
had a great deal of digression & Parenthesis, which, though belonging to
his subject seemed not to have it clearly in view. The consequence was,
He was not so well understood. Mr. Pitt, on the contrary, He said,
always spoke in so clear a way, and so directly to the point that it
appeared to be his only object to explain to the people through the medium
of the reporters, the matter on which He spoke.
* Slaughter's Coffee House, a famous meeting-place for artists, was on the west side of
St. Martin's Lane, three doors from Newport Street. Dating from 1692, it bore the name
of Thomas Slaughter, the first landlord. Slaughter's was also a call house for Frenchmen.
Pope, Dryden, and their friends frequented Slaughter's, Hogarth was a regular customer,
as were Roubiliac, young Gainsborough, Collins the poet, Richard Wilson, the painter,
Parry, the Welsh harper and draughts-player ; indeed, most of the notable people of its
period were to be met at this coffee house until it was demolished in 1843-44 to make
way for the road between Long Acre and Leicester Square. A new Slaughter's was
established in the same street about 1760, and it was then that the original house assumed
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To See Oorsels As Others See Us
A good deal of conversation abt. art. The picture of " The assas
sination of James King of Scotland," painted by Opie abt. the year 1786
was spoken of as a fine instance of an excellent hue of colour. — Hoppner
thought He had lost the process by which He executed that picture, &
that his present pictures want air, — but great merit was allowed them by
all. — The vulgarity of his figures when He represented beggar boys &c.
was contrasted with the manner in which Gainsborough represented
them. — Opie raises the lowest Ideas, — Gainsborough's Shepherd's boy,
might be a young minstrel. — Northcote's claims were allowed to be very
considerable. His Hubert, Hoppner sd. was an excellent picture.
Smirke sd. He exceeded Opie in feeling. In his " murder of the Children
in the Tower " there were circumstances which shd. how far He extended
his attention. The prayer book laying by the Children, &c. &c. — North-
cote has tenderness, — Opie none in his representations. His Jeptha's
daughr. is a coars example of his want of it. — The bowl held &c. — The St.
Peter Martyr, by Titian, in the gallery at Paris was the subject of ardent
debate ; chiefly between Hoppner & Shee. — The objection to the blue
sky was moved by Daniell & supported by Shee. — Hoppner maintained
that the intenseness of that colour was necessary to support the picture.
Shee contended that the utmost excellence of art was to imitate nature,
& that that colour was not natural. Hoppner replied that an imitation
of obvious nature was not the utmost excellence of art ; but such a repre
sentation of objects & circumstances as might seem within the reach of
nature was allowable to the artist who endeavoured to excite strong
sensations in the mind. I supported Hoppner, & contended that the
colour spoken of was the basis upon which Titian raised his effects,
A Generous Publisher
February 5. — Lysons [the antiquary] called. He mentioned that
Cadell,. the Bookseller, was born at Bristol, where His family had long
resided. — His daughr. was married sometime ago to the Revd. Mr.
Edridge, one of his Majesty's Chaplains, made through the interest of
Lord Townshend who was his Patron. His Father was a Poulterer. — He
is an agreeable man. Cadell gave his daughter £20,000 & has left her
£30,000 more. — His Son married a daughr. of Mr. Smith, Solicitor to the
board of ordinance. — Mr. Smith sd. He had many Children & could not
give Her a fortune. Cadell replied that she shd. not go witht. one, for
He wd. settle £10,000 upon Her. — Cadell was very hospitable & made his
table very open to his friends while He resided in the Strand ; but it was
observed that after He quitted that House & became an Alderman He
formed other associations & his manner was a good deal altered. —
Mr. Beaumont of Whitley & Paine called upon me today. — He related
to me what had passed relative to his being assessed on the Income Tax &
how ill He had been treated. — He said His Income was £4900 a year, but
it had been sworn to be above £7000.—

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February 6. — Philip Hamond told me that a Cornetcy in the Blues
costs 2000 guineas. — The Officers all Mess together and pay equally, —
except officers who are married. They take Houses & Lodgings & live
separate. The Corps have a service of Plate which they carry with them
from quarters to quarters, — to defray this expence each Officer subscribes
five guineas annually.
February 11.— Wm. Daniell [R.A.] called. — The Wapping Dock
Committee have a wish that He shd. give them another print of those
buildings, &c. shewing more particulars. — Has cleared 200 guineas already
by his print of the Isle of Dogs — Docks. —
Architects' Fees
Much talk at the Club abt. the percentage allowed to architects. —
Soane in the Court of King's Bench gave his opinion that 5 per cent, was
sufficient. It was in a Cause in which F. Brettingham was endeavouring
to obtain 5 pr. cent for Surveying &c. & 2 & \ for measuring. Bretting
ham lost it. — The Duke of Leed's House in St. James's Square cost, with
the ground on which it stands, being a Freehold, abt. £38,000. It was
lately sold for £11,500.
February 12. — At home all day. — Rossi called. He is going to
make a design for a monument to the memory of Addison, the Poet, which
is to be placed in Westminster Abbey. The daughter of Addison died
lately at upwards of 90 years of age. Her property goes to Lord Brad
ford, who has devoted £1000 for a monument to Addison. — Rossi wished
me to assist him with a drawing of the dress of a Master of Arts of the
University of Oxford, which degree Addison took there and Smirke
thinks it might be made picturesque. Soane's I dined at. —
Eminent Politicians
February 13. — Mr. Praed is Member for St. Ives, — & Mr. Fellowes
for Norwich. — They spoke of the state of the House of Commons, both
mentioning Mr. Addington [Prime Minister in place of Pitt] as being a
good sort of man, but not of such weight as to be able to stand against
any vigorous attack made upon his Administration, Mr. Fellowes was
surprised to find him so defficient in power in public speaking ; so
much at a loss for words. They thought if He were to unite with opposi
tion He must sink into the mass of it, or at most be only the ostensible
head of it. He is but ill supported by Speakers. His Brother can do
little, & Mr. Bragge not much. — Lord Hawkesbury [1st Baron and 1st
Earl of Liverpool] speaks like a man who had considered his subject. —
Lord Castlereagh is a good speaker ; & Mr. Corry appears to advantage. —
They both spoke of Mr. Windham as refining so much, that it was scarcely
possible sometimes to know for what end He was speaking. — But Mr.
Praed said that occasionally He was very impressive, — and always speaks
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by Mr. Fellowes as being a very clear and well informed speaker ; and Mr.
Grant, (the Master of the Rolls) as being the most conclusive of them all. —
Mr. Fox & Mr. Pitt were allowed to be above all ; but the manner of the
former particulary the worst that can be imagined. — When Mr. Adding
ton opened the Budget He was so embarassed as scarcely to be able to get
on in reading the accounts. —
The Father of Mr. Windham was a man of abilities but very singular.
He died when Mr. Windham was only 9 years old. He married a Mrs.
Leekin, widow of a Naval Officer by whom He had a daughter before He
married her. Mr. Windham was a legitimate Son. — His estate is between
4 & £5000 a year. He is said to have saved nothing while in office, but
He amply provided for several relatives, the Children &c. of his Mother
by her first marriage. — The provision He obtained for them while He was
in office is sd. to amount to £8000 a year. — Mr. Windham is abt. 53 years
old. — He is said to be an excellent Scholar, but not a ready man. If
required to write an address, or execute any business of the kind, He is
tedious, & generally prolix. — Mr. Windham's own Sister, married a
writing master or somebody of that kind at Eaton, & Her Father left her
only £50 a year. — Sheridan's Brandy Appearance
They spoke also of Wilberforce & of Whitbread as speakers in par
liament. Mr. Fellowes thought He [Wilberforce] had too much tauto
logy, — too much of self, — & alluded to or mixed religion too much with
his subject. — Whitbread both agreed to be a very indifferent speaker, —
far inferior to Grey, — a mere repeater of what others had said. — I men
tioned Sheridan, — they did not appear inclined to say much abt. him.—
Mr. Fellowes noticed his Brandy appearance. Mr. Fellowes has long been
an active magistrate in Norfolk. — He spoke of punishments of Criminals,
and thought that it was a fault in our Laws to make Death the punishment
of Crimes inferior to murder, or others of the highest nature. —
The Lord Chancellor [Lord Eldon] was spoken of witht. approbation.
His abilities and integrity were allowed to be unquestionable, but his
indecission was felt a grievance in the Court of Chancery.

VOL. II.

CHAPTER XXIII
1803
Buonaparte and Fox
February 15. — Northcote mentioned that He dined in company
the other day with Mr. Frankland, who said He was introduced to Buona
parte on the day that Charles James Fox was presented to him. — It
seemed as if Buonaparte by his manner wished to shew that He was
equally qualified for a Court as for the field. — He said to Mr. Fox that
He was glad to see a man whose principles & political conduct He had
admired. — Fox bowed but did not reply. — He asked Mr. Frankland
what Borough He represented. When He came to Lord Robt. Spencer,
He asked him if He was descended from the great Duke of Marlborough,
and on his answering that He was, He asked " What  ? " — this
on acct. of his name being Spencer & not Churchill.-*-
February 16. — Flaxman called. Has engaged to write the
Article (on) Sculpture for Longman's new Encyclopedia, — recommended
Fuseli to write that of Painting. — Bonnycastle is to write that of Mathe
matics. — Architecture by Saunders, &c.

R.A. Affairs
February 17. — In the evening I went to the Academy Com
mittee. — Nollekens, — Smirke, Daniell, Flaxman, Northcote, & Law
rence were there. The report was read over with my additional proposal
of annulling that part of the Law of the Pension fund which declares
that it shall be advanced to £20,000 3 pr. cent before any other appli
cations of the Savings of the Academy be made. — It was entirely
approved, I told Northcote that I had been influenced much by his opinion
& that of Flaxman in what I had done.
The details of expenditure & proposals of retrenchment were then
read & agreed to, — and the augmentation of Salaries, except that of the
Professors. Lawrence urged strongly that they should be raised to
£60. — Flaxman particularly opposed it. It was left undecided. — We
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left the Academy at \ past 12 oClock. Smirke noticed to me the violence
of Lawrence's manner when He felt interested to carry a point. Speaking
of the qualities necessary for Professors in the Academy — Flaxman
said Sir Joshua R. had written admirably on painting, but occasionally
nonsense abt. Sculpture.
Lysons called today. — He said the trials of Coll. Despard had been
conducted with equal fairness & ability. — He spoke highly of the abilities
of Lord Ellenborough and said no comparison could be made between
him and Erskine as to which was most proper to preside in the King's
bench. February 18. — I dined at Hoppner's. — Mr. Greville has informed
Hoppner that the news paper called the Pic-nic, is now conducted by
Coombe [William Combe — Dr. Syntax]. Coombe has undertaken it
for 2 guineas a week. —

Lawrence as an Actor
February 19. — Lawrence told us today that at the Marquiss of
Abercorn's at Stanmore priory, He performed with Lady Cahier, — 2
Mr. Maddock's,— Mr. P. Lamb & Mr. Geo. Lamb,— Sons of Lord Mel
bourne, Honble. Miss Butler, sister to Lord Cahier. The Prince of Wales,
— Sheridan, — Duke & Duchess of Devonshire, — Payne Knight, &c. &c.
were there, — abt. 60 auditors in all. The performance began at nine
& was over at half-past eleven. — The Prince supped and slept there. —
Lawrence felt confused on first going upon the Stage, but that wore
of as the performance advanced. Lady Abercorn told him this after
noon that she had been today at Sir Wm. Hamilton's, where Mrs. Despard
was in another room in great distress. She came there to urge Lord Nelson
to make farther applications to government for Coll. Despard.*
Lord Thurlow has lately been sitting to Lawrence. His Lordship
is much employed in studying the Greek Language. —

Forgotten Libel on Buonaparte
February 21. — Having been subpcenad to Westminster Hall on
a Special Jury got there before 9 o'Clock,— at which Hour Lord
• Edward Marcus Despard (1751-1803), the youngest of six brothers who were all
in the Army except the eldest. _ Despard was at first successful as a soldier and adminis
trator, but misfortune came to him and he formed a fatuous plot against the Government .
He sought to capture the Tower and the Bank of England, assassinate the King on his
way to Parliament and stop the mails from leaving London. On November 16, 1802, he
and forty soldiers and working men, mostly Irish, were arrested. He was tried for high
treason, sentenced to death, and hanged on February 21, 1803. At the trial Nelson said :
" We served together in 1779 on the Spanish Main ; we were together in the enemy's
trenches, and slept in the same tent. Colonel Despard was then a loyal man and a brave
officer." VOL. II. 6*

84 The Farington Diary [1808
Ellenborough took his Seat on the Bench. — The Trial was The King
against Pelltier, a French Emigrant, for a libel on Buonaparte.
The Council for the
Crown were For Pelltier
Honbie- Mr. Percival,* Mr. Mackintosh
Attorney General. — Fergusson.
— Garrow.
— Abbot.
Mr. Abbot opened the Cause by reading the Bill of Indictment con
taining the Libel. Mr. Percival followed & spoke from \ past 9 (till
J past ten) about three-quarters of an hour. Witnesses were then called
to prove the purchase of the Libel at De Boffe's a publisher in Gerard
St. Soho, — and that at the time we were at peace with France. De
Boffe acknowledged that He accounted to Pelltier for the sale of them.
— Mr. Broughton, of the Secretary of States office proved that the trans
lation into English was faithful, (the original libel was published in the
French language). It was entitled " The Ambigue or amusing and atro
cious varieties." —
Mr. Mackintosh began to speak at 12 oClock and continued speaking
till 5 minutes past 3. —
The matter which He had to defend was very libellous. It consisted
of this & other passages similar. —
" The Sattelites of this Monster, the Agents of his Tyranny, these
men have made a sacrifice of their own liberties". &c. —
" And now the Tyger enjoys the fruits of your labours. He becomes
more furious. This man, sole master, puts in execution punishments
without sentence. The misery of Children commences before life."
" He has organized a foreign Banditti, who will be the Satellites of
the Tyrant. They will be his Cutthroats &c." —
* Spencer Percival, afterwards Prime Minister, was assassinated by BeUingham in the
House of Commons. Garrow and Abbott became judges, and Mackintosh, son-in-law of
Dan Stuart, proprietor of the Morning Post, was a regular contributor to its columns.
This trial gave Mackintosh the first opportunity to establish his name triumphantly as a
lawyer and orator, and he also won a great reputation as philosopher, statesman, and his
torian. His speech on behalf of Peltier was translated into French by Madame de Stael,
and widely read aU over Europe.
In 1804 he was knighted and made Recorder of Bombay, and two years later judge of
the Admiralty Court. Professor of Law at Haileybury College (1818-1824), he was also a
member of the Board of Control under the Grey Ministry, and advocated the Reform BiU.
He died on May 22, 1832.
The trial described by Farington was instituted by the Attorney-General at the instance
of Napoleon, who sought redress for libels published against him chiefly by French emigres
in England. Jean G. Peltier, one of the worst offenders, was therefore brought to trial in
Westminster HaU, with the result recorded above, but in consequence of the renewal of
the war he was never brought up for judgment. The libels appeared in Numbers 1 and 3
of a paper called " L'Ambigu, or Amusing and Atrocious Varieties, a Journal of the Egyptian
Kind."

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There was also an exhortation to assassination in more than one
passage. — The Council for the Defendant objected to a word in the trans
lation but Lord Ellenborough said that if the tenor of the meaning was
adhered to that was sufficient. —
The speech of Mackintosh was extremely complimented by the
Attorney General & by Lord Ellenborough in his charge to the Jury,
who called it " almost unparalleled eloquence." It certainly was delivered
with great rapidity, — and contained a wide survey of many things, — of
the effects of the French Revolution, — the Tyranny of their power, —
the misery of the Emigrants, — the necessity of preserving the liberty
of the press &c. &c. — the two principal points of his defence were that
it ought to be considered an Historical Description of Causes & Con
sequences, and not a libel, — and that it could do no harm, being in a
language but little read in this country ; and the publication wd. cer
tainly not be admitted into France, He wished it therefore to be con
sidered as a production, that might relieve the minds of a few suffering
emigrants & could in no way [be] productive of consequences to make
it an object of notice. On the whole the greatest part of his oration
was irrelevant to the subject & from its length to me became tedious,
and at times I could scarcely forbear sleeping over it.
The Greatest Democratic Government
I was interested in those passages where He declared some of his own
political opinions. His expressions of admiration of the perfection of
the British government were unbounded. — He said " That it was
the greatest really Democratick government that has ever existed
since the Creation of the World, that is, where the greatest number
of Wills are consulted and have influence." He spoke also of the ex
travagant expectation of those who supposed that " the old Monarchies
of Europe could be converted into Republicks. — Attempts had been
made & might be hereafter made, but they would always end in dis
appointment, after suffering all the horrors of cruelty & bloodshed."
The Attorney General replied to Mr. Mackintosh. He began at 13
minutes past 3 oClock and ended at 4 oClock. — His speech as before
was very able, & close to the point. —
Lord Ellenborough began his charge immediately after the Attorney
General sat down. It lasted 15 minutes. He stated the Law to be posi
tive, — that such Libels were punishable, — and shewed that the fact
was fully proved. He exhorted the Jury to shew this purity of British
justice by finding the Defendant guilty.
The Jury turned round and instantly agreed and pronounced the
Defendant guilty.
Mr. Erskine & Gibbs &c. were in Court. Erskine frequently nodded
approbation while Mackintosh was speaking. — Pelltier sat by Mackintosh.
I returned home & extremely wearied and did not go out afterwards.

CHAPTER XXIV
1803
Buonaparte's 400,000 Men
February 23. — This day I did not go out, or admit anybody. It
is a return of that day which affects the strongest impression on my mind.
[The day before his wife's death. She died on February 24th, 1800.]
February 24. — At home till \ past 3 when I called upon Lawrence.
— He expressed to me a doubt whether He shd. not decline exhibiting
this year as He had many small pictures to finish. I told him I thought
no policy of that kind shd. prevent his exhibiting. He must keep his
name before the world. — He showed me those pictures begun which He
intended to exhibit. I recommended to him to forward them witht.
delay, and prepare them for a last revising.
Being led to it, I told him that Criticism on His pictures by the best
judges I know was that they have not sufficient tone & colour, but incline
too much to the Chiaro-Oscuro. — He reed, my remark, which I qualified
in the most proper manner I could, in a very becoming manner & said
He would study to avail himself to it.
February 25. — Lord Harcourt called to-day, — thinks Turner
inclines to the bravura, or obscure, undefined painting. — That it prevails
too much in our School. — His Lordship had lessons from Rathbone*
last year. A coarse kind of man, but ready in practise, — too ready.
Academy Club I went to. — Zoffany complained much to me of the
state of the Life Academy. — Young men are permitted to draw there
before they are prepared for it properly. — Make drawings on a small
scale. — Many cover their drawings when He approaches.
March 1. — Opie's I drank tea at. Mrs. Opie, — Northcote & Clarke
there. — Saw fine head of Sir Thos. More by Holbein. We talked of
vehicles for painting. Opie said He uses the Oils only ; and Macgilp,
which He said is the best vehicle that has been used. —
• John Rathbone (1750-1807), born in Cheshire. He painted much in Cumberland
and was a companion of Morland and Ibbetson, who painted figures in some of his
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1803] War for Existence 87
War for Existence
March 14. — Lord Gardner sent to me today to inform me He is to
go out of town in a few days. — To the fleet at Portsmouth I suppose,
on acct. of the expectation of War.
March 15. — Called on Lord Gardner, & found him & Lady Gardner
at breakfast. He told me He had been with Lord St. Vincent who had
appointed him to the command at Portsmouth, but Lord Gardner
objected to continuing there as anything what He called an Old Woman's
service, a Port Admiral, — & said He supposed He was only to go there
to assist in preparing. — Lord St. Vincent agreed to it & said He should
have a command and their conversation ended with a promise that He
should have the Irish Station.
Lord Gardner thought from the extensive preparations & from cir
cumstances that War would be the event, and that it would be a war
for existence. — He said the accts. from Lord Whitworth shewed that
Buonaparte is furious & agitated about the negotiation. During one
conversation with Lord Whitworth He had a stick in his hand, which
He struck upon the ground & said that He had 400,000 men ready armed
and would sacrifice the last of them rather than give up the points He
insisted upon. — Lord Whitworth calmly heard him out & then recapitu
lated all that He had done since the treaty of Amiens shewing the
strides of power which He had made, & mentioned Swisserland. Of that
Buonaparte appeared to make light, speaking of that Country as being
naturally a kind of appendage to France.
His agitation was strongly expressed in an interview with Talleyrand,
the French Minister. — Buonaparte kept him to so late an Hour of the
night that Talleyrand was wearied & signified it would be best to come
to some conclusion. — Buonaparte let him go, but He had not been in
bed more than two Hours before Buonaparte sent for him again. —
Lord Gardner remarked that this irritation of mind was not consistent
with a great character. I told him what I observed in him when I had
a full view of his face standing very near him. His eye had a feverish
look, which indicated a mind unsettled. — That his habitual irritation
is also expressed by his cutting the arms of the chair in which He sits
while doing business, — scratching on the margin of the book that lays
before him, &c. &c. —
Admiral Holloway came^ in. He is to go Second in Command with
Lord Gardner. The King's Message
I asked Lord G. abt. the funds. He said all the property He had
in the world was in the funds where He had placed it as He was able
to accumulate it & would not disturb it. — He spoke of the solemn & firm
manner in which the King's message recommending preparation for War
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surprise at saying it was the finest effort they had ever seen. They said
had it happened in an Irish parliament it would have been followed by
an uproar of defiance &c. — Sheridan made a very patriotick & excellent
speech. March 22. — Met Captain Wilson. He thinks War most probable.
That Any peace with Buonaparte can only be considered an armed
truce, & that it may be best to bring the question " Whether He can
subjugate this Country " to issue.
March 23. — Constable called & brought several small studies which
He painted from nature in the neighbourhood of Dedham. —
A Little Academy
I dined alone and went to tea at Mr. West's where I found him in
his Bed-room laid up with both feet swelled with gout. — Mrs. West
& Mrs. Loyd were there. — Mrs. Loyd said Her Father George, Michael
Moser, R.A., was born at Schaffhausen in Swisserland and came to
England when He was abt. 20 years of age. He married at the age of
23 in the year 1732. — He and five other foreigners made up a little
Academy for drawing from a living model by lamplight. The room they
hired for the purpose was in Gough Square, Fleet-Street. One of the
foreigners was Mr. Hide, a German, who afterwards went to Philadelphia,
and when Mr. West was a boy gave him some instruction. —
The report of this little Academy drew the attention of Hogarth
& several other English artists who visited it and approving the Plan,
proposed to Moser & the other foreigners to unite with them in forming
one upon a more extensive scale which being agreed to, the Academy in
St. Martin's Lane was established which continued to be attended till
the Royal Academy was instituted.
Brown, the Master of Hayman, an Historical painter of those days
began to draw at the Academy, but finding his habits of execution limited
by an attempt to describe the figure, He declined attending, saying,
He could do it better at home. —
March 24. — Constable called & took away his Sketches. — I was
at home all the morning painting as usual. Machell & Daniell dined with
me. — Machell spoke much of Nicholson who makes drawings by stopping
out the light parts. He comes from Whitby in Yorkshire. Machell has
5 Sons and a daughter. His eldest Son is between 16 & 17 years old. —
His daughter abt. 2 years & \ old. He lost 2 daug"- the eldest if living
would have now been 19 years old.
Nicholson is upwards of 40 years old. He is a sensible man & had
a great mechanical turn. — He says He requires exercise and therefore
employ's himself in planing wood &c. He has made an Organ.

CHAPTER XXV
1803
Eminent English Lawyers
March 26. — Wm. Daniell called & I went with him to see his picture
a view from the " one tree Hill " in Greenwich Park. — Lawrence called
on me with a request for my Portrait at the desire of Mr. Hill, proprietor
of the " Monthly Mirror." — I declined giving an answer abt. it. — Taylor
[formerly editor of the Morning Post] has got a 4th Share of the True
Briton from Heriot, who is the Sole Proprietor of the Sun which produces
a great income. —
March 29. — Lawrence I called on in the even'g. — He told me Lord
Thurlow while sitting to Him, His Lordship was disposed to converse. —
He spoke of Lord Mansfield as possessing greater powers than were
ascribed to Him ; and that Lord Chatham had the advantage of him from
his manner in debate which He said was theatrical & had great effect.
He was, said His Lordship, " an imposing Fellow." — He spoke of Dunning
(Lord Ashburton) & said that Lord Mansfield was shrewd & saw acutely
yet that on the whole He shd. rather have chosen Dunning's understand
ing as being more plain and directed to the point.*
Lawrence observed How rich a diary a Portrait Painter might make
from the variety of Characters which come before him, & that if done
with delicacy, it would be not only valuable but adviseable. —
March 30. — Lawrence I dined with. — His Brother William & Mr.
Cross, of Bath there. — The Duchess of York was spoken of as keeping
very late Hours not going to Bed till 3 or 4 oClock in a morning. — Her
disposition is much liked.
* In a letter to William Jackson, of Exeter, Thomas Gainsborough, while in Bath,
wrote the following incisive description of Dunning, the first Lord Ashburton :
" In my way home I met with Lord Shelburne, who insisted on my making him a short
visit, and I don't repent going (tho' I generally do to aU lords' houses), and met Mr. Dunning
there. There is something exclusive of the deep and clear understanding of that gentle
man most exceedingly pleasing to me. He seems the only man who talks as Giardini
plays, if you know what I mean : he puts no more motion than what goes to the real
performance, which constitutes that ease and gentility peculiar to damned clever feUows,
each in their own way.
" I observe his forehead jets out, and mine runs back a good deal more than common,
which accounts for some difference between our parts. ... He is an amazing compact
89

90 The Farington Diary [1803
April 1. — Constable called, — & I lent him [Wilson's picture of]
" Macenas's villa " [to copy]. —
Landscapes by Claude
April 2. — Fiezenger has got from France two Landscapes by Claude
for which He asks £20,000. — One of them in particular is exquisitely fine.
April 3. — Fiezenger's I went to viz: Messrs. Erard & Co. Harp
makers in Marlborough Street. — There I met Lawrence & saw the two
pictures by Claude painted for the Duke de Bouillon in 1648, — which
remained till the late troubles in the possession of that family. The
pictures are 6 feet 6 Inches wide by 5 feet high. I never saw pictures by
Claude in such a high state of preservation, or that possessed such superior
excellence. — Lawrence desired me to go with him from thence to Mr.
Angerstein's, to see the [Palazzo] Barberini Claude & the Gaspar
Poussin. — On comparing them Gaspar seemed to be reduced to Wootton*,
and the water so celebrated in the Barberini Claude to something which
might be imitated which in the Bouillon Claude appeared inimitable. —
Mr. Angerstein told Lawrence this morning that after seeing those 2
pictures His own Claude seemed poor. — Lawrence asked me what price
I thought Mr. A, might go to. I told him I wd. not lose them for 8000
guineas as they would so add to the reputed value of His Collection, &
that He would do well to part with some of his present pictures. — West
told me this morning that they asked 10,000 gs. for the pictures, & that
He would propose 8000. —
April 4. — Lawrence I again called on & He told me that Mr. Anger
stein had been with him & informed him that He had purchased the 2
Claude's for 8000 gs. — They wanted 9000 or 8500 — but He stood to his
offer & they accepted it.t
April 5. — West I called on again. Bonmaison, the nephew of Erard
was there. He told me the two Claude's had been secreted abt. 13 years,
during the Revolution in France.
man in every respect, and, as we get a sight of everything by comparison, only think of the
difference betwixt Mr. Dunning almost motionless, with a mind brandishing like lightning
from corner to corner of the earth, while a longcross-made fellow only flings his arms about
like threshing flails, without half an idea of what he would be at ;. and besides this neatness
in outward appearance, his storerooms seem cleared of all French ornaments and ginger
bread work ; everything is simplicity and elegance and in its proper place ; no disorder
or confusion in the furniture, as if he were going to remove. Sober sense and great acute-
ness are marked very strong in his face ; but if these were all I should only admire him as
a great lawyer, but there is genius (in our sense of the word) shines in all he says. In short,
Mr. Jackson of Exeter, I begin to think there is something in the air of Devonshire that
grows clever fellows ; I could name 4 or 5 of you superior to the product of any other
county in England."
* John Wooton, an English landscape painter who worked in the style of Claude and
Gaspar Poussin.
t These pictures are now Nos. 12 and 14 in the National GaUery, they being part of
the Angerstein coUection.

1803] Landscapes by Claude 91
This morning Mr. Angerstein put up his two Claudes & paid the money
for them. — The Barberini Claude was painted in 1641. — It appears
weak by the others. —
April 8 . — Lord Carysfort has seen the Claudes and thinks they have
been over-cleaned & wd. be better if a varnish with a tint in it was passed
over them. Such is the foppery of Criticism. —
April 9. — I dined alone — & drank tea at Opie's. — Mr. Coke has been
sitting to him. — Opie says that Dr. Wolcot has as fine an eye for the
harmony cjf effect of a picture as any man whatever, but knows nothing
of lines or the other requisites of a picture. —
April 10. — Lawrence was to have gone at one oClock to the Princess
of Wales at Montague House, Blackheath, in consequence of the request
sent to him by Miss Garth on Saturday the 2nd. inst. by order of the
Princess, and a Chaise was at his door for that purpose, but He had
reasons for not going. — Chimney Sweepers
Mr. Angerstein's I dined at. — The conversation was various. — Mr.
A, gave me an acct. of the proceedings of those who have united for the
relief of the Chimney Sweepers. — Their object is, (if the business must
be carried on without doing it by machinery,) to have inspectors appointed,
under an act of parliament to examine into the conduct of those who
have apprentices for the purpose, — and that all such persons shall act
under Licences revocable on bad behaviour being reported. — Boys em
ployed on the present footing obtain for their masters from £40 to 50
a year each. The value, of the Soot collected in London and sold for
manure is averaged at £50,000 a year. — Another regulation proposed is
not to allow the Boys to cry their trade in the streets, by which they wd.
be saved from a sad exposure in bad weather & from very early hours. —
Garrick's Vanity
Mr. Angerstein mentioned an observation of Sir Joshua Reynolds
upon Garrick to shew his vanity. Garrick was sitting to him for his
picture between Tragedy & Comedy, and to animate his countenance
to be what the character He assumed required several of his friends
came by agreement in succession to see (him) while sitting. Garrick
was to dine with the Duke of Devonshire that day and was so vain of
the invitation that He was anxious that they shd. all know it & contrived
in some (way) or other to bring it up to each man till he came to the
8th. To carry his point to him He desired the bell to be rung & his servant
to be called to whom He sd. " If any letters come for me this afternoon
bring them to the Duke of Devonshire 's where I am to dine, — though, on
recollection you need not as I shall see them at night which will be time
enough ! "

CHAPTER XXVI
1803
Like Looking Into a Coal Fire
April 14. — Mr. Fountaine told me that Mr. Coke's landed estate
in Norfolk is reckoned £32,000 a year, but there are heavy incumbrances
upon it so that He cannot spend more than 11 or £12000. — His Farm
Houses building &c. cost him £90,000. —
Mrs. West wrote to West at the Council and inclosed to him a Courier
of this evening in which was the statement of His Conduct in sending
a picture which was exhibited in 1776. — It was resolved to answer it
publickly & Soane was to think of a proper manner of doing it. Shee
called [on April 18], & brought the Morning Post with the letter signed
by Copley, — Humphry — Turner, Soane, Rossi & Bourgeois, — with the
Comments upon it. — The charge has done great harm to West & the
exculpation by the Council has confirmed it : a statement of great folly. —
Shee spoke to me abt. Sir Joshua Reynolds's House, which He shd.
like if Hoppner declines it, & it can be had. —
April 16. — Sir George Beaumont called. We talked of Angerstein's
Claude's. — He said that Mr. A. must be considered as having given 7000
guineas for the Marine Claude* as the other is not worth more than
1000. — He prefers the Hue of the Barberini Claude, & thinks the Sea of
the other Marine Blue, not the No colour of the Barberini, — and that the
middle part of the Landscape has been worked upon & has a sky of a
red cast, not the yellow of Cuyp, Wilson & of Claude's best Tones. — I told
him I had never seen such painting in any pictures as in the two Bouillon
Claude's, & He agreed to that. —
Rossi called again. — Wyatt has written to Soane to desire Banks's
Model of Oliver Cromwell may be withdrawn from the Exhibition as
being an improper object. —
Masquerier [the artist] I called on to-day. He told me Buonaparte
had purchased Guerin's picture of Phaedre & Hypolitus, — & that He
wrote to Guerin from Rouen for that purpose. — Masquerier was well
* " Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba " (14) in the National GaUery.
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1803] Like Looking Into a Coal Fire 93
acquainted with Calonne* & saw him in Paris a few days before He died.
He was much acquainted with Madame Le Brun. — He was a man of lively
temper & playful, — would roll with Children upon a Carpet. — He told
Masquerier He should return to England which was the only Country
for a man to live in.
April 17.— West told me that the [R.A.] Exhibition looked all
portraits. — He said the " Harbour of Calais," by Turner was clever in
his manner but would have been better had more time been employed
upon it : — His Landscape opposite to it would not do him any credit. —
The Lady Charlotte Campbell, by Lawrence He said looked very well
" It was above them all." — Opie He thinks improves. —
Lord Thurlow's Daughter
April 19. — Mr. Newcome said that Mr. Browne who married Lord
Thurlow's eldest daughter was son to a man who kept an Inn in Torbay,
& who having given much satisfaction to the officers of the Customs by
some conduct He was recommended to a situation which eventually
led to his having a House at Dulwich — There young Brown, the Son,
became acquainted with the Miss Thurlow's. He was a well mannered
man but had no education. — After He married Miss Thurlow He resided
some time in Scotland Yard at Mr. Craig's who has an office in the board
of Works & who married his Sister, — and He settled what property He
had, said to be 3 or £4000, upon His Wife (Miss Thurlow). He went
into a Corps raised during the late War & was sent to Egypt & has now
the rank of Major. — There are several children & Lord Thurlow has
reed. Mrs. Brown into his house upon (the) condition that she engages
not to see Mr. Brown. — The objection which his Lordship has to him is
said to be that He found him destitute of education. — t
April 20. — Hoppner spoke of the works of Morland. He said that
some of his pictures were painted with an excellent Eye, & full of relish,
but that a majority were far below any such standard, — There is a
* Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802), was Prime Minister of France before the
Revolution. In the crisis preceding the Revolution, he was summoned, when others had
failed to replenish the exhausted Royal Treasury, to control affairs. He was not more
successful than his predecessors. His audacious plans, which upset the King and public
alike, would have saved the Monarchy had his Majesty supported him with fortitude.
Dismissed by Louis XVI. on April 8th, 1787, Calonne soon afterwards came to England,
where he was very popular. In 1789, when the States-General were about to assemble,
he went to Flanders to offer himself for election, but he was not allowed to enter France.
He then joined the emigre party at Coblenz, and spent nearly all his fortune on their behalf.
Returning to London, he in 1795 sold, or tried to sell, part of his collection of pictures,
but most of the important works were " bought in." In 1802 Napoleon gave him per
mission to return to France, and he died there on October 30, about a month after his
arrival in his native land. In the foUowing year M. de Calonne's pictures and books
were sold in London.
+ Thurlow never married, in consequence, it is said, of an early disappointment. The
daughter who married Mr. Browne was one of Thurlow's children by his mistress, Mrs.
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disagreeable Pea-green colour in his landscape, — & great want of effect.
— Many of his drawings in Chalk are excellent. His pictures now sell
for great prices. Incorruptible
April 24. — The Borough of Gatton cost Coll. Mark Wood, £90,000. —
The voters are limited to the Parish of Gatton, and there are only Seven
tenants in the Parish & to them only is the privilege of voting confined. —
The land consists of abt. 2000 acres. He does not let what is tenanted
at, on an average, more than 30 shillings an acre. It is remarkable that
the tenants have been incorruptible to Bribery, though attempted with
large offers, such as £500 each. The same families have for a considerable
(time) continued upon the farms, from father to Son. — They only hold
the estates from year to year.
Coll. Wood is abt. 60 years of age. He was at the head of the En
gineers in India, where He had resided 25 years. He has been in England
10 or 11 years. He has 4 children, 2 boys & 2 girls. He was reckoned
to have brought from India £200,000. — Several years ago He purchased
Peirce-field near Chepstow, which He lately sold to Mr. Wells a West
Indian of large fortune, a man of very gentlemanly manners, but so much
a man of colour as to be but little removed from a Negro. He married a
daughter of the Revd. Mr. Este a man Well known in the Newspaper
world. April 28. — Sir George Beaumont called. — Mr. Addington's Adminis
tration in a distressed State. — He said to have been undermining Mr. Pitt
with the King 2 years before the latter resigned.
April 29. — Called upon Lawrence & reed, from him a direction to
No. 18 Oxendon St. to see two Landscapes by Rubens brought from
the Balbi Palace at Genoa. — I saw them & was told that 4000 guineas
was the price put upon them. Turner's Manners
West told me that the King was much pleased with Lawrences pic
ture of Lord Thurlow & sd. it met his idea of a portrait being a true
Representation of the man without artificial fancies of dress &c. —
Opie said the portrait of Lord Thurlow was the best in the room. — Shee
& Northcote told me Turner wd. rather fall this year in the opinion of
Artists. —
I went with Hoppner to Shee's abt. 9 oClock where we drank tea. —
Turner's pictures were spoken of. — Hoppner reprobated the presumptive
manner in which He paints, and his carelessness. — He said that so much
was left to be imagined that it was like looking into a coal fire, or upon
an Old Wall, where from many varying^ undefined forms the fancy was to
be employed in conceiving things — But his manners so presumptive &
arrogant were spoken of with great disgust.

Sir Thomas Lawrence, R.A.

[To face p. 95.

CHAPTER XXVII
1803
The Merits of Artists
May 2. — I dined with Opie & Mrs. Opie. — Northcote, — Fuseli, —
and Thomson [all R.A.'s] came in the evening. — We had much con
versation abt. merits of artists, — of Turner. Northcote said His pictures
had produced more effect from their novelty than they were entitled
to : that they were too much compounded of art & had too little of
nature : That they consisted of parts gathered together from various
works of eminent Masters. — Opie thought the Large Landscape very
fine, perhaps the finest work in the room — that is in which the Artist
had obtained most of what He aimed at. Fuseli commended both " the
Calais Harbour " and the large Landscape, thinking they shewed great
power of mind, but perhaps the foregrounds too little attended to, —
too undefined. — His Historical picture " a Holy Family " He also
thought appeared like the embrio, or blot of a great master of colouring. —
Garvey said to me today that this praise of such crudeness was extrava
gant, & a Humbug. [Garvey, R.A., is now luckily forgotten.]
Of Lawrence : Opie said, He liked the feeling which Hoppner had
of colour & often of design better ; but that Lawrence could accomplish
more of what He felt & undertook than Hoppner could do. —
Fuseli liked His [Lawrence's] Lord Thurlow best, His Miss Lamb
next, — & Lady Charlotte Campbell the least.
Of Reynolds in Landscape. Northcote said they gave him no satis
faction ; & He had told Reynolds that His pictures were made up by
attempting to make them resemble the Dutch & Flemish masters.
Turner's Blots
May 3. — Sir George Beaumont called; He thinks the practise of
many artists become very meritricious, " an Influenza," which has
affected in a very high degree Westall, — Turner, a little,- Lawrence.
That harmony & modesty which distinguished great masters is not
seen, — -but crudeness, & bravura, are substituted. — The British School
is affected by it. — Turner finishes his distances & middle distances
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upon a scale that requires universal precission throughout his pictures, —
but his foregrounds are comparatively blots, & faces of figures witht.
a feature being expressed. — Shee raw in colour. — Hoppner wanting the
delicate precission of Sir Joshua, — and Lawrence has too much of square
touch & the water in Turner's Sea piece (Calais Harbour) like the veins
on a marble slab. — The subject of the large Landscape borrowed from
Claude but the colouring forgotten.
Bourgeois's father kept a Snuff Shop in the Haymarket but retired
to Swisserland, His native country & died there a peasant. Bourgeois
[R.A., and donor of the Dulwich Art Gallery Collection] has a Brother,
an apothecary at little Chelsea, who spells his name Burgess as comform-
able, He says, to the English language. He has or had also a Sister. —
I mentioned that Lawrence painted the drapery & both the Hands
in the picture of Lord Thurlow (a half length) in one day, all the lower
part of the picture was in the morning bare canvass. It was on the last
day of receiving pictures. — West said that when an Artist could finish
at once it carried a charm with it, that pictures often repeated, had not.
To dead colour & then sharpen & point up while the dead colour remains
wet is very desirable. By repetition more force, & higher tones may be
obtained ; but the grace of freedom & facility is lost by it. — Guido
painted heads at once that are highly captivating. —
May 6. — The public mind was yesterday much agitated abt. the
question of Peace or War being the result of the long continued nego
tiation, but the latter is most expected.
In Love With You
May 10. — Miss Heyman I called upon at No. 2, Berkely Square &
sat with Her sometime. I mentioned Miss Angerstein as being very
agreeable in Her manners. She told me I had reason as she was she said
laughing " in love with you," — that when I left the room she said she
should like to throw a Cowl over my head (a bald pate) & converting me
into a Father Confessor, make her Confession to me. — It was pleasant
to hear it as it is a family on many accts. such as I shd. wish to visit
occasionally. — Miss Heyman spoke of Mrs. Crewe's* musick parties
and of Miss Crewe's singing, & offered to introduce me there on one of
Her evenings. —
* Probably Frances, daughter of Fulke Greville and wife of John Crewe (1742-1829),
who, a faithful Whig, was created Baron Crewe of Crewe.
At a banquet to commemorate Fox's return for Westminster in 1784, the Prince of
Wales, in her honour, gave the toast " True Blue and Mrs. Crewe." Of all women living
Fox " preferred Mrs. Crewe." She " never lost an atom of character, I mean," he said,
" female honour ; she loved high play and dissipation, but was no sensualist." The Right
Hon. Charles Arbuthnot found her a charming person, a comfortable creature, rather than
a fine lady, and amazingly weU-informed. " She uglifies everything near," wrote Madame
d'Arblay, who also declared, " I know not even now any female in her first youth who
could bear the comparison," with her beauty. The third and last Baron Crewe was the
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The Princess's Pin Money
Miss Heyman as Privy Purse to the Princess of Wales has the rect.
6c payment of Her Pin money which is £5000 a year. — She is besides
allowed £12000 a year for Her establishment, but out of this she pays
Her Ladies £3000 a year. — She spoke of the Young Princess Charlotte,
now abt. 7 years old, as having very good promise of capacity & talents.
She is quick & observing & has a strong sense of humour, which she in
herits both from [her] Father & Mother who are both good mimicks. Her
temper seems good, she must be led not driven. Lady Elgin, Her governess
is a very inelegant woman, & very little cultivated, but has good principles
Religious & Moral, and is careful to establish all proper ideas on subjects
in the mind of the Princess. The fault of Lady Elgin is too much solici
tude for Her own connexions which warps Her occasionally. In con
formity it is supposed with what is agreeable to the mind of the Queen
the Princess is perhaps too early impressed with a sense of Her own
importance j and indicates pride, which it wd. be more prudent to
restrain. —
May 12. — Shee I called on & talked abt. the Academy & my unwilling
ness to subject myself to that exposure which the Members are now liable
to from communicating to Newspapers. — He sd. He had told Smirke
lately that " If / was to quit the Academy it wd. not stand 3 years." —
Daniell [R.A.] called in the even'g to go with me to the General
meeting. — He said He knew Soane [R.A.] when a Boy at Chertsey, where
He assisted his Brother who was a Journeyman Bricklayer as a Hod-
boy. — Turner Presumptuous — with Talent
May 13. — Hoppner's I dined at, at Fulham. We had a good deal
of conversation abt. the Academy & abt. art. — Hoppner said if Turner
fails as much the next year as He has done this, He will sink in reputation.
He does not appear conscious of the inferiority of his pictures to some of
his former productions. — Lord Gower asked the price of the " Calais
Harbour " & Turner signified that it must be more than that for which
He sold a picture to the Duke of Bridgewater. (250 guineas.)*
Windham drinks tea every Sunday evening with Cobbet, — John
Giffard, — & Reeces — to settle the future business of Cobbets paper. —
Windham has lent Cobbet £4000.
* Mr. Lindo S. Myers writes : On two occasions recently the Diary has referred to
Turner and his methods, and my friend, Mr. J. C. Wardrop, has permitted me to make the
extract (which I enclose) from his grandfather's diary.
" Wyatt tells me that Turner kept as a great secret the manner he had of bringing
up the ' lights ' in his drawings.
" I once saw Turner (observed an artist) on the day appointed at the Academy for
varnishing the pictures spit all over his picture, &, then taking out of a box a brown powder
rubbed it over the picture. We know that picture restorers often use the juice of tobacco
to tone a picture recently cleaned.— The brown powder was therefore very probably snuff.' '
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On our return home the conversation turned upon Mm being like their
works. I mentioned Fuseli as an instance, which was admitted to
be a very forcible instance. — Lawrence was ostentatious — not natural,
but acting, — with little feeling &c. — Hoppner loose, — not defined, —
irregular, but with spirit, — and cleverness running throughout. — Turner
confident, presumptuous, — with talent.
May 14. — I walked before dinner & called upon West. He was
painting with spectacles on, and was retouching one of his studies made
in Windsor Park. — I mentioned to him that Zucarelli had once observed
to me that painters should not paint their pictures on too low a scale
but rather incline to the vivid, as time will have the effect of lowering
them. — West said He had no doubt that Claude's pictures when painted
were very pure in their colour, which accounted for their still appearing
so clear.

CHAPTER XXVIII
1803
War Inevitable
May 14. — Holcroft [author of " The Road to Ruin "] came in &
informed us that Lord Hawkesbury has written to the Lord Mayor that
Lord Whitworth is returning from Paris : — War is therefore inevitable. —
May 15. — A letter from Mr. Vansittart, Secretary to the Treasury,
was read. It was in consequence of Mr. West having applied to the
Treasury to have Madame Le Brun's pictures &c. brot. over duty free
as She proposes to reside & practise Her art in this country. — Mr. Van
sittart desired to know whether Her application was agreeable to the
regulations proposed by the Academy & agreed to by the Treasury. —
West told Humphry this afternoon that the application was from himself
not in the name of the Academy. He had done the same in former in
stances, Pelegrine's &c.
Humphry remarked on the arrogant manners of a new Member of
Council & of the Academy T[resham] more like those of a groom than
anything else : No respect to persons or circumstances.
Hayley was mentioned. — Humphry spoke of His poem addressed
to Romney on His return from Italy as having been of great service
to the latter : Hayley was the work-basket poet of that day, — His verses
were upon every girl's Sopha. — I came home at 9 oClock. — and read
part of Cowper's life, so much impressed with religion.
Ambassadors Recalled
May 17. — The King's message declaring that Lord Whitworth was
returning & General Andreosi gone was yesterday read in the House
of Lords & Commons.
Constable called. Had been to the Exhibition, thinks Portraits
prevail too much. — That Turner becomes more & more extravagant,
and less attentive to nature. His views in Swisserland fine subjects
but treated in such a way that the objects appear as if made of some
brittle material.
May 18. — Letters of marque & Reprisals having been issued war may
be sd. to have commenced. — Portugal will be under the controul of
France. -
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May 19. — At 9 oClock went to Westminster Abbey to see the proces
sion of Knights of the Bath, It being the day of their tnstalation. I had
a Ticket from [the Rev. Mr.] Hughes, for the middle Aisle. A little after
Eleven the procession commenced, — proceeding from the Prince's Cham
ber in the House of Lords upon a Platform across Old Palace Yard to
the East Cloister door.
The procession had passed into the Chapel before 12m oClock. — I
then came away, — and met Boydell & we talked abt. the War. — He
says Mr. Addington [Prime Minister] has a load upon him, as minister,
which is too heavy for him. — He wants spirits & courage for his situation
& though a temperate man, now drinks perhaps 20 glasses of wine at his
dinner before He goes into the House of Commons to invigorate him
self.— Buonaparte Misunderstands the British Empire
May 20. — Lysons told me that Andreosi [French Ambassador]
passed many of his mornings at Sir Joseph Banks's and appeared to
have been very much pleased with the reception He met with in this
Country, — & with the attention paid to him by the King & the Queen.
— It is said that He intimated that Buonaparte did not well understand
the state & nature of the British Empire. — We had much conversation
abt. the late Negotiation with France, and it appears that Buonaparte
has sunk very much in the public opinion owing to his conduct to Lord
Whitworth in conversation and His Official communications, — a want of
temper and of propriety has been manifested in his personal deportment,
and artifice & evasion with great ambition in his other proceedings. —
May 22. — Daniell called & I went with him to the Exhibition to
obtain a private view. We were there alone. — On duly considering
them I found the pictures of Turner much below the pretension & the
value set upon them. — with a great deal of aim in them, they are crude, —
ill regulated, — & unequal. The novelty of the manner imposes beyond
what their real merit wd. claim, — compared as they are & rather preferred
to the fine works of the greatest masters. — Hoppner has the eye of a good
artist, but He is content in finishing his with doing too little. — He &
Lawrence however are witht. comparison above all the other portrait
painters according to the practise of the present time. —
Lawrence, when He takes pains, carries his point farther than any
of them. He goes deeper into the root of his object. His portrait of
Lord Thurlow is the most complete performance in the room. —
Pitt will Approve the War
May 23. — In the House of Commons in the great debate which is
expected Mr. Fox it is supposed will oppose the War, — and Mr. Pitt
will approve it, That the charge against Ministers for Misconduct in their
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Ministers. Mr. Coke does not expect that Mr. Pitt will come into power
it being opposite to the wishes of the King, and of Mr. Addington.
Wyndham made an unexpected adress to Sheridan the other day
Taking him by the arm He said " Cannot we meet our old friends again
& try to do something for the Country in these difficult times."
Lysons [the antiquary] came in. He said that Sir Charles Blagden
was full of Buonaparte at Sir Joseph Banks's last night. He has been in
Paris on a visit to a French Philosopher & saw Buonaparte in private
frequently. Buonaparte reprobates the Idea of invading Ireland &
speaks of exciting rebellion & disturbance in that unfortunate Country
as a thing that all the powers in Europe shd. oppose. — Sir Charles's
credulity was not much approved. — *
May 24. — Sir G. Beaumont called in consequence of having reed.
a note from Mr. Wyndham written this morning at half-past one oClock
after coming from the adjourned debate in the House of Commons, to
inform Sir George that He shd. sit today at Eleven to Hoppner for the
whole length which is to go to Norwich. This in consequence of what
He calls disappointments by Lawrence. He desires Sir George to inform
him what compensation He should offer to Lawrence for the sittings He
has already had for the same purpose, & Sir George applied to me. — I
told him I could say no more than were it my case I would take nothing
from Mr. Windham, — who if He has acted capriciously in going from one
artist to another I would be above taking anything from him, — and if
He has gone in consequence of disappointments ought not to be made
to pay. — But it is most proper for Mr. Windham to apply to Lawrence
himself, in a general way if He has gone to Hoppner only because He
expected a picture more to his liking ; and if He has reason to complain
of neglect in Lawrence to write more particularly.
Pitt's Affecting Speech
May 25. — In the debate on Monday night, Mr. Pitt shone with
extraordinary lustre. His speech affected the House so much that
after He had finshed there was a Hear, Hear, 3 times repeated, which
had the effect of three cheers. — He trimmed Erskine most severely,
who had spoken before him, — it was thought Erskine wd. hardly venture
to speak in the House again. —
* Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820) graduated M.D. at Edinburgh University in 1768
and entered the army as medical officer, in which capacity he entered Paris with the allied
forces in 18 14. His own considerable fortune was increased by a legacy left to him by
Cavendish, the eminent chemist. Dr. Johnson referred to Blagden as " a deHghtful feUow,"
and Hannah More said that he exemplifies Pope's line " willing to teach, and yet not proud
to know." His more noteworthy writings include a paper on the " Cooling of Water below
its Freezing Point " (1788). He was Secretary of the Royal Society and a correspondent of
the Academies des Sciences of Paris. Blagden died suddenly on March 26, 1820, in the
house of his friend, Berthollet, the famous chemist, at Arceuil, near Paris.

CHAPTER XXIX
1803
May 25. — Lady Beaumont paid 1500 guineas for the landscape by
Rubens, out of her legacy of 2000 gs.*
A Submarine in 1803
May 26. — Lord Stanhope was with [Opie] today and talked abt. the
invention by Fulton, a painter, & an American, who had contrived a
vessel that would pass under water at the rate of 3 miles an Hour, and
might be a means of contriving to place fire vessels of a similar construc
tion under ships to blow them up. Experiments had been made & the
thing was shewn to be practicable. — The French have made several
experiments. —
May 27. — Dallast got great credit, by his first speech. — Fox's speech
was very entertaining and argumentative, but allowed to be dangerous
under the existing circumstances. —
The Duke of Kent's conduct at Gibraltar is represented as having
been so tyrannical and unbearable as to [have] been the cause of the
Mutiny. — He has caused mutiny wherever He has been situated.
* Probably the " Autumn : The Chateau de Steen," presented to the National Gallery
by Sir George Beaumont in 1826.
t Sir Robert DaUas (1756-1824), eldest son of Robert Dallas, of Cooper's Court, St.
Michael's, Cornwall, was called to the Bar on November 7, 1782, and acted as one of the
counsel for Lord George Gordon in 1788. As one of the three counsel selected to defend
Warren Hastings, he greatly distinguished himself. Dallas was author of these lines upon
the leader of the impeachment :
Oft have I wonder'd why on Irish ground
No poisonous reptile yet was found ;
Reveal'd the secret stands of Nature's work —
She saved her venom to create a Burke.
At the General Election in 1802 he was elected one of the members for St. Michael's,
CornwaU, The effective maiden speech referred to by Farington was delivered on May 24,
in defence of the Ministerial policy with regard to Malta. An able lawyer, DaUas was
highly respected as a judge, he having been made a puisne justice of the common pleas, and
succeeded Sir Vicary Gibbs as Chief Justice in 1818. He resigned his seat on the bench
in 1823, and died on December 25, 1824. 102

1808] Cowper the Poet los
Cowper the Poet
May 28. — I dined alone & drank tea with Fuseli : we talked abt. Mr.
Cowper the Poet. — He said He had been informed that the prevailing
idea in Cowper's mind when in that low state which at times caused
insanity, was, — " He had conceived from a dream or some other Cause,
that it was the Will of God that He should destroy himself, as a sacrifice on
some account or other, — and that by not doing it He was in a state of
reprobation." Possessed with this dreadful idea He shrank from himself,
with horror and at different times had attempted to Kill himself. — The
love affair which is alluded to in his life was a trifling circumstance as
operating on his mind, compared with the other. — Fuseli was the Critic
alluded to as Johnson's friend in Hayley' s life of Cowper. He criticised
the manuscript of the translation of Homer which would have been a
more perfect work had Cowper given himself more time. — Fuseli thinks
Cowper the best of all the Poets of his period, above Hayley &c. and even
Darwin. He had imagery and his stile was more perfect & pure.
We talked abt. the state of public affairs. Fuseli considers Buona
parte a man buoyed up with pride & presumption and of unrestrained
passion ; and that He must suffer much, in the opinion of the world, by
his conduct & deportment. — He thinks the War will be short.

Fulton's Diving Boat
May 29. — West knows Fulton who has invented the machine for
diving & blowing up Ships. — Fulton was born in America in Chester
County & came to England with an intention to study Painting, but
doubting his success turned his attention to Mechanics. — He is abt. 33
year's of age & has been about 7 years in France. There He has made ex
periments with his diving Boat. He had one made at Brest by order of
the French Government. —
When it was finished, an old vessel was placed at Sea abt. a mile & \
from the Shore. When the Diving Boat approached within a quarter of
a mile of it, Fulton, who was in it with 8 men at once sunk his Boat. — In
abt. a quarter of an Hour the Vessel was blown up so intirely that nothing
was left of Her, and sometime after Fulton's boat appeared again upon
the surface of the water in an opposite direction from where she sunk.
The manner in which He blows up a Ship is, by inclosing a certain quantity
of gunpowder in a small machine which appears externally like the back
of a porcupine having small pipes or Quills standing out in every direction,
anyone of which being touched occasions & fire piece, something like the
lock of a gun to go off, & the powder blows up, within a certain distance.
He lets one of these machines go in a direction to touch the bottom of
the Hull of the vessel ; off goes the piece & the Vessel is sent into the
Air. — The Boat can be kept under water 8 Hours at a time, & when raised
to procure fresh air, it is only necessary to allow Her to rise so High as
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vessel may then again be sunk to any depth, 40 fathom or more : He has
also a means of obtaining light.
This most dangerous & dreadful contrivance is said to be fully under
stood only by Fulton. He will shew the machine but there are certain
mysteries abt. it which he has not yet communicated & says He will not
but in America. — He can go under water at the rate of 3 miles an hour,
which He does by finding how the Currents run. It is by them He goes,
& can steer his boat easily.
May 31. — Opie told me that Madame Le Brun has 200 gs. for a £
portrait & 500 gs. for a whole length.
The Country was Gone
June 1 . — Called on Opie, & had some talk on politicks with him &
Mrs. Opie.— After Fox had made his Speech so much applauded by his
Party, General Fitzpatrick* asked Mr. Windham what He thought of the
business now. — Windham gave him a general answer " That whether we
had Peace or War the Country was gone." Peace will at least postpone
the evil replied the General.— Mr. Coke said to Opie that He hoped He
shd. die before the period of our subjugation arrives. — [Sir James] Mac
kintosh, says, that Mr. Coke's is the truest John Bull mind, the most of
strong attachment to his Country, of anyone He knows.t
The Greatest Imposition
June 2. — West thinks Buonaparte very well made, with rather a
large Head. He adopted my Comparison " That He looked much like a
Lieutenant of our Navy." — His temperament inclines him to rapidity in
his manner, & He is wilful. West thinks it all tends to insanity.
Sir George [Beaumont], said, that when Mr. Fox returned from Paris
He spoke very lightly of the abilities of Buonaparte. In conversation He
found him very defficient upon every subject ; no powers, or extent of
mind. He considers the predominance of Buonaparte as the greatest
imposition, that ever was practised upon the world. — The adulatory
adresses to Buonaparte upon the subject of the commencement of the
War were noticed. I remarked that their extravagance was a proof of
their insincerity.
June 3. — Lysons Chambers I dined at. Mr. Walton came to tea &
I talked with him abt. his proposed situation at Manchester. He told me
he was born in London ; and that Mrs. Walton is a native of Yorkshire. —
I mentioned to him the disposition of the public mind at Manchester, —
that there had been a few active persons whose principles were considered
Revolutionary, but that the Great Mass were very loyal and warmly
attached to Church tj? State. — He invited me to dine with him on Monday
to meet S. Lysons. —
* Richard Fitzpatrick (1747-1813), General, politician and wit, was second son of
John first Earl of Upper Ossory, and M.P. for Bedfordshire. He and Fox were great friends.
t Thomas William Coke, of Holkham, afterwards Earl of Leicester.

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Pitt's Hostile Manner
In the House of Commons, last night, on Coll. Patten's motion to con
demn the conduct of Ministers, Mr. Pitt fully shewed himself to be an
Opponent to the present Administration. It is supposed his declaration
was unexpected by Ministers, as Lord Hawkesbury rose to answer him in
great perturbation : more agitated than He had ever before appeared in
the House of Commons. — Lord Moira told Shee today that He was in
formed that Mr. Pitt's manner was more hostile than his expression.— It
is said Sheridan is to be Secretary at War. Dr. Huntingford, Bishop of
Gloucester, who was Tutor to Mr. Addington told Dr. Burney today, in
great spirits, that at 8 oClock this morning He reed, from the Minister, an
account of the numbers upon the Divission. —
I talked with Dr. Burney abt. Cowper's translation of Homer. — He
said it did not go down. It is a heavy work, & no representation of the
Original. The poetry of Homer cannot be imitated by an almost prose
imitation, an endeavour to make the English language conform to the
Greek. —
Flaxman, who is acquainted with the Revd. Mr. Romney, Son to the
late Mr. Romney, Portrait Painter, told me that Romney died possessed
of about £700 a year. He had squandered away considerable sums in an
idle way, in building at Hampstead, — and on a Foreigner & His Wife,
who for a time lived with him. —
June 5. — Maltby* said He was in the House of Commons when Mr.
Pitt made his celebrated speech. — What followed was remarkable. When
Mr. Addington rose, people in the galleries, and many Members in the
House, went out to get refreshment, leaving comparatively a thin attend
ance. —
?Probably William Maltby (1763-1854), barrister, bibliographer, and Librarian of the
London Institution. His brother Edward was Bishop of Durham, and their father,
George Maltby, was a master weaver and deacon of the Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Rogers,
the poet, was a Ufelong friend of Maltby, who was his schoolfellow, and contributed to
Dyce's Table Talk of Samuel Rogers, 1856, an appendix of " Porsoniana."

CHAPTER XXX
1803
Cowper the Poet and Mrs. Unwin
June 7. — The Mammoth skeleton exhibiting at the little Royal
Academy I went to see. It was dug up from a Morass in the County of
Orange, State of New York, (America) about 60 miles N.N'West from the
City of New York, where it was accidentally discovered by Farmers who
were digging shell marie for the purpose of manure. All the Bones were
found within a small space of each other, most of the large ones properly
articulating, but some of the smaller ones detached ; and as there were
several Bones lost by decay it was preferred to substitute correct models
from the real Bones rather than introduce those that were found in other
places. — These Bones have been preserved for Ages, owing to their having
been embedded at the depth of 7 feet in calcareous earth and covered with
water. — Bones of the same kind found on the Ohio, are generally petrified.
The teeth of this Animal are formed like those of all Carnivorous Animals,
which are always covered with a Crust of Enamel, and fitting into each
other so as to prevent any grinding Motion ; instead of the enamel
running in Veins through the tooth, like those of the Elephant, Horse,1 —
Ox &c. which are calculated for grinding vegetable substances.
It is probable this Animal sought his food in Lakes, especially as his
teeth seem admirably constructed for mashing ^hell-fish, tortoises &c.
which could be rooted up with his Tusks, and which might have been
taken up with large lips protruding beyond them.
The Skeleton is 11 feet high, — 17^ long, — and 5 feet 8 inches wide. —
The weight of the whole about 1000 pounds. — Many bones and teeth
having been found of a much larger proportion, it is therefore evidently
one of the ordinary size, —
Rembrant Peele, the proprietor, says, " The world is now in possession
of two undisputed Skeletons of the Animal — one in the Museum at Phila
delphia, the other in my possession, which I shall carry through Europe,
beginning with London, the Metropolis of England."
Vigee Le Brun
Opie told me He saw Madame Le Brun's pictures today at Her House
No. 61 Baker St. — They are painted in the present French manner, but
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better than any He saw in Paris. — The imitation of particular things
velvet, — silk &c. &c. very good. — Perhaps the care and correctness might
be considered by the English painters with some attention and to their
advantage. But with all their merit, they afforded him no high pleasure
as works of art. He wd. not desire to hang them up in His House. — She
had begun a portrait of the Duchess of Dorset, a pretty Head, & well set
on the shoulders. — Her price for a three quarters is 200 guineas.
June 9. — Bate Dudley [Sir Henry Bate Dudley, first editor of the
Morning Post] has the perpetual Advowson of the Rectory of Bradwell,
but, the Bishop of London refusing to establish him in it, it lapsed to the
Crown and was given to the Revd. Mr. Gamble at the instance of the
Duke of York. It is 15 or 1600 a year.
June 10. — Flaxman I called on. He shewed me two letters from
Soane. In the first upon the subject of the Suspension, He defends the
Conduct of the Council — declares it was done to restore Harmony to the
Society — and to rescue it from a few Crafty &? Ambitious Despots, " who
have drove Sir Joshua Reynolds from the Chair, — broke the best Laws of
the Society, — y if not checked in their career would subvert the Institution."
That He found the Society in a State of discord, — and that He was of no
party. — Flaxman much regretted having voted for his [Soane' s] being a
Member. This is another instance of extraordinary ingratitude. This
man who supplicated & fawned to obtain votes to gain his admission, now
turns upon those who supported him, & exceeds in his abuse, the oppo
nents who He has now joined. —

Pitt's Speech Lost Him Favour
Pitt's Speech, evading censure, & refusing approbation to the Ministers,
has lost him much favor. It is thought to have been a little, trimming
conduct, & below the dignity of his Character. — It has been reported
that Sheridan was coming into Office, and it has been mentioned to him,
but He replied, that it might as soon be expected that Whitbread & Grey
would insult each other as that he should ever quit Fox.
June 13. — I went to dinner at Dr. C. Burney's at Greenwich. — Dr.
Burney has 108 Boys under his care. They seem to be under admirable
regulation. He told me His object was to establish in them habits of
regularity, and principles of integrity, — learning was his last consideration,
— that would be easily added to the other requisites. He has had the
School Sixteen years, and has improved his plan of education according
as experience has made additional regulations necessary. — Mrs. Burney
had seen Dr. Johnson at her Father's, Dr. Rose at Chiswick, — she men
tioned his love of tea, and said Her Mother told her that she once made
for him Twenty one cups of tea, which He drank.

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The Old Court
Lawrence spoke of his visit to Cowper, the poet, at Weston in North
amptonshire, in the year 1793. — He said Cowper's manner seemed to
him to answer the description given of Addison, by Steele : — It was
pleasant, with a tendency to delicate satire. — His appearance was that of
a gentleman, but rather of a former fashion, what is now called " The
Old Court." — He avowed himself to be what the world would call a
Methodist ; — on the window seat of his sitting room, Lawrence found a
heap of 3 penny, & sixpenny pamphlets, published by various Methodis-
tical enthusiasts. — Lord Thurlow, the old companion of Cowper, when
they were Students in the Temple, proposed to have visited Cowper, but
He declined receiving his Lordship from apprehension it was believed
that their manners would not suit each other. He had heard that Lord
Thurlow was accustomed to swear, & be very decissive. Mrs. Unwin, —
Cowper's valuable female friend said little. Once she remarked, while
the Company were speaking of Dr. Johnson, " That He seemed to have
been born with ' No Sir,' coming out of his mouth." —
Dr. Burney visited Burke at Bath, in the latter part of his life, and
found him much emaciated & capable of but little exertion. He found
him one morning laying upon a Sopha reading, — Burke said, You find me
, reading, because I cannot seek conversation, or knowledge in any other
way, — this then is my resource. —
Field Officers
June 14. — Called on Capt. Harrison at the Prince of Wales's Coffee
House, Conduit St. — He has presented a Memorial to the Duke of York
in consequence of Captn. Clowes, his Junr. Officer, having been put on
full pay, in the room of a Field Officer who held a Company in the Regi
ment. — Field Officers are no longer to hold Companies in Regiments,
which will make the Regiments better officered, as the Companies held by
Field Officers were under the Command of the first Leiutenants of that
Company, the Field Officer not doing duty. Should Captn. Harrison be
now restored to full pay, & have a Company in that Regiment, He would
in the Regiment while in quarters, be under Captn. Clowes, though his
Junior in the Army, — but when the Regiment might be on Service with
others, Captn. Harrison, as Senior, wd. have the precedency.
June 15. — [Francis] Towne called on me to mention that He should
be a Candidate for Associate rank. His permanent residence is now in
London. — He spoke of his pupil Abbot as having much preparation for
Painting Landscape, — by having studied nature, but that He was not
much acquainted with fine works of art. — Towne thinks Mr. Angerstein's
" Marine Claude," the finest picture in the World. —
Towne also told me that He does not drink tea in the afternoon, as it
prevents his sleeping. —

CHAPTER XXXI
1803
Alarm in the City
June 16.— Much alarm abt. Portugal.— The Offley & Campion
House have a stock of wine to the amt. of £60,000 now at Oporto ;
and in all property worth £70,000. Should the French oblige the Por
tuguese to shut their Ports against the English, and not allow them
to bring their property away, — the loss sustained by the House would
[it is said] ruin all the partners, except Campion & C. OfHey : — The Oporto
partners certainly. Acceptances have been given for the Stock now on
hand the Bills to be paid in England, — the question will be Whether,
if the property is not allowed to be brought away, the Bills will be obliged
to be paid. — When the French invaded Italy [in] the last war, —
Bills, under similar circumstances, were allowed by our Government
to be refused payment.
Mr. Rhodes of Balbar in Derbyshire, who I had not seen for some
years called upon me. — His residence is abt. 7 miles from Welbeck. —
The Marquiss of Tichfield resides there almost constantly, and is of a
disposition to proper living in a retired manner seeing little company.
— His great pleasure is farming to which He devotes most of his time.
He farms 8 or 900 acres. — The Habits of the Duke [of Portland], His
Father, were very different, — He had Hounds & saw much company. —
The Duke of Devonshire
Mr. Rhodes is acquainted with the Duke of Devonshire, — The Duke
is fond of the Country and would reside much in Derbyshire, but complies
with the Duchess's wish in residing part of the year in London. At his
Public dinners, at Chatsworth, He converses very little except an
acquaintance happens to sit near him. — In common intercourse He rather
hstens than speaks, but what He does say has generally a point. The
Duke of Norfolk is little at Worksop which place He dislikes. —
The Loan contracted for by Esdailes [the bankers] &c. goes off very
ill. It bears a discount of 5 per cent. The Jews, Goldsmid &c. would
have been able to have worked it better having a great command of
money. — They now keep the market low in order to buy in at a great
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Ruin of a Fine Thing
June 17. — Flaxman mentioned that several English gentlemen
had lately travelled in Greece, and had shared with the French in making
purchases of antiquities. Two of the English Travellers, — Mr. Cripps, —
& Mr. Clarke, of Jesus College, Cambridge, have brought over a few
articles of Sculpture, viz : The Ceres, of Elusis, — what Flaxman called a
ruin of a fine thing. —
The Pan, from the [Acropolis] at Athens.
Part of one of the Metops, of the Temple of Minerva, at Athens.
The Sepulchral pillar of Euclid, not the Philosopher, but a Scholar of
Socrates.
They are now at Pearson's wharf, St. Saviour, Southwark and being
intended to be presented to the University of Cambridge it is hoped
they will be allowed to pass duty free. Mr. Pole Carew, has written to
Flaxman in the name of Mr. Vansittart of the Treasury expressing a
disposition to such articles duty free or near it. Instead of 3d. a pound
weight, only one farthing to be charged, where the articles are properly
vouched for. — The articles to be properly examined & ascertained by
a Committee of the Council of the Academy.
Some City Men
June 19. — Mr. Angerstein is much respected for his good heart &
intentions, but is considered defncient in Education, & very embarassed
on all occasions when He is required to express himself. — His fortune
is not esteemed to be of the first rate, perhaps not more, if so much as
£100,000, but His expenses will be borne by His income from business
which must be very considerable. Mr. Angerstein might have been at
the head of popularity in the City, but has chosen to associate chiefly
at the West End of the town, so that He is one who the Citizens say,
" comes among them for what He can get."*
Alderman Combe is a man who has been found to possess a very
warm heart & great kindness of disposition. He is always ready to do
acts of service when applied to, and engages by his manner. — His con
nexion with the City has been attended with great expence to him,
and He has had Honor for it but not profit. — In Politics He is a Party
man, but the City have Confidence in him when business is to be trans
acted. —
Alderman Hibbert has resigned his gown. It is supposed that having
now no hopes of representing the City, He rather chose to avoid the
expensive offices of Sheriff & Lord Mayor : the former estimated at £1500,
the latter at £3000, — a little time would have brought these expenses
upon him. —
It was remarked that heavy as the Taxes are which Mr. Addington
proposed in order to raise a principal part of the supplies within the year,
* In 1824 Lord Liverpool's Government paid £57,000 for the Angerstein pictures'
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1803] Some City Men ill
the necessity for extraordinary exertions is so universally felt that they
are submitted to quietly. —
Sir Francis Baring's House is now unquestionably the first mercantile
House in the City. He is a General Merchant. The Partners are
respected. Other Houses, comparatively, only come in for gleanings.
The Thelussons might have been of more consideration, but they
have been losers by speculating, & have not so conducted themselves
as to be esteemed : Their Bond is looked upon to be of more value than
their word. —
June 20. — Constable called to take leave before going into Essex. —
Constable was acquainted with Mr. Rooke's who lived at Langham Hall
near Dedham, but they have quitted it, & now reside in or near London,
it is supposed on account of their family, having five grown up daughters
unmarried, who it might be prudent to produce more to the world for
a chance of forming connexions. — The daughters are Handsome. There
are three Sons, — one in the Army, another in the Church, — Mr. Rooke
is very much an Invalid, and is much confined by illness. — He is extiemely
respected. — Church and Chapel
Duppa called, to borrow a catalogue of the French Gallery of Pic
tures. He told me His Brother had settled with the Revd. Mr. Bromley
for Fitzroy Chapel, but had been since subject to a Claim from Mr.
Champness the Vicar of St. Pancrass, for a Licence to keep the Chapel
open for Protestant duty. — Champness first proposed as a compensation
to have the appointment of the Morning Preacher at a Salary — then
of the Evening Preacher, neither of these being consented to, — He
demanded £40 a year. — Finally He granted the Licence to the Revd. Mr.
Duppa on being paid £200, but on the death of Mr. Duppa, or upon
His alienating the property it will be subject to another fine. — Were
it to be opened as a Presbyterian Chapel a licence might be obtained
for a trifle, — and the same if for Methodistical Worship, — so that it
seems to operate against the established religion to make the Chapels
where that is to be performed liable to a heavier fine. — Several Chapels
have been erected in the Parish of St. Pancrass, unwarily unprovided
previously with a diocese, & in some instances Mr. Champness has turned
their inadvertence to His advantage in a greater degree.*
* Mr. G. Proseer writes : Duppa, mentioned in the entry in Farington's Diary for
the 20th June, 1803, was Richard Duppa (1770-183 1), artist and author, who pubhshed
the " Life and Literary Works of Michael Angelo Buonarotti," 1806, and other works.
Mr. Champness was the Rev. Weldon Champneys, vicar of St. Pancras from 1706 to 1811,
a notorious pluralist. He was for nearly fifty years a Minor Canon of Westminster, and
for almost as long a period Minor Canon of Windsor, and was also lecturer at St. Bride's,
Fleet Street, but although he held aU these appointments, seems to have been anxious
to become either morning or evening preacher at Fitzroy Chapel, then a fashionable
proprietary chapel, now St. Saviour's, Fitzroy Square, a rather dingy district bounded
by the Tottenham Court and Euston Roads.
Weldon Champneys' grandson, the Rev. William Weldon Champneys, was also vicar
of St. Pancras from i860 to 1869, and resigned on being appointed Dean of Lichfield.

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June 21. — Dance I dined with. — Holland, the Architect's Father
was a Bricklayer, and executed much work in that way. — Holland
married the daughter of capability Brown, as He was called ; the celebrated
layer out of grounds. —
Dance is very decided that the Academy ought to maintain its claims
to Authority over its concerns, against those who to mortify others
wd. throw all the power into the hands of the Crown. —
Palmer, — Member for Bath, came in. He is full of confidence that
the Country will be able to defend itself well against all the efforts of
Buonaparte. —
June 22. — [Joseph] Minet says the Merchants in the City think the
Minister, Mr. Addington an honest man, and He has conciliated many
of them by not [including " their Stock on hand " in his proposed duties].

CHAPTER XXXII
1803
The Quakers of Philadelphia
June 23. — Ralph West [son of Benjamin West, P.R.A.] gave me
some account of America. — He spoke of the Quakers at Philadelphia
with great respect as being the most estimable order of people in the
Country. Of the others generally, He said the better sort of people,
in degree, axe so occupied with thoughts of gain that their minds are
engrossed by it. At their entertainments they produce a superfluous
quantity of provission, but it is heaped upon the table with but little
regard to order, — and circumstances of neatness & convenience little
attended to : At a dinner where 18 or 20 people are assembled a boy
only waiting. — At their Assembley's many well dressed people will
be seen, but among them men with coloured Handkerchiefs abt. their
necks & perhaps great coats. — The lower order of people cheat whenever
they have an opportunity & do it witht. shame, rather considering it a
proof of adroitness. — Yankee Doodle
The name of Yankee is derived from the Yankow Indians formerly
settled in Connecticut. That Race now scarcely exists. To put an end
to the wars that subsisted between those natives & the European Settlers,
Laws were ordained which served to incorporate them, marriages being
allowed. The Indian Character or expression of countenance may be
seen in many Americans. — In the great towns of America, manners
are better than in the Country. In the latter the Woodmen (Settlers)
are rude & troublesome. They will enter your apartment witht. ceremony
& take all the liberties of domestic familiarity. — The Indian is a much
more agreeable character. He is patient & unoffending, & very slow
to be moved to anger : but when irritated dangerous. — The Indian
Chiefs, except in War time, appear in common with the other people
of their tribe, witht. particular marks of distinction. —
June 24.' — The Marquiss of Huntley was spoken of as being a Man
of very popular manners, affable and social, and very much regarded. —
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114 The Farington Diary [1803
It was remarked that the singularity of the Duchess of Gordon, His
mother, had not attached to her children, All the daughters conduct
themselves in a manner to be approved. —
An Ill-timed Speech
Mr. Windham was with Hoppner this morning. He remarked on
Mr. Fox absenting himself from the House of Commons at these critical
times. Hoppner replied, " He leaves it now to you to oppose the Minister,
& to grow unpopular ". — (Mr. Windham yesterday made a desponding
&, it is thought, an ill timed speech). —
June 27. — After painting I walked into the fields and met the Revd.
Mr. Matthew, who began a conversation on the subject of the situation
of this country in respect of the War. He thinks Buonaparte will have
Corps of troops placed in different parts upon the Coast, & will endeavour
to seize upon some Seasonable opportunity to push them over as nearly
together as possible. Should one or two of the Corps land amounting
to 25, or 30,000 men, within 70 miles of London, He thinks it wd. cause
vast confusion & an entire stop to every employ[ment] except what relates
to providing necessaries of life. Of course great numbers of workmen
will be unemployed & likely enough be disposed to look for plunder. —
To the Parochial Corps He looks for town defence against attempts of
this kind. — A few of these Corps only have been accepted by Government,
viz. : the St. James's, — St. George's & the Bloomsbury. His Son has
lately been elected into the St. James's which exempts him from finding
a Substitute for the Corps of reserve which is to be raised. — He thinks
Government slow in their preparations. —
English, Dutch and Hottentots
Wilson's I dined at. — Wm. Daniell [R.A.] told me that His Brother,
who is just returned from the Cape of Good Hope, says, that when
the English troops embarked, great numbers of the Hottentot inhabitants
were upon the Shore, & expressed their concern at the English quitting
the Settlement in a very pathetic manner. They dreaded the change
of an English for a Dutch Government, fearing everything from their
experienced inhumanity.
While the English forces possessed the Cape the Dutch inhabitants
& Settlers, shewed a great desire to have the Dutch government restored.
But, when the English surrendered the place to the Dutch, a levy was
made by order of the Dutch Commander of 30 per cent upon all property.
This brought the inhabitants to consider the change in a less favorable
light, and they had still less encouragement to think it so when it> was
hinted to them that the 30 per cent. wd. probably be doubled.
The conduct of General Dundass [France Dundas, who died in
1824] was such as to cause him to be highly & universally respected. —
Sir George Yonge, the Governor on the contrary got into difficulties by
interfering with the authority of the Commander-in-Chief. — When Sir

1803] English, Dutch and Hottentots lis
George understood that He was soon to go to England. He became
rapacious to get money & lessened his character by it.*
Mr. George Smith [? the artist] in the course of a conversation which
turned upon India, spoke of the extraordinary nature of an insect called
the White Ant. He described the power of these insects to be astonishing,
in making their way through Bricks, — & bodies of various kinds. They
are about the size of the common ant, perhaps about a quarter of an Inch
long. They are tender & — appear transparent. It is supposed that
they distil from a forceps a liquid of very corrosive quality which destroys
the bodies it is discharged upon, and that by this means they perforate
what they fix upon. — Glass is of a quality which they cannot operate
upon, so that whatever is placed upon that material cannot be approached
by them. — Sir Joshua's Monument
June 28. — Lady Thomond I called upon. She complaint much
of Malone delaying to forward the business of having a Monument
erected to the memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds. — Malone has alloted
all the profits arising from the publication of Sir Joshua's life and works
(about £500) to that purpose. The remainder, supposing the Sum
required to be £1000 to be made up by Subscription. This mode Lady
Thomond is anxious for, as she would not have the erecting a Monument
to his memory a private acct. She mentioned that Nollekens had
declined undertaking it & she had in her mind fixed upon Flaxman &
desired I should speak to Him to make a Design, & give an Estimate
of the expense. — She said that the Monument must be erected in St.
Pauls, that she knew was the wish of Sir Joshua himself, should such a
testimony of respect be shewn to his memory. To that effect He expressed
himself in his last illness. — Lady Thomond would have a whole length
figure of Sir Joshua & to render it more picturesque, she thought He might
be represented wearing His Doctor of Law's gown.
I told her I had no doubt that many persons wd. be happy to subscribe
to the Monument : She hesitated to concur with me. She said that
when Sir Joshua was applying for subscriptions for a monument to Dr.
Johnson, He spoke to the Marquiss of Lansdown, who declined giving
anything, but said to Sir Joshua, " 7 would subscribe to your monument,"
— an odd speech, & a curious evasion. —
The King does not go to Weymouth this Summer : As He could
not prudently make excursions on the Water, it has become less an object
to him.
* Sir George Yonge (1731-1812) wai the only surviving eon of Sir William Yonge,
Walpole's Secretary of State for War.
After a long official experience he wa6 appointed Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope in February, 1799, but his rule there was not successful owing to his opposition to
General Dundass, the officer in command, and the imposition of taxes contrary, it was
held, to the terms of the capitulation.
VOL. II. 8*

CHAPTER XXXIII
1803
The Invisible Girl
June 28. — Lady Thomond spoke so warmly of the extraordinary
contrivance called " The Invisible Girl," at an apartment in Leicester
Square, I went to see it. Four mouths of Trumpet shapes to any of which
persons place their ears & hear as from within a voice like that of a girl,
which answers any question, — describes your person & dress, sings plays
on a pianoforte tells you what a Clock it is &c. &c

From drawing by Farington.
The Ball is suspended from the Ceiling, and with the Trumpets in
closed within a standing frame. The effect of the voice & the music
was surprising, and no conjecture that was made by persons present of
the nature of the contrivance seemed satisfactory. — One thought that
the sound passed from below through Tubes into the mouths of the
Trumpets & seemed to the hearer to proceed from the inside of the Ball.
— The voice spoke English, — French & German. — The admittance to
hear it is 2s. 6d.
June 29. — This morning I called upon Flaxman. I mentioned
to him that I was commissioned by Lady Thomond to speak to Him
abt. a monument to Sir Joshua Reynolds & to desire him to make a
Design. That the whole figure shd. be represented & that the Gown of
a Doctor of Civil Law might be introduced. He mentioned that Sir
Joshua's monument might be the fourth to be placed in the circle of the
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Dome, — there are already three, viz : Dr. Johnson's, — Mr. Howards,
& Sir Wm. Jones. — He said the monument of Mr. Howard [the philan
thropist] altogether cost 12 or £1300. —
The Effect of Invasion
July 2. — Mr. Windham is now sitting to Hoppner. He told
Hoppner that he reads little. — His studies have been very much in
Mathematics and Metaphysicks. — He is very gloomy abt. public affairs,
and felt relieved when the gallery of the House of Commons was cleared
before Coll. Crawford spoke upon the effect of Invasion. — Lord Mulgrave
told Hoppner that Pitt-now works hard for government & writes a great
deal. A coolness between him & Addington has subsided. Windham
is not in Unison with him — Lord Hawkesberry on the contrary appears
to be so and remarked that He did not like His appearance as to health.
Celebrated People in Surrey
July 3.— Abt. 12 Dr. Monro & Edridge [A.R.A.] in one gig & I with
Hoppner drove to Norbury Park, Mr. Lock's* where we passed some time
sitting at different points to view the prospects. Box Hill is opposite,
and a pleasant Vale below in which is the village of Mickleham, above
which Sir Lucas Pepys has a good House, — and in another direction
Rogers [the poet] has a farm for the present. From hence we drove
under Box Hill & by Pollesdon, — and the House that Mr. D'Arblay
resides att- — We returned by the pleasant village of Bookham where
Edridge has lodgings. The Church is remarkably picturesque & has
been an object of study to many artists. We got home [to Dr. Monro's
house at Fetcham] at 4 oClock. Dr. Monro & Hoppner took each a
glass of the preparation of Senna & Cardamoms! which they find great
benefit from. Dr. Monro's House belongs to Mr. Hankey, a Banker
who has a House at Fetcham. He has improved it much but doubts
abt. keeping it after his term has expired.
Hoppner thinks Lord Minto a sensible man. He is an admirer of
Windham, and one of the Grenville party. He is on the desponding
side. He told Hoppner that such appears to him to be the prospect of
public affairs, and of the possible dangers, that were the book of fate to
be laid before him He should be afraid to open it to see what would be
the situation of things 50 years hence.
* WiUiam Locke, a well-known art coUector of great wealth. Claude's picture of
" St. Ursula," in the National Gallery, once belonged to him.
t CamUla Cottage, or Lacy, built on a piece of Mr. Locke's land near Mickleham,
out of the huge profits of Madame D'Arblay's novel " CamiUa," which was " a Uterary
faUure." It was here that she lived as the wife of General D'Arblay, one of the refugees
from the French Revolution, and the house was a centre of association for a colony of
dispossessed French noblemen and others. Talleyrand and Madame de Stael were frequent
visitors to Camilla Lacy. The old house was destroyed by fire on April 17, 1919 ; the
existing building is a careful reproduction of an early English manor house. In January,
1923, CamiUa Lacy changed hands.
I Cardamom is a spice consisting of the seed-capsules of various plants.

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Sheridan's Lack of Order
July 4. — Before 12 we set out as yesterday upon an excursion
and took up Edridge at Bookham, and proceeded to Pollesdon. — It
belongs to Sheridan, and [his] characteristic neglect is seen all about it,
everything manifesting disorder. — He gave £16000 [for the house] and
it [is] said to be settled upon Mrs. Sheridan. It was the property of Sir
Wm. Geary, who found it difficult enough to get the purchase money
[out of Sheridan]. In the course of the transaction Sheridan proved
his power of persuasion, for having an installment to make up He induced
Sir William's attorney to lend him £80.
The terrace at Pollesdon is fine, overlooking a steep & richly wooded
bank, at the end of which is a peep of beautiful distance. — From hence
we descended, & in a vale below passed through a wood which had an
effect that enraptured Hoppner who compared it to the inside of a fine
old Gothic Cathedral. Not Like a Gentleman
Beckford of Fonthill was mentioned. Dr. Monro said when He
first saw him it was at an auction talking with West & He took him for
a picture dealer, not thinking He looked at all like a gentleman. Hopp
ner concurred in it.
We went to the top of a high situation which commanded a fine view
of the Country, — Dorking, &c. were features in the Landscape. At this
place Dr. Monro has a strong desire to build a small House. We stopped
at a Hamlet called Abinger where on the grass before a small Alehouse
we dined on provisions which we had carried with us. Here we con
tinued from 3 oClock till near 7. — having been much amused with some
whimsical conversations between Hoppner & a labourer, Chaff Nettle-
ton by name, a furze gatherer, — who was well rewarded for the enter
tainment He occasioned. We talked of the comfort of equality in parties
like these, where everything is not governed by one will, & where the
consideration of one person in particular being to be attended to, did not
operate. The King Much Beloved
Edridge told us that when the King sat to him for his portrait the
last winter He talked much about Arts & Artists. He enquired who the
Artists were that went to France. Hoppners name & mine were men
tioned. When Edridge mentioned me as having gone to Paris, the King
repeated it as a question. The King did not seem to think highly of
. Sir Joshua's works, — nor of West's. — , The King is very much beloved
by his family & attendants. They pay him great respect. The Pages
are not so respectable as they were formerly in the time of Ramus. —
Braun the first page has a marked authority above the other Pages, and
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esteemed of all the Pages. — The Place of Braun is estimated at £1000 a
year, — the other pages abt. £300. — They dine after the King. —
We drank tea at Burford Bridge, 22 miles from London, just under
Box Hill, & returned home at dusk. —
July 5. — Dr. Monro told us that He inherited from his Father an
inclination for drawings. In 1789 He married, & that year at the instance
of Captn. Vandeput of the Navy became acquainted with Laporte,
who painted a great deal for him. He has paid Laporte 5 or £600 for
drawings. — Turner & Girtin He afterwards employed. — Girtin's mother
kept a Turners shop in or near Aldersgate St. — He was apprentice to
Dayes. — Mr. Whitbread [the brewer and politician — the " great fer-
mentator "], inherits his Fathers disposition. In some things a marked
oeconomy is observable. In other instances great generosity. — He paid
debts of Reynolds, the artist, to the amount of £400.

CHAPTER XXXIV
1803
A Notable Country House
July "5. — At one oClock we went to Mr. Lock's & saw the House
[Norbury Park].
gi We saw the room which Barrett painted. The Lake scene (an
evening) is very ingeniously executed, much superior to the other parts.
The whole has a crowded effect : but perhaps appeared more so from the
room having so many chairs, — tables, — Harpischord, — Work-baskets,
books Sec.*— there was scarcely room to move in it — & the pictures on the
walls could not be seen but with difficulty. — In Mr. Lock's Junrs. Study
we saw 4 pictures by Wm. Lock, — viz. : the death of David Rizzio, —
and 3 others, — miserable performances both in conception & execution.*
— The views from the back windows are beautiful, looking towards
Boxhill & Dorking. — From the front of the House we saw St. Pauls &
Westminster Abbey. — We returned [to Fetcham] & dined (at) £ past
5 oClock. Lady Jersey and the Prince
July 6. — Breakfasted & left Fetcham at ^ past 6. — On our way
Hoppner said that he often thought how desireable it wd. be to write
a Diary to record the various information which His intercourse produces.
Lady Jerseyt is now quite out of favor with the Prince of Wales. She
told Hoppner that she met the Prince upon the stairs at the Opera House,
& in such a situation as to render it necessary to make room for him to
pass which not instantly noticing him she did not do as she wished,
* WiUiam Locke, in 1774, built Norbury Park, near Mickleham, in Surrey. WiUiam
Locke the younger (1767-1847) in early Ufe showed promise that was never fulfilled. He
was a pupil of Fuseli, who dedicated his lectures on painting to him. One of Locke's
pictures, " The Last Moments of Cardinal Wolsey," was engraved by Charles Knight.
He sold Norbury in 18 19, and lived mainly at Rome and Paris. His wife was Miss Jennings,
a famous beauty. Locke died in 1847, and was buried at Mickleham. His son William,
the third, was a captain in the Life Guards, also an amateur artist and remarkable for his
personal beauty. He illustrated Byron's works, and was drowned in the Lake of Como
in September, 1832. HiB daughter, Augusta (by his wife Selina, daughter of Admiral
Tollemache), was married successively to Ernest Lord Burghersh, the Duca di San Teodoro,
and Thomas de Grey, sixth Lord Walsingham.
t Wife of George Bussy, fourth Earl of Jersey. See Index, Vol. I.
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Lady Jersey.
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which caused Her after He had passed to say a few words of apology.
—He went forward, and the next day Coll. McMahon* called upon her
to signify to Her " that it was the desire of the Prince that she would, not
speak to him." She spoke bitterly of McMahon for having submitted
to carry such a message. — She says there is a popish combination against
her. Her acquaintance with Ned Jerningham has ceased, and she speaks
of him with great contempt, f
July 8.— Mr. Lane & his Son called. He told me that Mrs. Lane
had suggested that it was probable Lawrence [R.A.] on receiving his note
might propose other terms, & that He had accordingly gone to a Coffee
House & sent the letter by his Son, to which Lawrence returned an answer
offering [to take young Samuel Lane, the portrait painter, as his assist
ant] at £80 for the present year. — £100 for next year & £150 for a third
year. — To this He had replied that He wd. accept Lawrences offer for
the present & the next year, but wd. not engage for a third year. — Lawrence
agreed to this & so the matter was settled. — Mr. Lane wrote a note of
thanks to Hoppner informing Him that He had agreed with Lawrence,
which He gave me to deliver.
This afternoon I delivered Mr. Lane's letter to Hoppner, who said He
was glad Lane was not to go to him, for that on reflection He did not
think a person who had been bred according to Lawrence's practise wd.
suit him. — The King and the Academy
Mr. West called upon me having returned from Windsor. Daniell
[R.A.] came in — and He [West] told us that on His first seeing His Majesty
He did not mention the Academy to him, thinking the King might do
it. — That not being the Case the second time He saw His Majesty He asked
him if He had been informed that there [was] some difficulty among
the Members of the Academy. The King said He had : a conversation
then took place. West said He thought it was proper that He shd.
inform his Majesty that there was a question now before the Academy
as to the priority of power, whether it existed in the Council or the General
Assembly. — That there was jealousy in the Academy, some Members
were indolent, others but little competent to business, — & others active,
able & zealous. Of the last the former were jealous on account of the
influence they had in the Society which He [West] considered as the
ground of the dispute. The King was Afraid
The King said He was afraid the Academy wd. be injured by it.
West, replied, not so, there was no danger of it, — the interest of the
* John MacMahon, who was Private Secretary and Keeper of the Privy Purse to the
Prince of Wales, and a Privy Councillor ; he was created a baronet on August 7, 1817.
t Ned Jerningham was Edward Jerningham (1727-1812), the poet and dramatist already
referred to in the Diary. See Vol. I., page 186 n.

122 The Farington Diary [1803
Academy were attended to. — That the body consisted of three parts
the Council, who were to do the Annual business, — the General Assembly
to keep an eye upon their proceedings, & His Majesty to overlook the
whole. — That were the Council not controulable they might expend
the money of the Society or do other improper things, which it would be
the duty of the General Assembly to attend to & prevent. — The King
asked him whether long speeches were not frequently made. West
answered, smilingly, yes, and that when they caused the sittings to be
protracted to 12 or one oClock it was rather fatiguing. — On the whole
West does not think the King has committed himself by signing any paper
[sent by the malcontents], and will probably be cautious not to do so.
He said He never saw the King in a more agreeable disposition of
mind, — and He does not believe the Party have delivered any memorial
to him. He told the King that He had no doubt but [that] the Academy
would appeal to His Majesty. Dryden and Pope
At half past 3 I went with Smirke, Daniell & Shee to Hoppner's at
Fulham & dined there. Poetry was a subject of our conversation. —
The criticism of Dr. Johnson upon the different merits of Dryden & Pope
was thought admirable. — The opinion of Hoppner and Shee was that
Dryden had as Johnson says " Higher flights," but that Pope was " longer
on the wing," — Smirke produced a Newspaper in which was a patriotic
Song written by Shee [R.A.], which Meaux, Junr. the Brewer, — Turner,
— Carlyssle, the Surgeon &c. having got from him published it. — Hoppner
said " there were very good parts in it but it was too long for a Song,
it was an Essay." — Shee told me that so much does poetry occupy his
mind that at every leisure moment, in the streets, or in his room, —
His mind turns to that subject : It is his refuge when He wishes to get
rid of any unpleasant feeling. —
July 15. — I dined alone, and went to the Committee with Law
rence. — He spoke of Mr. Hare [politician and wit. See Vol. I., pp. 178-9]
as excelling all others in conversation, yet that He never could speak in
the House of Commons. — His remark was " That He wondered how any
man could open his mouth in that place or keep it shut out of it." He is
very pleasant & a great talker. England's Safety
July 17. — I had the last night the most distinct dream of In
vasion that could possess the fancy. Of seeing the French boats approach
in the utmost order, and myself surrounded by them after their landing.
I thought they preserved great forbearance, not offering to plunder,
& that I was in the midst of them some conversing in broken English.
It seemed to me that they came upon the country quite unprepared,
and met with no resistance. The knowledge I had of the French while
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in their true character, so that it seemed a perfect reality to me, & I
could scarcely believe it a dream for a little time after I awoke. — There
was during my dream a sense of great negligence in not being better
prepared to receive such an enemy. — The only conversation yesterday
that assimilated with my dream was occasioned by Marchant [R.A.]
saying that Coll. Turner who was in Egypt, gave his opinion that England
could not now be safe but by the People becoming military.
Architects
Paine's I dined at, at \ past 4. He told me the Architects Club was
now put upon another footing in respect of admission. The alteration
which has taken place in foreign Countries has caused them to give
up the point of a Candidate having been in Italy, — Now He must have
gained a Gold medal in the Royal Academy, — or have been under a
regular Architect for education, — He must be an employed Artist. —
Three months' notice must be given to all the members. — Two thirds of
the members must be present or no election can take place, and Two
third* must then be in favour of the Candidate. —

CHAPTER XXXV
1803
Botany Bay
July 18. — Barroneau had been at a meeting of the Deputy Lieute
nants for the County of Middlesex, abt 30 in number. Lord Tichfield the
Lord Lieutenant in the Chair. — Lord Cathcart described a Plan of Defence
of the Approach to London in one direction, viz. : by the River Lee, and
expressed His conviction that the difficulties to the enemy would be
insurmountable. July 19. — Yesterday the Secretary at War made his motion for
arming the people, — all from 17 to 55. — It passed without opposition. —
Nollekens told me He had been in company with Mrs. Grose, wife of
the late Governor of Botany Bay, who told him that the Climate of that
Country is very fine. She said Sir Horace Hayes* who was transported
from Cork, was there, where his situation was most forlorn. — He wd. not
associate with the other Convicts, & persons of Character wd. not with
him. — She saw him occasionally walking by himself ; & reading, with
much appearance of melancholy. — They had attempted to induce some
* Mr. Thos. Farrington, Hon. Treasurer, Cork Historical and Archaeological Society,
writes : In the instalment of the Diary published in your issue of June 24 [1922], reference
is made to the transportation of Sir " Horace " Hayes to Botany Bay and his discomfort
there. This is doubtless Sir Henry Hayes, who was transported from Cork in the year 1800
for the abduction of Miss Pike, who belonged to a Quaker family, to which the city is
much indebted.
The event was made light of in a topical song, which was long remembered, and which
ran thus : " Sir Hen-ery kissed behind the bush ;
Sir Hen-ery kissed the Quaker."
It was, however, very serious for Sir Henry, as he was at first condemned to death — but
the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life. Nine years after Farington's
sympathetic remarks the prisoner was released, through the intercessibn of his daughter
(Mre. Jude) with the Regent, Prince George of Wales, whom she met at a ball in the
Pavilion, Brighton.
Sir Henry Hayes is buried in Atwell Hayes' vault in Christ Church, Cork.
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of the native women to adopt the European dress, and to keep their
persons clean : but occasionally they wd. desire to go to see their native
friends, in which case they always threw off their assumed dress, and went
away according to their custom almost naked ; and on their return the
whole process of washing was again to be gone through. They are of a
Copper Colour. —
Lord Thomond's I called at. — To-day He was so much recovered as
to be able to bear to hear Miss Randal* the celebrated musical child of 3
years & a half old. — She is the daughter of a Welsh Harper, a blind man.
Since He brought her to London, He has got £400 by exhibiting her
performance. —
Rogers [the Poet] told us that Lord Hutchinsonf was much disatisfied
on being placed 2nd. in Command under Sir James Pulteneyt, who at
Ferrol was not successful at least, — He said He was ready to serve in the
line, but if to have a Command it should be such as wd. be satisfactory to
him. — The Duke [of York] wrote him an answer of Six pages, with much
compliment. —
July 21. — I called at a Chair Makers this evening. In conversation
I was informed that a Journeyman Chairmaker can earn from 2 to 3
guineas a week. They work by piece-work, — and begin at 6 in the morn
ing & sometimes till 9 at night. —
* Miss EUzabeth Randies was born at Wrexham on August 1, 1800, and, according
to Grove's Dictionary, played in public before she was two years of age. She studied
under John Parry, the harper, and when her father brought her to London she was
patronized by the Royal Family and flattered by the public generaUy. On her second
visit to London (1808) she was given a benefit concert at the Hanover Square rooms,
and Catalani and others performed gratuitously, Sir George Smart acting as conductor.
Miss Randies settled in Liverpool as a music teacher about 18 18, and died in that city
in 1829. t John Hely-Hutchinson, afterwards second Earl of Donoughmore, played an important
part, while campaigning in Egypt in 1800-01, in safeguarding our Indian Empire. For his
services then he was thanked by ParUament and created Baron Hutchinson of Alexandria.
Other honours came to him, and on August 25, 1825, he succeeded his brother Richard
as Earl of Donoughmore. He was described by Sir Henry Edward Bunbury as being in
1801 " 44 years of age, but looked much older, with harsh features, jaundiced by disease,
extreme short-sightedness, a stooping body, and a slouching gait, and an utter neglect
of dress. . . . He shunned general society, was indolent, with an ungracious manner,
and a violent temper," all of which, no doubt, accounted for his unpopularity among his
brother officers in Egypt.
% Sir James Murray assumed the name of Pulteney on his marriage in July, 1794,
with Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Baroness Bath (in her own right), daughter of Sir WiUiam
Johnstone-Pulteney, baronet of Westerhall, Dumfriesshire, by his first wife, the daughter
and sole heir of Daniel Pulteney, first cousin of the first Earl of Bath.
Sir James failed at Ferrol, in Spain, in 1800, because he considered the place could
be taken only after a prolonged siege. In this opinion he was supported by Sir John
Moore, who, in 1804, decided that Ferrol could not be captured by a coup-de-main.
But Sir James's failure gave great dissatisfaction. During the invasion alarums of 1803-4
he acted as Lieutenant-General in command in Sussex, with his headquarters at East
bourne, and was Secretary at War in the GrenviUe Government of 1806-7.

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The Duchess of Gordon
July 22. — The Duchess of Gordon* is said to be a little let down by
circumstances which she has brought upon herself. — In Paris she spoke
so freely of Lady Conningham that Lord Conningham has brought an
action against her for defamation. — The Prince of Wales is also shy
towards her.
* In 179 1 Horace Walpole, in a letter to Miss Mary Berry, says :
" One of the empresses of fashion, the Duchess of Gordon, uses fifteen or sixteen hours
of her four-and-twenty. I heard her journal of last Monday. She first went to Handel's
music in the Abbey, she then clambered over the benches and went to Hastings' trial
in the Hall ; after dinner, to the Play, then to Lady Lucan's Assembly ; after that to
Ranelagh, and returned to Mrs. Hobart's faro-table ; gave a ball herself in the evening
of that morning into which she must have got a good way ; and set out for Scotland the
next day. Hercules could not have achieved a quarter of her labours in the same space
of time." Jane or Jean, daughter of Sir WiUiam Maxwell, Bart., of Monreith, and his wife Mag
dalen, daughter of WiUiam Blair of Blair, was born in Wigtownshire, in 1750. She
exceUed her beautiful sisters in beauty and wit. In song and story she was caUed " the
Flower of GaUoway," and at a baU in Edinburgh, the young Duke of Gordon feU in love
with her and they were married in October, 1767, when she was only seventeen years of
age. Before that event, Jenny MaxweU and an officer were deeply attached, but he went
abroad with his regiment, and it was reported that he had been kiUed. During her honey
moon, however, a letter came from her first lover to say that he was on his way home to
marry her. The news, we are told, made her flee distracted from the house, and after
long search she was found in a swoon by her husband. This event changed the course of
her Ufe. Excitement revived her high spirits and she became, as we know, one of the
most celebrated women of her era. Her beauty and gay wit brought everyone to worship.
It was she who first started dancing routs and Scottish dancing in London, and originated
the Northern Meeting. The London Season was said never to begin until she arrived
in town. Yet at first she did not care for London.
George III., as Sir Walter Scott relates, asked her how she liked it : " Not at all, your
Majesty," she answered, " for it is knock, knock, knock aU the day, and friz, friz, friz aU
the night"
By the way, Sir Herbert MaxweU, the gifted writer, is the present head of the Duchess's
family. Mrs. Janet Hunter Doughty writes : In your notes (June 24, 1922) on the " Empress
of Fashion," the Duchess of Gordon, you write : " Excitement revived her high spirits."
Jean Maxwell was " Aye a daft lass " — though the breath of scandal never touched her.
One of her girhsh exploits was to ride down the High Street of Edinburgh — then the
abode of fashion — on the back of a pig, and I doubt not that she must have caused her
step-grandmother, the Countess of Eghnton, who was the Edinburgh Mrs. Grundy_ of
her time, some awful moments. It is said that in later years, when she was instructing
the Prince Regent (George IV.) in the mysteries of the Scottish tongue, she dared him
to translate " Bonnie laddie, pree ma mou." She wiU always, however, have a place in
history as having raised the famous " Gordon Highlanders," enUsting every man with a
kiss and a shilling.
Of her five daughters, three married Dukes — Charlotte, the Duke of Richmond ;
Susan, the Duke of Manchester ; and Georgiana, the Duke of Bedford. Another daughter
married the second Marquess Cornwallis, son of the conqueror of Tippoo Sahib.
Her eldest son, the fifth Duke of Gordon, died childless, so the Dukedom became
extinct, and most of the honours went back to the Huntly family, from whence they came.
It is interesting to note, in this Farington connection, that her husband's niece, Lady
Frances Gordon, sat, when she was five years old, to Reynolds for the famous " Angel
Heads." The Lord George Gordon of the Riots was her husband's brother. Messrs.
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July 24. — Breakfasted at 10 and at \ past 1 1 went to Hadley Church
where the Service was performed by the Revd. Mr. Coterell. — Mr. Byng,
member for Middlesex who resides very near to Mr. Barroneau's, called,
being engaged in Soliciting names to require the Sheriff of Middlesex to
call a General Meeting of the County. — I did not see him. — Mrs. Byng was
Sister to Coll. Montgomery who was killed in a Duel by Captn. McNamara.
She has been much afflicted by the event. Mrs. Biggin, who lived with
the Coll. became insane in consequence of it.
French Refugees
Mr. Barroneau mentioned that His Mother's Father was a Mr.
L'Eglise, a French Refugee, a man of excellent character, who had many
daughters, one of whom married the Father of the two Chalie's [wine
merchants], another Mr. Arbouin, — to all He gave good portions, and
contributed to establish their Husbands in business. — The Father of
Counsellor Fonblanque was connected in trade with one of the Houses so
formed, — and He took into Partnership also, the late Mr. Thelusson,
Father of the present family of Thelusson, who made the extraordinary
Will divising £600,000 to accumulate for Heirs unborn. — By his connec
tion with Fonblanque, — old Thelusson laid the foundation of his great
fortune. — Fonblanque dying left His share of the business to be carried
on for the benefit of his widow, in conjunction with Thelusson, but the
latter managed to get the whole concern into his own hands. — The present
Thelussons, the Sons, axe supposed to have become possessed of vast sums,
in consequence of remittances having been made to them during the
Revolution by Frenchmen, who being afterwards guillotined, or in some
way destroyed no Claimants have appeared. — This caused Frank Chalie
at an entertainment, to propose " the Guillotine " as a Toast to one of the
Thelussons as one of their best friends.
One or two of the Brothers, Thelusson's, have made themselves
remarkable by the splendour of their entertainments. — The Duchess of
Gordon being struck at one of them with the costly magnificence before
her said in her sarcastic way to Her Host — " What would your entertain
ments have been if your Father had not disinherited you ? "
Insurrection in Dublin
July 28. — Shee called & brot. me information of the insurrection
in Dublin & the murder of Lord Kilwarden, the Chief Justice, and of His
nephew, the Revd. Mr. Wolfe. — He said it was remarkable their attacking
him as He had always been a respected character. Shee has great appre
hensions of the state of Ireland. —

CHAPTER XXXVI
1803
With the Composure of a Child
A Turf Dupe
August 7. — Gifford* told me that the late Lord Grosvenor was in
his 72nd. year when He died, and had been in a bad state of health owing
to a surgical complaint 2 years before He died. He declined gradually,
and bore His illness with much patience. His Son, (Lord Belgrave) was
with him when He died. — He had always been a dupe upon the turf &
expended in that way vast sums of money. His debts, when He died,
amounted to £180,000 — About 2 years before His death a very valuable
Copper mine was discovered upon one of his estates, which produced
£60,000 a year ; and the last year £84,000, — of which 56,000 came clear
into the pocket of the present Lord. — This wd. reduce the debt rapidly,
but His Lordship has engaged in an expence in having resolved to make
His House at Eaton, 4 miles from Chester a compleat dwelling. — It will
cost him £40,000 ; Porden is the Architect. — His Lordship is determined
that the House shall stand on the Seite of the old Mansion because He
has a partiality for the Spot, though it is a very bad situation.-—
Invasion Feasible
We talked about public affairs. Gifford said He had within a few
days seen a Gentleman who returned lately from France. The account
he brought was, that the people of Paris thought that an Invasion was a
very feasable undertaking, but notwithstanding they did not appear to be
much animated by the expectation of it. — He understood that the people
in Belgium & towards Holland had more warmth for it. —
Mr. Windham [late Secretary for War & in 1803 leader of the Grenville
Party in the House of Commons] was a few days a visitor to Mr. Leggef
who lives on the other side the River a little below Putney. — On Sunday
* WiUiam Gifford, author of the " Baviad." See Index, Vol. I.
t Heneage Legge (1747-1827) was a grandson of the first Earl of Dartmouth and son
of Heneage Legge, who was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in 1740. Heneage, the
younger, was married in 1768 to EUzabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart.
A great friend of William Windham, Legge (who had a house at Fulham and another
in Grosvenor Square) acted as one of the stateman's executors.
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evening last He walked over to call upon Hoppner. — We talked about his
political character & abilities. Gifford said that while the Anti-Jacobin
news paper was continued He frequently met Windham, at dinner, with
political friends who interested themselves in support of the paper. He
observed that Windham was easily elated or depressed, by circumstances
that happened, & He acted under those impressions. — I said He was un
questionably a man of talents, but that He appeared to me to want
judgment. Gifford said that was His true character. — At present He is
all alarm & apprehension, & full of such notions of danger as seem not
likely to enter the mind of one who has always been reckoned personally
courageous. — But the fact is it is from a want of firmness of mind & just
ness of thinking that His apprehensions carry him so away, & not from
want of manly spirit. — Gifford dined in company with him lately, & had
his former observations confirmed. His conduct of late in the House of
Commons has been generally disapproved.
A Great Journalist
Gifford corresponded with Cobbet, (Peter Porcupine) while He re
sided in Philadelphia. He thinks His publications at that time were of
great use, but the paper He now publishes [Cobbett's Weekly Political Regis
ter], Gifford thinks so intemperate as to be highly objectionable, and for
the last 2 years He Has foreborne to go near him. Gifford considers Him
to be a dangerous man. Windham certainly lent him £4000 and He told
Gifford that His paper brought him in £1700 a year, & that He sold 2500
of them weekly, but abt. 8 months ago Government directed that an
acct. should be taken at the Post Office of the number issued from thence
weekly and it proved to be less than 200. — The [bookseller's] shop he set
up in Pall Mall did not answer and he has shut it up. [It is stated that he
transferred it to Mr. Harding in 1803.]
Gifford sees Coombes [William Combe, author of " Dr. Syntax "]
sometimes. He is still within the rules of the Kings-Bench [prison].
Coombes conducted the newspaper called the Cabinet, for which He had 2
guineas a week, but it is dropped. —
Gifford told me that His constitution is very tender, yet He seldom
goes to Bed till one oClock in the morning & wherever He has dined &
drank tea, if the latter at 9 at night, — He has tea again when He gets
home. — It is so much his custom that when the Servant hears his Knock
the Kettle is brought up by the person who opens the door. — He says He
seldom sleeps well the early part of the night, probably owing to the tea, —
but it so revives & refreshes Him that He cannot refrain from it. —
I noticed while conversing with Gifford that He frequently repeated
my words in his answer. I have observed the same habit in others, but
it struck me the more as He is a literary man. —
I had a very agreeable walk through Chelsea. Crowds were in motion
in every direction availing themselves of the fine weather. The appre
hension of Invasion has certainly at present very little effect upon the
public mind. —
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Lord Hutchison's Prisoner
Gifford told me that the name of the French Physician who refused
to poison the French troops who were sick in an Hospital in Egypt which
Buonaparte proposed to him to do, the name was Des Genet. — Two or
three letters from him appear in the intercepted Correspondence pub
lished during the late war. — Des Genet was a prisoner to Lord Hutchinson
to whom He told the circumstance. — After He refused to do it, Buona
parte prevailed on one of His (the Physician's) mates to mix Opium
with their food. — Out of upwards of 500 about 12 or 14 had strength of
Constitution which enabled them by means of Emetics to get the better
of the poison. — The particulars fully authenticated were transmitted to
France and are in many hands, but the interest & power of Buonaparte
has prevented the publication of them. As to the Massacre of the
Turks Gifford said that General Moore had seen the Bones of the mur
dered men lying in heaps. The King and the Academy
August 8. — Mr. West came to me and sat 2 hours. He returned
from Windsor last night. — He got there on Saturday evening with
Richards, and immediately applied to Mr. Brandt [or Braun, see Vol. L]
the King's Head page to desire He wd. inform His Majesty at his
dressing time that he (Mr. West) was come to wait upon him. . . .
At one oclock on Sunday the King graciously received West &
Richards, the Secretary, although they were afraid of their reception.
They stayed two and a half hours with His Majesty & talked of the
Royal Academy and its troubles.
The King sd. He was apprehensive there might have been extremes
on both sides. West referred to Richards [the Secretary] for particulars,
& the King pressed him to name the Men who were most active in it.
Richards named Copley & Bourgeois. The King sd. it was an ill-
natured conduct. — West stated that all the present difficulties in the
Academy originated in Yenn's [the Treasurer's] desire of an increase
of Salary, and the whole of the business of the Report on the subject of
raising the Salaries was gone into. — Richards said He was surprised at
Yenn's conduct. —
The King expressed a wish to restore harmony. — He hinted at dis
affection in the Academy. — Both West & Richards declared that it was
not so. — His Majesty talked abt. Patronage & the state of the Arts in
this country, — and sarcastically abt. Noblemen being picture dealers.
— He told West that He understood that He (West) was an encourager
of those who looked only to works of Old Masters. — West sd. it was
owing to their bringing pictures to Him to obtain his opinion, as they
expected by it, to enhance the value of their purchases : and when He
saw fine works of art He had that feeling that might be expected & ex
pressed himself accordingly. That He really did think the introduction
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of Artists, & without seeing them Artists cd. not be expected merely by
the force of their own conceptions to carry their practise so far as with
fine models before them. — But Patronage in this Country was certainly
wanting, were it had, He was certain the men that arise here wd. equal
any that the world can boast. — The King had doubts whether the Eng
lish have any true love for the Art. —
His Majesty's Principles
Politics was a little touched upon. The King said He regulated
himself under two principles. — The first, that of a superintending Pro
vidence, and a reliance on Religion, — the other that placed in the situation
He was, " He would never attempt to extend the power attached to it, —
or allow the Constitution to be weakened by submitting the privileges
belonging to His department of it trenched upon." — Under this belief
and determination, He looked calmly upon the agitated world, & laid
His Head upon His pillow each night with the composure of a Child. —

vol. II. 9*

CHAPTER XXXVII
1803
He Wanted Direction in Deciding
August 10. — Hoppner told me that Windham [the Statesman]
is very anxious abt. the appearance of his figure in the whole length
portrait of him which Hoppner is painting for the Corporation of Nor
wich. He is anxious that the attitude, — disposition of the arms, —
situation of the feet shd. all be to a point. — Hoppner doubts whether
Pitt & Fox wd. have any such feelings.
August 11. — Hoppner told me yesterday that a Mr. [William
Lisle] Bowles, a Clergyman, has written a Poem upon Sir George Beau
mont's new purchased landscape by Rubens [now in the National
Gallery], — and that Sir George is to paint a Series of Subjects from Theo
critus from which engravings are to be made, & that Bowles, — Rogers,*
— Sotheby and [name not given] are to make the Translations.^
August 13. — West said He did not believe there was a better Heart
in the Country than that of the King. I asked him what He thought of
His understanding. He said He was ready in business, and attentive
to communication, but He wanted direction in deciding. —
The Country's Critical State
August 14. — After breakfast I went to Fulham, to Hoppner' s,
to go with him to Fulham Church to hear [Beilby Porteus] the Bishop
of London preach. He began his Sermon at J past 12 and it lasted 25
minutes — He delivered it with considerable force & energy and seemed
himself to be much impressed with his subject. — He divided his sermon
* Mary Woodforde, Stoke St. Mary's, Taunton, Somerset, writes : I have been much
interested in the " Farington Diary," as have been many of your correspondents. I
think you, and perhaps they, may be interested to hear that I met one of the persons
about whom Farington writes. My father, a Treasury Clerk, knew Samuel Rogers, the
poet, and in the year 1849, when I was fourteen, my father took me to a viUage flower
show, at St. Peters, in the Isle of Thanet, and there we met Rogers, a very old man, to
whom my father introduced me, when he kissed my hand, and said he felt sure I should
always enjoy " The Pleasures of Memory " without any assistance from him. He struck
me as being very old [Rogers was 86] and incUned to tremble, and with a very white face.
t This edition of Theocritus was, apparently, never published.
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1803] The Country's Critical State 133
into three heads, viz. — The duty & necessity of public prayer, — the
good effects of it by example, — and the hopes which may be formed
upon it under the present critical situation of the Country. — He launched
out into an exhortation to his auditors to value as they ought the blessing
of being part of the happiest & best conditioned community that ever
existed in the world, — & enforced upon them the duty of coming forward
either personal or by pecuniary aid, each according to his Capacity, to
add to the general defence. His discourse was well calculated for the
times, and for his congregation being plain & practical. —
I sat with Hoppners in Mr. Ellis's* seat [at Sunning Hill, near Ascot],
along with him & his Father in Law, Admiral Sir Peter Parker, Senr. —
Mr. Ellis is a Brother of Mr. Charles Ellis, one of Mr. Pitts Corps of friends
& who is said to have written much of the Rolliad. — He married a daugh
ter of Lord Bristols, who died lately abroad. The Ellis's are a West
India family, & have each large property. —
The Bishop Chatty and Pleasant
Soon after we returned Gifford came. — Hoppner dined yesterday
with the Bishop of London and found him chatty and pleasant, some
times punning. Mrs. Porteous is a very agreeable woman. — The Bishop
lives very handsomely. — A person in the company mentioned that He
did know the person whom the Dowager Lady B. married, & that He
was formerly a Baker in Whitechapel, & got a prize in the Lottery. He
was said to be worth abt. £25,000. —
We dined at half past 4. — Gifford said He dined a few days ago at
[Sir James] Mackintosh's with a party. Fuseli was mentioned by two
persons whom Gifford did not know. They spoke of him as not being
learned as has been reported, and that when in company & pressed to
issue, He generally withdrew himself. — I said that Dr. Burney or Porson
wd. be able to settle that point as He is acquainted with both. — Gifford
said Porson & Burney are the leading men in learning & that Dr. Parr is
much behind them. —
August 18. — Nollekens I called on. He is now finishing the 19th.
bust which He has executed in marble of the late Duke of Bedford.
He has executed 14 of Charles Fox. — Nollekens remarked to me that Mr.
Fox was very ignorant abt. Sculpture. While Nollekens was making a
model in clay of his Bust, after He had sat 6 or 7 times He asked
Nollekens why He did not execute it in marble instead of Clay. —
Nollekens showed him that while working in Clay He could alter every
* Mr. George Ellis (1753-1815), M.P., author and wit, who is supposed to have written
the attack on Pitt (which appeared in the " RoUiad "), beginning " Pert without fire, with
out experience sage." According to the D.N.B. Ellis was a cousin of Charles Rose EUis
(1771-1845), M.P., and first Lord Seaford. The latter's wife, Elizabeth Catherine Clifton,
died on January 21, 1803, and their infant son, Charles Augustus Ellis, succeeded his
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part as it might be required but that could not be done in marble;
whatever was chipped off could not be restored.
A Boy, near 16 years of age was drawing upon a Slate from a
Plaister figure. Nollekens told me He was the only Son of the late Mr.
Abbot, Portrait Painter. His Mother is a Roman Catholic, & a Bigot.
She insists upon Her Son becoming a Romish Priest, which He refuses,
& she will in consequence scarcely see him. He lives with Her Father
& Mother who allow him to pursue his inclination for the Art. —
The Affairs of France
I dined at home & drank tea at Mr. Wests. — Trumbull [Secretary
to Mr. Jay, Special American Ambassador) came in. The affairs of
France were spoken of. — He said He verily believed that in 1789 Louis
16th was perfectly sincere in his declaration to have the Government of
France altered, & that He wd. have been satisfied with a monarchy still
more limited than that of England. — He said the Convention which
assembled in Paris in 1789 was truly venerable, and contained great
talents & high character. — They did however from ill-judged disin
terestedness decree that another Convention should be assembled &
that in the election of the Members, they should be deemed incapable of
serving. — Thus depriving France of their abilities & influence & opening
a door for that Herd of Country Attorneys & adventurers to push for
their seats, which soon caused all the confusion & disaster that followed. —
Painting by Candle Light
This evening at 7 oClock I found Mr. West painting. He told me
He found no difficulty in working after dinner, and frequently does by
candle-light. — In our conversation Mrs. West remarked that it was
not an agreeable reflection to think that after having been so long near
His Majesty's person, and having always conducted himself with so
much fidelity & discretion that Mr. West shd. still be liable to have the
representations of others attended to in preference. — I sd. if my life
were to be passed over again I never shd. wish to have such a connexion
with a Court as wd. render me in some measure dependent upon it, —
where at best all is uncertainty, & where a fair conduct cannot alone
insure a continuance of favour. Mrs. West said, If Mr. West had de
voted his abilities in another manner " Where He now had shillings, He
would have had pounds." West said the difference in His Majesty's
manner between that at their first introduction at Windsor was as black
to white. —
August 19. — Lane called. — Lawrence has painted one of his best
heads,— a portrait of Sir Wm. Forbes. He finished it on Wednesday last.
That Which Corrodes Society
August 20.— He [S. Lysons] & Daniell Lysons have compleated
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& in every Church & Chapel. — He found Jealousys subsisting among
some of the families of that County, particularly Sir Thomas Broughton
& Mr. Crew* — Sir Thos. remarked upon Mr. Crew's being an assumed
name, the name of his male ancesters being Offley. — In this remark He
seemed to forget that His own name of Broughton is assumed from a
female, the name of his male ancestors being Delves. — Sir Thomas
also remarked upon Mr. Thomlinson having descended from a Steward
[a servant]. Such is the narrowness of mind too frequently found,
which corrodes Society and prevents good neighboroud. —
Severe But Well Written
The Edinburgh Review has been very severe upon Fuseli's publica
tion of his Lectures. Those Reviews are severe but well written. [Sir
James] Mackintosh is supposed to know something abt. the conducting
of them. I told Lawrence what Gifford had said about the remarks
on Fuseli's learning & his avoiding his opponents when hard pressed.
He said He was present at Mrs. Riddels when Fuseli after a conversa
tion with Mackintosh went away, which might be the ground of that
observation. * John Crewe, created Baron Crewe of Crewe, was grandson of John Crewe, of Crewe
HaU, who being son and heir of John Offley, of Madeley Manor, Staffordshire, by Anne,
daughter of John Crewe of Crewe, took the name of Crewe by Act of Parliament in 1708.
The Marquess of Crewe is the present representative of the family.
The Broughton family dates from John, Lord of Broughton, of Charlton, Stafford
shire, in the time of Henry VI., and the inter-marriage with the Delves was effected by
Sir Brian Broughton, third Baronet, and M.P. for Newcastle, who married EUzabeth,
only daughter of Sir Thomas Delves, Bart., of Doddington, Co. Chester.
The Delves family derived in direct descent from Sir Henry Delves, of Delves HaU,
brother and heir of Sir John Delves, who was one of the four esquires in attendance on
James Lord Audley, K.G., in the French Wars under Edward the Black Prince. For
their services at the battle of Poictiers those esquires received an annuity among them of
five hundred marks, and were aUowed an addition to their arms, similar to Lord Audle/s
coat.

CHAPTER XXXVIII
1803
My Dear Son — No
Buonaparte and the Ambassador
August 20. — Lysons told me that Mr. Greathead of Guys-Cliff,
near Warwick,* with Mrs. Greathead & His Son are all, prisoners in
Paris. — He neglected to come away with the Ambassader, but had
the Horses to his Carriage at the time of his arrest. — His Son is permitted
to proceed in his study of painting, and goes to the Picture gallery where
He is copying the St. Jerom of Corregio. — He is always attended by a
Soldier on these occasions. — Mr. & Mrs. Greathead were present at the
time when Buonaparte made his violent attack upon Lord Whitworth
at his Levee. He adressed his lordship only as Monsr. — Mr. Greathead
* Bertie Greatheed (1759-1826) was the son of Samuel Greatheed (1710-1765), of
Guy's Cliffe, by his wife, Lady Mary Bertie, daughter of the second Duke of Ancaster.
Gifford caUed Greatheed the Reuben of the " DeUa Cruscan " School. Mrs. Siddons
and John Kemble were unable to save Greatheed's " The Regent," which ran only for
nine nights at Drury Lane.
His son Bertie, who was a clever artist, married in France and died at Vicenza on
October 8^ 1804. Lord Charles Percy, son of the Earl of Beverley, married his only
daughter. In 1852 the Rev. J. Sanford gave a fuller account of this incident, which occurred at
Madame Buonaparte's drawing-room on the 13th March, 1803 Her apartment was on
the other side of the Tuileries from the room where Napoleon held his levees. " I beUeve,"
says Mr. Sanford, " I am the only living witness, as those who were near the person of
Lord Whitworth were members of the Corps Diplomatique, Cobenzl, Marcoff, Luc-
chesini, all dead  When the door of the adjoining room was opened the First
Consul entered, and as Lord Whitworth was the first Ambassador he encountered, he
addressed him by inquiring about the Duchess of Dorset's health, she being absent from
a cold. He then observed that we had had fifteen years' war ; Lord W. smiled very
courteously, and said it was fifteen years too much. We shall probably, replied General B.,
have fifteen years more ; and if so, England wiU have to answer for it to AU Europe, and
to God and man. He then inquired where the armaments in Holland were going on,
for he knew of none. Then for a moment he quitted Lord Whitworth, and passed all
the ladies, addressing Mrs. Greathead only, though the Duchess of Gordon and her
daughter, Lady Georgina, were present. After speaking to several officers in the centre
of the room, which was crowded, he returned to Lord W. and asked why Malta was not
given up. Lord W. then looked more serious, and said he had no doubt that Malta would
be given up when the other articles of the Treaty were complied with. General B. then
left the room, and Madame B. immediately entered. . . . Lord W. then addressed the
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1808] Buonaparte and the Ambassador 137
was struck with the sudden change in his manner when he turned from
Lord Whitworth : while adressing His Lordship Mr. G. writes that " He
moved his chops like a mastiff " — but immediately after spoke to Mrs.
Greathead lightly and pleasantly. — This appears as if He had assumed
the appearance of passion.
Mr. Greathead gives 14 guineas a month for a House and is very
weary of his situation, but seems to have no expectation of being soon
liberated, and has ordered his servants at Guy's Cliff to be discharged.
August 21 . — Lawrence had been this morning to see the Exhibition
of Count Truchesis pictures near the New road, Marybone. — He gave a
American Minister, who was very deaf, and repeated what had passed, and I perceived
that he was very much offended at what had occurred. In justice to the First Consul,
I must Bay that the impropriety consisted in the unfitness of the place for such a subject ;
the tone of his voice was not raised, as was said at the time. He spoke in the same tone
as when he inquired for the Duchess of Dorset."
This description agrees with those of Napoleon and Lord Whitworth.
Alice, Countess of Strafford, writes : There is an error in the explanatory note on
the Greathead family in your issue of June 28 [1922]. Itsays: " Lord Charles Percy " (he
was then the Hon. Charles Percy, son of the Earl of Beverley, afterwards Duke of North
umberland) " married Mr. Bertie Greatheed's daughter." But Mr. Bertie Greathead
had no daughter. He had a son, who married secretly a German girl of the lower classes.
She died, leaving an infant daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Greathead adopted this
child as their own daughter, which she was always supposed to be. She had a lovely
voice, which was thought by connoisseurs to have a German intonation. I don't know
when the son died, but the child became the heiress, and Guy's Cliff was her own property.
In due course she married Charles Percy, and they had an only child, also a daughter,
Anne CaroUne Isabel, who never married. Guy's Cliff is a beautiful old house, with a
splendid fir-tree avenue. Now, I fear, the trees are all dead. Isabel at her death left
it to a member of her father's family, Lord Algernon Percy.
There hangs at Guy's CUff (or did within my recollection) a portrait of General Buona
parte when First Consul. It is by Mr. Bertie Greathead, described as " a clever artist,"
taken under peculiar circumstances. The occasion must have been the interview described
by Farington. While Buonaparte was speaking to Mr. Greathead the latter surreptitiously
made a drawing of him on his thumb-nail. This was the only thing he had to go by, and
I remember very well being told as a child that the portrait he painted afterwards was
one of the best likenesses known of Buonaparte.
I also remember well being told as a child that the Greatheads had a narrow escape
from being amongst the detenus at Verdun. They were in France at the moment, but
happily had " a friend at court " who obtained permission for them to travel where they
chose on the Continent, but they had to undertake not to return to England.
I have often stayed at Guy's Cliff. Its owners then, Lord and Lady Charles Percy,
were amongst my parents' oldest friends.
[The Countess of Strafford's remarkable memory is shown by the above most inter
esting letter, written in her ninety-second year. She has, however, apparently confused
Bertie Greatheed (1759-1826) with his son, Bertie, who died in Vicenza on October 8,
1804. The son, who was an able amateur artist, contributed two pictures to the Royal
Academy, one in 1801, the other in 1802.
It was no doubt young Bertie who painted the portrait of Buonaparte referred to by
the Countess of Strafford. While a prisoner with his father and mother in Paris in 1803,
he was aUowed to study art in the Louvre, and must have frequently seen the First Consul.
By the way, the " Dictionary of National Biography " says that " the younger Greatheed
had married in France, and his only daughter became, on March 20, 1823 (Burke gives
it 1822), the wife of Lord Charles Percy, son of the Earl of Beverley."— Ed.]

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most unfavorable account of them, — saying there was scarcely an original
picture of a great master among them. — A Banker or Bankers at Vienna
have advanced £25,000 upon them, and have sent over an Agent to
superintend the property in which they now have so great an Interest.
— The expence the Count has been at for bringing the collection from
Vienna, & preparing for Exhibition amount to £12,000. — There are 1000
pictures & Lawrence does not think the whole are worth £2000. — The
Count values them at £60,000 Tact and Judgment
Lawrence told us that Hamilton — , [R.A., who died somewhat
suddenly in 1801], our late friend kept a Diary, in which He recorded
his own movements and many observations. He also mentioned an
anecdote of George Hanger. — George, some years ago was frequently
of X's parties. At one of the entertainments given by [X, the host]
filled a glass with wine and wantonly threw it in Hangers face. George
witht. being disconcerted immediately filled his glass and throwing the
wine in the face of the person who sat next to him bid him pass it round. —
an admirable instance of presence of mind and Judgment upon an occasion
of such coarse rudeness. —
The letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montague* lately published were
spoken of. — It was observed that there were several indelicate allusions
in them : Lysons [the antiquary] said that Dallaway who had the editing
of them told him that He had suppressed many indelicate passages.
Coach and Sign Painters
August 22. — Daniels [R.A.] told me that He came to London
when 14 years of age, and was put apprentice to a Coach-painter of the
name of Maxwell for 7 years. After that period He was for several
years employed by Catton [R.A.] in the same way, and did not fairly
commence the practise of painting pictures till He was near 30 years
of age. —
Smirke's father was a House & Sign Painter, & resided at Wigton
in Cumberland. Smirke [R.A.] was apprentice to a Coach painter
in London of the name of Bromley, who, having but little to do, He
[Smirke] had much time for improving himself in drawing. — When he
left Bromley He soon aspired to do at least the finer parts only of Coach
* Lady Mary (1689-1762) was the eldest daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of
Kingston, and wife of Edward Wortley Montagu, son of the second Earl of Sandwich.
In 1716 she went with her husband to Constantinople, and while there wrote her " Letters "
to Pope, Addison, and others. She introduced inoculation for smaU-pox into England.
Her son Edward ran away from Westminster, and became in turn chimney sweep, muleteer
in Spain, member of Parliament and Mohammedan.
M It is said that her father nominated her " before she was eight " as a toast at the Kit-
Cat Club. She was elected to the Club by acclamation. Farington refers to her and
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painting, & directed his attention to figures, & ornaments for ceilings,
&c. He was remarked for his ingenuity while He was with Bromley.
While looking at a picture by Ruysdael to-day, Opie said that He
always felt himself disposed to combat the opinion of Sir Joshua Reynolds
as expressed in his Lectures, " That imitation is not the Painters
province." — Opie asserts the contrary, & produces beautiful instances
to prove it. Northcote supported him in his opinion. I only doubted
whether Sir Joshua meant to be understood as they apprehended it,
but on this they were decided. Gainsborough's Friend
August 24. — Humphry called and after dinner I went to his lodgings
and drank tea. — Jackson* of Exter [sic], the musician, was abt. 75 —
or 6 years old when He died lately. — He had in the latter part of his life
afflictions of a domestic nature. — He had two Sons, (Twins) who were
named Romulus & Remus. — The former died first, & Remus was a
merchant at Exter, where being improvident his affairs got into disorder,
& He shot himself. — He had another Son, a musician, who is deformed ;
and had also a daughter. — As a musician, Jackson had talents which
enabled him to produce some very popular compositions, but He was not
sufficiently scientific to be able to take a lead in London with Dr. Arne,
& others : this & other circumstances it is believed affected his temper.
— Humphry was acquainted [with] him 30 years ago, at which period
He was very pleasant.
August 25. — Wm. Daniell [R.A.] called, having returned from his
tour yesterday. He was at York, — Durham, — Edinburgh, — Glasgow,
— Loch Lomond & Loch Long, — the falls of the Clyde, — the Lakes — &
Liverpool. — He spoke of the various Scenery with less admiration than
travellers usually do — [Daniel had been a long time in India]. — The
scenery which pleased him most was the ride from Hamilton to Lanark
along the Banks of the Clyde. — He found the people everywhere preparing
for military exertions, and the utmost unanimity prevailing. In the
Highlands of Scotland the same spirit prevailed.
Lysons called. — He mentioned the death of Mr. Topham Treasurer
to the Antiquarian Society. He died at Cheltenham & was buried there.
He directed that He shd. not be buried within 10 miles of London. —
Ich Dien
August 26. — He [Dance] told me He had seen the correspondence
between the King & the Prince of Wales relative to the Princes offer of
military service. The Prince first wrote a long letter to Mr. Addington,
desiring to be appointed to a Military situation, — in the present urgent
crisis, and when his Brothers are employed. — Mr. Addington presented
* To William Jackson we owe much of our knowledge of Thomas Gainsborough,
whose letters to him, preserved in the Royal Academy, reveal the artist's insight and
honesty and give an admirable idea of his racy, fervid style of writing.

140 The Farington Diary [1803
the letter to his Majesty, from whom it was intimated through some
channel but not in a direct way, that His Majesty did acquiesce with the
desire of the Prince. The Prince not hearing from Mr. Addington then
wrote to Him in the third person, beginning " The Prince of Wales,"
&c. &c. — expressing disappointment at not hearing from him. To this
Mr. Addington replied that He had submitted the letter of His Royal
Highness to the King & understood that a communication had been
made to His Highness. — The Prince then wrote a long letter to the King,
urging the strongest grounds He could for his application. — To This the
King wrote a short letter adressed to the Prince as " My dear Son,"
and concluding " Your affectionate Father," but persisting in refusing
the Princes request. His Majesty writes that in case the Enemy should
land He (the King) would be found at the head of His troops, — approves
the Princes zeal — and expects that He will be at the head of His
Regiment. Though this correspondence has not been made public,
the Prince has shewn it to many, so that it is well known ; which
sufficiently expresses his disappointment.

CHAPTER XXXIX
1803
" We Have Him "
August 26. — I drank tea with Dance & afterwards went to see the
St. Pancrass Volunteers collected. This evening 7 Candidates for the
Rank of Captain were nominated. — a Mr. Le June is appointed Major.
He is a Stock Broker. The whole of the military business of this Parish
appears to be in low hands. Man of Feeling
August 27. — Westall told me that the periodical publication called
" The Lounger " was written by Mr. Mackenzie, author of the " Man
of feeling." — Westall [R.A.] knows him personally, and supposes him to
be abt. 55 years of age. He is a Merchant & settled at Edinburgh. — *
August 28. — Hayley [The Poetaster] has advertised to publish
a life of Romney. — Humphry [R.A.] travelled to Rome with Romney.
He found him a man of uncommon concealment ; in no way communi
cative. In what related to his Art He reserved his studies, refusing to
let them be seen while He was in Italy. —
Humphry remarked of Romney as an Artist, that [he] painted many
good heads, but in a mannered way. He has some taste & sensibility.
and represented beautiful woemen in a captivating manner, but He
never cd. make a picture altogether exquisite. He had no eye for the
harmony of the whole, & his colours were often coarse & discordant, not
rendered with feeling. —
• Westall was misinformed. Henry Mackenzie, son of a physician, was born in Edin
burgh in 1745. Passing from the University in 1765, he came to London to continue his
law studies, and on returning to Edinburgh he was appointed Crown Attorney in the
Court of Exchequer, and Comptroller of Taxes in 1804. The " Lounger " (February 6,
1785, to January 6, 1787), was preceded by the " Mirror " (January 23, 1779, to May 27,
1780), the first periodical of its kind in Scotland. His " Man of Feeling," published
anonymously in 1771, was foUowed by " The Man of the World," " JuUa de Roubigne,"
and several plays. Mackenzie, " the Northern Addison," as Scott caUed him, long enjoyed
popularity in Edinburgh, and became a connecting Unk between eminent Scots, such as
David Hume and John Home, and Sir Walter Scott and Lord Cockburn. He died in 183 1 .
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C'est la Guerre
August 29. — [Joseph] Minet spoke of great bankruptcies in the
City.— -Lindo, — who was supposed to be worth a million, — Masteer, a
great Ship Builder, whose Father left him £200,000. — George Barclay,
Member for Bridport. His failure is said to be for £300,000. — His Father
was a Clerk in the House of Holford & Co. at Lisbon ; after which he
became a Merchant on his own account in Portugal & failed. — He came
to England & through the recommendation of the late Mr. Evans became
a Clerk to Mr. Hyott a Portugal merchant. After a while He was ad
mitted to a 4th. of the business as a Partner, then to a 3rd, — and Mr.
Hyott having retired to the Country & left the management to him He
pressed to have one-half, which was also agreed to. After the term of
this Engagement expired, He separated from Mr. Hyott & left him after
13 years absence from business in a state which obliged him to return
to it & to endeavour to form connecions, His separated partner having
made this necessary by having had the advantage of personal interest.
Hyott failed, and George Barclay, the present Bankrupt, became his
Assignee. George had abt. 20 years ago abt. £1600 left him by his Father.
Minet was about that period his Clerk, & has seen Mr. Hyott waiting
in a passage for an audience of G. Barclay in the cold months, and
treated by him with great disregard. —
G. Barclay married a Miss A. daughter of a Tobbaconist* who at
various times has had settled upon Her Children £1500 a year which the
Creditors cannot touch. He has been returned for Bridport by the
Dissenting interest. His manners have rendered him unpopular. —
Haughty, overbearing, & unfeeling. — It is remarkable that in the space
of 20 years He shd. be in a situation similar to that of the person He
shewed disrespect to, a Bankrupt. —
Invasion Improbable
In the midst of the general preparation for defence against invasion,
it is remarkable that Mr. Coke [Earl of Leicester] of Norfolk has taken no
active part.— This can only be ascribed to two causes. — His disapproba
tion of the cause of the war, which Mr. Fox, to whom He is devoted,
condemns, and a belief that no attempt at Invasion will be made, which
Mr. Fox also appears to consider improbable. — In both instances, if those
causes do influence him, it is seen how much He is a Bigot to the opinion
of the Chief of his Party, — and it is not easily reconciliable with that
John Bull feeling for his country which [Sir James] Mackintosh ascribes
to him.
* " Interested " writes : With reference to the extract from the Diary of 29th August,
1803, in the paragraph relating to George Barclay, sometime M.P. for Bridport, Farington
states that he " married a Miss A." George Barclay is said to have married Rebecca
Brbckhurst, only child of Benjamin Brockhurst, of London, by his wife Sarah Arnold,
daughter of Lathom Arnold, of London (presumably the " Tobbaconist "), and had issue.
His father, Thomas Barclay's, descent from the Collairnie family, in Fifeahire, hat never
yet been definitely proved.

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Paul, the Coward Emperor
August 30. — It is reported that General Sublakoof, a Russian
Gentleman, is to be married to Miss Angerstein [daughter of J. J. Anger
stein, whose pictures formed the nucleus of our National Gallery collec
tion]. — Lawrence has been in company with the General and has con
versed with him. He gave Lawrence an account of the Death of the
Emperor Paul.* He said that His extravagant caprices were such and
his conduct so unbearable that many of the Nobility retired from Peters-
burgh to their estates in the country. — A few days before his death
reports were circulated in Petersburgh that something important wd.
soon happen. On that day the Regiment to which General Sublakoof
belonged, & two other Regiments received orders to march from Peters
burgh to some distance, but on the same day, at a later period, orders
came from the Arch Duke Constantine for the Regiment to remain
and to be under arms. — About three oClock in the morning the death
of the Emperor Paul was announced. —
The death of the Emperor was related by Genl. Sublakoof as follows.
The Emperor was in bed alone, when on hearing a noise at his door
He started up and drew his Sword. There were two doors to his bed
chamber one on the right-hand of the bed, the other on the left. The
opposite door to that which the Conspirators forced opened to a passage
which led to a room where his Mistress slept. Paul was of a Cowardly
disposition. He attempted to get away by that door but in his con
fusion instead of unlocking, locked himself in. The Conspirators had
been obstructed at the door which they forced by a Centinel who they
dispatched, & then breaking into the room were confounded when on
making up to the bed they found it empty. They found the opposite
door locked & instantly concluded that Paul had escaped. They were
then on the point of endeavouring to get away by the door at which they
entered when one of them noticed that the opposite door was locked
inward & He cried out " We have him" — On examining the Room &
removing a fire screen, they saw Paul standing in his Shirt, who imme
diately implored mercy in the most piteous manner, weeping, & begging
his life, — and offering to abdicate his Throne. The Conspirators were
struck silent by His adress, and stood suspended, which caused him
to make an effort to escape, this roused them, and in the endeavour to
prevent him one of them struck him down after which they strangled
Him [on March 24, 1801]. Their intention was said to be to have caused
* Paul, second son of Peter III. (who was murdered), was born in 1754, and succeeded
his mother, Catherine II., on the Imperial throne in 1796. His earhest measures included
the exile of his father's assassins, and the pardon of Kosciusko and other Pohsh patriots.
In the war between France and the rest of Europe, he at first fought on the side of the
AUies, then withdrew from the CoaUtion. QuarreUing with England, he entered into
an aUiance with Buonaparte, and brought about the battle of the Baltic by joining Sweden
and Denmark in their opposition to the English Government's insistence on the right of
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him to sign a paper to abdicate his Crown, and that the murder was
accidental, that is not previously intended. —
The Empress Pitied Him
The day before his death He had signed an order to banish the Empress
& His eldest Son Alexander to Siberia. This was communicated to
Alexander, and it was represented to him that such a government could
not be endured. He was prevailed upon to consent that His Father
should be obliged to abdicate the Throne, but had no knowledge that His
death wd. be sought. — The Empress though so severely treated by Paul
pitied him, & never forgave those who caused His death, — and the present
Emperor Alexander has held similar sentiments. Most or all of the
Conspirators have been banished to Siberia.
For some days the effect upon the people of Petersburgh was visible.
It was evident that they felt as if relieved from difficulty & apprehension,
yet there was something of a melancholy air of pity expressed in their
countenances. — General Sublakoof is abt. 30 years of age, of a frank,
agreeable disposition. He was supposed sometime ago to be an illu
minate but is now believed to have renounced those errors. — The present
Emperor Alexander is a well disposed man, of a pious turn. His under
standing moderate. —

SCENES ON THE WYE.

.1 ^y?R^

Lidbrooke Village.

Goodrich Castle.

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CHAPTER XL
1803
The Wye Tour
A New Feeling
September 2. — I have been for several days very deep in study
which has brot. on fatigue, but I trust evident improvement. A new
feeling in some respects (particularly with regard to arrangement of colour)
seems to have arisen in me. —
September 3. — Called on Lawrence & settled with Him the terms
of Lane's account. He mentioned to me a pamphlet which has been
lately published, " Cursory remarks upon the state of parties," — an
attack upon Mr. Pitt, Lord Grenville, &c— The 3rd. Edition is printing.
— General Brownrigg told him that a friend of his was with Mr. Pitt
when He laid down the pamphlet after reading it, & said " an absurd
Collection of more innocent falsehoods than I remember to have seen." —
September 4. — Dance called.— He spoke of the great changes
which happen in some men's fortunes. He dined the other day with
Claude Scott, the corn merchant at His House near Bromley where He
lives splendidly. The late Ben Kenton ; Porter Seller & Wine merchant
told Dance that when He kept the Magpye ale house in Whitechapel,
Claude Scott, abt. 30 years ago, applied to him offering to keep his books,
being then seeking for employment. Kenton died possessed of a great
fortune, & Scott is supposed to be worth £300,000. His Son married
the only daughter of a Mr. Armstrong who is said to be worth half a
milion. — Troubles of Travelling
September 9. — At a quarter before 7 oClock this evening I left
London in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Mail Coach. The engagement
with the Post Office is so ordered that it does not receive the Gloucester
mail till it arrives at Oxford, to which place it is conveyed by the
Worcester Mail. We stopped 20 minutes at Maidenhead and reached
Oxford about 4 oClock in the morning. Here we found a good fire and
a maid servant with coffee prepared. In abt. half an hour we proceeded,
breakfasted at Burford at 7 having 20 minutes of time allowed, and got
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to Cheltenham at half past ten oClock. — The expense of my conveyance
was greater in proportion to the distance than on any other road I re
member. Including luggage, (a common sized Trunk) the expense was
£3.2.0 and the distance only 90 miles. — The Coachman, by the way,
who drove from London cheated me. He charged me 5 shillings for
Luggage, and did not enter his receit in the way bill, which caused it
again to be weighed at Cheltenham, and I was told it came to 3s. 6d. —
I referred them to the Coachman to settle the account putting in my
claim for a return of the overcharge.
Cheltenham Waters
On my arrival at Cheltenham I found my Brother Henry at the Inn
&_soon after Hoppner came. We joined Marianne, my Brother Henry's
wife, and passed the morning in walking in Lanes where we found some
very picturesque Scenery. — Hoppner since He came here three weeks
ago has been quite idle as to the use of the pencil but now found himself
posessed of a strong desire to make sketches of some of the scenery.
This day Lady D'Oyley, wife of Sir John D'Oyley was buried here.
She died on Tuesday last having come from Ireland for the benefit of
the Cheltenham waters, — Sir John is now settled in Dublin, and is engaged
in a Brewery, after various changes of fortune. — [See Vol., I. p. 71.]
Henry & Hoppner reside at Smith's boarding House where they pay
6s. 6d. each per day and are provided with board & lodging. — They
breakfast at 9, — have a refreshment at one, — dine at \ past 4, — drink
tea at 7 and sup at 9. — Whoever goes to the House must pay for a whole
week if but there two or three days, but after that time may continue charged
only by the day. —
We sat down 38 to dinner. Mr. Horrocks one of the Members for
Preston, was the only person that I remarked there. He has the ap
pearance of being an active man, and his look is vigilant. — At 7 oClock
the Ladies and many of the gentlemen assembled in a room upstairs
where Coffee and tea were served, and several parties sat down to Cards.
Being weary, I retired early to my Inn, and Hoppner to his room. Though
his general appearance is better, He is not free from complaint, and
Dr. Jenner [of vaccination fame], who practises here as a Physician in
the Season, has recommended to him to rub in Mercury for his Liver
complaint. —
September 11. — At my Inn a Bed may be had at 2 shillings a night,
and at Eighteenpence if the person who requires it should eat in the
House. A Successful Labourer
To-day we sat down to dinner 37 persons. Hoppner dined out.
Mr. Horrocks sat opposite to us, and I was pleased on observing his
plain and simple manner. Fifteen years ago He worked in a Horse
quarry as a Labourer. He was also a weaver, and wove for Watson &

1803] A Successful Labourer 147
Miers of Preston in Lancashire. By degrees He began to manufacture
on his own account, and engaged also in the Spinning business. He
erected a Mill notwithstanding obstacles, put in his way, and at last suc
ceeded greatly ; has bought an estate near Penwortham a little way
from Preston, and built a spacious house there, and at the last election
was returned to Parliament as one of the members for that town. He does
not appear to be more than 40 years of age. By over application to
business He has brought on Indigestion, and He visits Cheltenham for
relief. — He seems to be very temperate. Decission, that characteristic
feature of a strong mind, He posesses. By the stoppage of intercourse
with Hamburgh, at the commencement of the present war, a very large
quantity of goods belonging to him remained unsold, and He was con
sequently disappointed of the returns He had reckoned upon to answer
engagements. At once He made up his mind, and instead of adopting
half measures which might have affected his credit, He sold at a loss,
it is said, of £40,000, a great quantity of goods, and by that means became
provided with remittances sufficient to answer the demands upon him,
and also to offer to discount bills drawn upon him. Thus, though his
fortune was reduced, His credit was confirmed, by shewing that He had
an ample sufficiency for all purposes.— He gave £1000 towards the
support of the Volunteer corps formed at Preston.—
The dinners provided at Smith's Boarding House for the public table
are very good. There are two courses. The second consisting of Fowls,
— Hare, pies and puddings. The wine at Cheltenham is much complained
of. James Christie
September 12. — Passed my morning in making Sketches. —
Hoppner joined but did not apply long. — I dined at Smiths with about
40 persons. — After dinner Bianchi who was one of the Company sung
an Italian air. — Col1- Heath, — Captn. Ogg, — and another gentleman also
sung. — Hoppner dined with Christie the celebrated London auctioneer
who is here for his health. He came to tea & told me Christie is evidently
growing worse, but does not seem to be in a state of much apprehension
though He acknowledges that His appetite & powers fail. As is common
in such cases He conceives that He should be better in another situation,
& talks of Bath.*
* James Christie, the elder, was born in 1730, and died on November 8, 1803. See
Index, Vol. I.

VOL. II. 10*

CHAPTER XLI
1803
Romantic Stories
The Duchess and the Dominie
September 13.— At Eleven oClock left Cheltenham in company
with Hoppner and Mr. Evans, an Irish gentleman who had been sometime
there, and was desirous of going down the Wye. — We set off in a Chaise,
& at Gloucester, 9 miles from Cheltenham, met the Son of Mr. Evans
who travelled on Horseback. — The weather was very fine. — On our way,
in conversation Mr. Evans informed us that He was of a family originally
Welsh, but that his great grandfather settled in Ireland. He gave us
much information relative to the state of Ireland, and many anecdotes
of persons who had become remarkable on some account or other. He
said that when He was a youth He was educated at Buck's school in
Dublin, where a Mr. Ogilvie from Scotland was Tutor with a salary of
£30 a year. After being there sometime Ogilvie demanded an increase
of Salary, but only proposed that it should be guineas instead of pounds.
This was refused : on which he quitted the School and being favored
by the parents of some of the Scholars, took a certain number of Boys
to educate. The interest which Ogilvie had was however not extensive,
& as His pupils went off others did not succeed them, so that He was in
danger of being left unprovided for, when Sir John Cunningham, an
eminent Surgeon, and his Countryman, recommended him to the late
Duke of Leinster* as a proper person to be Tutor to his four sons. The
Duke received him as such, and settled a Handsome Salary upon him
and a provision when the education of his Sons should be completed.
The Duke formed an establishment for them at the Black rock, a few miles
from Dublin, where the Duchess of Leinster frequently went to see them,
* James, first Duke of Leinster, who was the eldest surviving son of the 19th Earl
of Kildare, head of the great family of the Geraldines. On February 7, 1747, he married
Emilia Mary, daughter of Charles, second Duke of Richmond and Lennox, by whom he
had seventeen children, eleven of them surviving childhood.
William Ogilvie was tutor to the Duke's fifth son, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the rebel,
and after his death on June 4, 1 798, from a bullet wound inflicted when he was trying to
escape arrest, Ogilvie purchased Lord Edward's Kilrush estates at the mortgage price
of £10,400. See Index, Vol. I. 148

1808] The Duchess and the Dominie 149
and Ogilvie soon became a particular favorite of Her Grace and the Duke
dying [in 1773] a little while after she married him, putting Him thereby
in possession of an Income of £4000, Her Jointure, and of £10,000 in
money. Ogilvie has two daughters by Her Grace, and has so conducted
himself as to be upon very good terms with the Duke of Richmond,
Brother to the Duchess, — and with the Duke of Leinster Her Son, who
bring him into Parliament. Prolix and Tedious
Lord Reddesdale, the present Chancellor of Ireland is very well ap
proved there. His decissions are given with great care and rectitude,
and He is so solicitous to convince the losing party that He ought to
be satisfied with the decission that it sometimes causes Him to be more
prolix & tedious than the occasion seems to require.
At the Bell at Gloucester we changed our Chaise. It appears to be
a house of very good accomodation. — The Road to Ross from Gloucester
is through a country somewhat Hilly. The distance 16 miles. The roads
in Herefordshire are at least in many parts remarkably bad. Hoppner
said that Christie [the auctioneer] told him that having an estate in Here
fordshire to dispose of He had as usual set it off by a flowery oration, but
before concluding He said that He felt bound to observe that Hereford
shire was a county that had two peculiarities, viz. : " Turnpikes without
end," — and " roads without bottom." —
Pope to Lord Bathurst
Ross is a small town situated upon an eminence. — We drove to the
King's arms, an Inn that was formerly the dwelling House of Mr. Kyrle,
the humane and charitable " man of Ross," celebrated by Pope in
his epistle to Lord Bathurst. — While dinner was preparing we walked to
the Church yard, and to a small field in front of it, from which there is
a very extensive view commanding the course of the River Wye, and the
Hilly country which bounds the Vale through which it passes. At a
greater distance some of the Welsh Hills in the neighboroud of Aber
gavenny are seen. The scene is rich and pleasant, but there are no
striking features to fix the attention. Immediately beneath the Wye
sweeps in a semi-circular form, and Wilton Castle, from which the Earl
of Wilton takes his title is seen, situated in the margin of the River at
the distance of three quarters of a mile from Ross. — Upon the river I
counted five pleasure boats laying ready for Passengers. A large estate
including Wilton Castle belongs to Guy's Hospital, — and the Duke of
Norfolk has a considerable estate in this neighboroud which He posesses
in right of Miss Scudamore, now Duchess of Norfolk.
A Fortune By Mistake
At 5 oClock we dined, & were not very well pleased with our enter
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we hired a boat to convey us to Monmouth. The fare is one guinea and
a half for the boat, and half a guinea to the Boatmen, three in number
one to steer and two to row. — We were informed that the passage from
Monmouth to Chepstow is made upon the same terms. It is also usual
to take a basket of provissions from Ross to eat in the boat at such place
on the passage as may be preferred.
In conversation this evening Mr. Evans [the Irishman] mentioned the
singular circumstance of a countryman of his, who gained a fortune
by being mistaken for another man.— Bob Wilson, as He was called by
His friends, had a property of about £400 a year, which being gay and a
man of Show, He was supposed rather to have diminished. He came to
England, and went to Brighton, with a view to try what confidence &
dressing well would do. A short time before He went to Brighton
there had been a Mr. Wilson, an Irishman, there whose person was re
markably handsome, and who had been proclaimed by the Ladies to
be the most captivating of his Sex. The reports of him reached other
places and Miss Townshend, a daughter of the Countess of Dalkeith by
the late Right Honble. Charles Townshend, had heard his praises, at a
time when she was preparing to go to Brighton. On her arrival there
she went to the rooms, at the very time that Bob Wilson first made
his appearance there, and after the much talked of Mr. Wilson had left
the place.
Bob was the best dressed man in the room, and his air & manner
easy & confident, but his face remarkably plain. It happened however
that Miss Townshend heard his name, and Her imagination doing the
rest, she fancied she saw in Bob all that she had heard in praise of Mr.
Wilson. Bob saw the attention with which she regarded him, was
introduced to Her danced with her, and in Ten days or a fortnight ran
away with & married Her & got £10,000 ; and Her Brother dying,* an
estate said to be £3000 per annum.
* On August 15, 1775, Charles Townshend, orator, statesman, and ChanceUor of
the Exchequer, second son of the third Viscount Townshend, was married to Caroline
Dowager Countess of Dalkeith (daughter of John, second Duke of Argyh), and by her
had two sons and a daughter, Anne, who was married, first on March 22, 1779, to
Richard Wilson, of Tyrone, afterwards to John Tempest.

SCENES ON THE WYE.

Cold well.

Rosemary Topping.

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CHAPTER XLII
1803
The Wye Tour
September 14. — We breakfasted and at a quarter before 9 went on
board our Boat. The Boatmen told us they had never known the water
so low as at present, though one of them had been employed on the
River 30 years. The morning was very fine and the dews had cleared
away. We passed Wilton Castle which did not appear sufficiently tempt
ing as a picturesque object to induce us to stop at this point. A little
farther we passed under a large old bridge, which if united with other
circumstances might form a subject for a sketch but it is so situated
that it will not combine with the Castle. A little way beyond the Bridge
we had proof of the difficulty we had to encounter from the river being
so shallow ; the Boatmen were obliged to go into the water and to force
the Boat along by dragging & lifting. This they did and with much good
humour. One of them entertained the other by saying " it was like
pulling a pig to market." —
At Ross our dinners were charged 2s 6d. each, — wine 4s. 6d a bottle,
Brandy 6s. a bottle. Breakfasts is 3d. — Beds is. each. The Landlord
never made his appearance to us, and on the whole we were glad to shift
our quarters. Vignettes
Rosemary Topping, a Hill of a picturesque shape, was rendered
particularly beautiful by the fine light and shade and colour that prevailed,
over it at that Hour. The evening was approaching, and there was a
sweet & mellow tone over all the objects ; all was calm & silent, and the
smoke which issued from a part of the Hill where Fern was burning
rising gently, seemed to contribute to the pensive sentiment which the
scene excited.
The pleasure we had in viewing the scenery was frequently interrupted
by the difficulty of getting our Boat over passages so shallow that it
seemed almost impossible to force it forward. It was frequently obliged
to be lifted with poles by the men standing in the water, & in one part
it required that the Boat should be lightened. Accordingly. Hoppner &
Mr. Evans, Junr. were carried on shore by the men who took them on
their Backs, but unfortunately one of these assistants had by too repeated
an application to his Bottle-become a little unsteady & giving way under
the weight of Mr. Evans He was dropt into the water and with a narrow
escape of falling upon his back into it.
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We next approached the New Wear, a point very celebrated for its
scenery and justly entitled to be so. It is of the Matlock character, but
superior to it from the reasons I gave before. The Rocks rise to a great
height, one of them of singular form, are well covered with wood and
many cottages are interspersed suitable in form and colour to the 'style
of the Landscape. On the right hand bank there is a large cluster of
cottages surrounding the Iron works which are established here.— The
detached, perpendicular rock of singular form is called by the inhabitants
" the Long Stone," but our Boatmen told us that some years ago a party
of Lawyers, who annually after going the Circuit, passed down the Wye
as a pleasure excursion, gave it the name of Counsellor Bearcroft, humour
ously thereby alluding to the confidence with which He stood foremost
the Champion of Professional assurance.
Hoppner & I entered a poor cottage by the roadside, where we resolved
to wait till the Chaise came. In the cottage was a labouring man, His
wife and a Child. They were both healthy and strong, the man talked
a good deal but whatever may be said of the happiness of a cottage life
content did not seem to be his portion. He complained that those who
by their work raised the fruits of the earth, the labourers had scarcely
any share of the produce, — His mind seemed to be in a fit state to receive,
if it had not received, the notion of equal rights. — By a few shillings which
we gave them we left them however, for the time, at least, in good humour
with those who had them to dispose of.
September 15. — Got to Monmouth at five o'Clock. . . .
We dined at half past five. At this House " The Beaufort Arms "
we found all the accomodations good, and as before noticed the wine
excellent. We had much conversation. Mr Evans spoke of a deputation
from the Irish Volunteers which having arrived in England was caressed
by both the Political parties. They were introduced to the King who
advanced & graciously received them, & then retired. They were in
Regimentals. Knighthood was offered, and the payment of their ex
penses, both which they refused. It was also proposed to them to make
the Irish Fencibles a regiment with Commissions for the Officers which
was also declined. Orators and Patriots
Mr. Evans said that Mr. Grattan's Father was Recorder of Dublin, &
from some cause disinherited Him. Mr. Bagenhall in the Irish House
of Commons proposed to vote to Mr. Grattan £100,000 ; this was not
supported but £50,000 was immediately voted to him, with which He
purchased an estate which now produces to Him £5000 per annum.
Mr. Flood, His rival in Oratory, is inferior to Him in eloquence, but
superior in argument and learning. Mr. Corry's grandfather was a Pedlar.*
• Isaac Corry (1755-1813), son of Edward Corry, merchant in Newry, was Surveyor-
General of the Ordnance, afterwards Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer.

1803] Orators and Patriots 153
— Mr. Thomas Connolly,* the Irish patriot, disinherited Mr. George
Byng,t the Member for Middlesex, His nephew, in consequence of
the latter having instituted a Law suit, and He left His estate to a Son of
the Honble. Thos. Pakenham. — Mr. Evans spoke of the state of Ireland.
He said all the English Irish were for a Union with England, & the
Dissenters are now reconciled to it from apprehension of the Catholics.
English Cannibals
The Catholics of Ireland look upon the English as if they were can
nibals such is the inveteracy of their prejudice. He said the best Policy
would be to get over the Irish Roman Catholic Priests by allowing them
salaries from Government. They would then soon cease to desire that
influence over the minds of the people which they now posess. The Irish
Roman Catholic, He said, has no idea of Divinity, The Virgin ; the Cross
and, the Pope, are what His mind is filled with. — Of the Irish People
Mr. Evans said, they have great bodily strength and can endure any
labour or exposure though they live only upon Potatoes with milk and
sometimes butter. Not more than two days in the year do they eat
animal food, but on Christmas day and St. Patrick's day they make this
addition to their diet. Of their mental character, He said, they are
quick of apprehension, acute, sudden, but easily moved by kindness. —
Tintern Abbey
September 16. — We had been well treated at our Inn but we found
our Bill rather high. On account of the water in the river being low and
some other circumstances we resolved to proceed to Chepstow by land.
The weather continued fine and we left Monmouth in a Chaise at twenty
minutes past seven. Our road laid up a Hill for several miles from
whence we had an extensive view. Looking back Monmouth appeared
in a Vale with swelling Hills richly clothed rising beyond it. As we had
agreed to go to Tintern Abbey on our way we enquired at what distance
from Monmouth it is situated and were told ten miles ; but our informa
tion was incorrect. We were obliged to go within two miles of Chepstow,
and then to turn and go three miles to the village of Tintern — down a
very steep descent a narrow passage between high wooded hills. At
half past eleven oClock we got to the little village of Tintern, and here
had a very good breakfast, and saw the Abbey. The external appearance
of it was not equal to my expectation. The scene colectively is too
crowded. The interior was also of less striking than my imagination had
formed it from descriptions and views. The South window has most
Ivy upon it, a drawing by Thos. Hearne is the best I have seen of it.
Entering by the west door the view looking to the East window is the
second best view of the interior. —
* Thomas Conolly (1738-1803), only son of WiUiam ConoUy (M.P. for BaUyshannon
from 1727 until his death in 1753), by Lady Anne Wentworth, eldest daughter of Thomas
Wentworth, first Earl of Strafford of the second creation (171 1).
t Major George Byng (1764-1847), of Wrotham Park, Middlesex, M.P. for that
county, was eldest son of George Byng (1735-1789), who married Anne, sister of the above
Thomas ConoUy.

CHAPTER XLIII
1803
The Wye Tour
Piercefield House
September 16. — We entered Pierce-field Walk which winds along
the top of the Cliff having beneath the river Wye. We stopped at
several openings where there are seats. The river is sunk far below
having a long line of rocks to bound its shore but the eminence of Wind-
cliff Hill is conspicuous above all forming a stupendous breast work of
perpendicular rock. — Having brought provisions with us we dined at
the entrance of a subterranean passage cut through the rock.
Not having knives and forks and glasses we sent to Pierce-field House
and were furnished with them. Here the Gardener joined us, a civil
intelligent man. He told us the place was made by Humphry Morrice
Esqr. It then became the property of a Mr. Smith who failed and it
was sold to Colonel Wood, who also purchased other estates adjoining
but having bought the Borough of Gatton in Surrey, He sold it to Mr.
Wells, the present posessor, for £95,000. The whole estate contains
about 3000 acres of land. We walked past the House which is a specimen
of very bad taste in architecture. The view from the front is beautiful.
September 17. — The Woman who has the care of the [Lodge]
gate spoke highly of the charitable and good disposition of Mr. and Mrs.
Wells, and of Miss Wells, His Sister. Mr. Wells is a Creole of a very deep
colour, but Miss Wells is fair. — The Woman told me that Mr. Wells is
very exact about admission to see the grounds. Every person who
goes for that purpose is required to write His or Her name and the book
is carried to him every Saturday night, from which He transcribes all
the names into a book which He keeps in His own posession. He does
not refuse application for admission on other days than Tuesdays and
Fridays, but should a person be seen in the grounds without leave, He
would himself go to the gate and express Himself angrily to Her. —
From the Lodge I walked to my Inn and dined at half-past five oClock.
Chepstow Castle
The tide at Chepstow flows to a great height, sometimes sixty feet.
At low water the river runs a narrow stream at the bottom of a vast
depth of miry bank, on which Ships and boats lay dry on the sloping
tide of a precipitous descent till the returning tide again floats them up
an even surface. Owing to the rapidity of the Current and the quality
of the shore the river always appeared of a mud colour admitting no
reflection or any of the beauty of the clearness. This is a material defect
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in the landscape of Chepstow and Pierce-field wherever the river Wye
forms a part of it.
September 18. — At noon I walked in various directions and saw
the inside of the Castle which is shown by people who live in it in some
rude apartments they having the care of it under the Duke of Beaufort.
The part of the remains of the Castle which externally is most con
spicuous was the Chapel. The whole is in a most ruinous state and in
ternally there is nothing picturesque or remarkable. It is built upon a
narrow ridge of perpendicular rocks. It had two courts, a draw-bridge,
and two strong towers at the East and West ends. The apartment is
shewn in which Henry Martin, one of the Judges who sat on the trial of
Charles first was, after the Restoration confined twenty seven years. A
few slight showers fell today. The Volunteers of Chepstow were paraded
this morning, and marched from thence to the Church. Two Captains
of the Navy were also here for the purpose of exercising Sea fencibles.
Everything indicated universal preparation for War.
September 19. — I dined at five oClock. I paid my first Bill at
Chepstow and found the charges as follows : s# d.
Dinner  2 6
Wine per Bottle  5 °
Bed each night  I 6
Breakfast  I 3
Tea  I 3
My daily expense (including what I gave to servants) might be reckoned
at ten shillings. This was the first time of wine being charged pr. bottle.
September 21. — After dinner I proceeded to Gloucester 12 miles;
the road good and level, and to Hempsted, one mile beyond Gloucester.
September 23. — The situation of Hempsted is pleasant, having
a fine natural terrace with an extensive view of Gloucester and the
neighbouring country. — The large Scudamore estates in Gloucester
shire now posessed by the Duke of Norfolk in right of the Duchess His
wife, I was informed are so circumstanced, that should she die witht.
leaving a child it is not known who could claim as Heir to them, the
Duchess being insane, not being competent to make a will. — Speaking
of the Revd. T. Whaley of Bath I was told that He married Mrs. Anne
Heathcote of the Crescent, a maiden Lady of large fortune.
Lady Mary Wortley
September 24. — After breakfast Mr. & Mrs. Hawker left us.
He is acquainted with Mr. Dallaway, the Editor of Lady Mary Wortley's
letters. He told us the cause of Her [Lady Mary] going abroad was
that she had a strong propensity to money speculations and had im
prudently engaged in purchasing stock for time, and lost £10,000 which
Mr. Wortley, Her Husband, refused to pay. It was then settled that
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seller, had somehow been able to purchase one Hundred of Her letters
which had been purloined from the family, for which He paid one
Hundred guineas, and He intended to publish them. This coming to
the knowledge of the Marquiss of Bute, Her grandson, He to prevent
indiscriminate publication offered Him the mass of correspondence pro
vided a person that He approved should edite them with liberty to sup
press such as it might be improper to publish and in case Philips should
not agree to this proposal His Lordship would advertise a publication
which would lower the value of whatever Philips might publish. Philips
accepted this proposal. Grazier's Son to Archbishop
September 26. — Mr. Lysons Senr. told us that He was at School
with Dr. Moore, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and reckoned Him to be
about 77 years old. His Father was a Grazier, and His Uncle a Butcher
in Gloucester. He was often sent when a Boy by His Uncle for a Cow,
and He was at that period of a steady, regular disposition. While He
was at school He would have His lesson got while other Boys were at
play. He was at Pembroke College, Oxford. A Steward or Agent of
the Marlborough family applied to Mr. Meeke, Tutor of Pembroke Col
lege to recommend a Tutor to instruct the present Duke of Marlborough
and His Brother. While Meeke was pausing upon it Moore happened
to cross the Quadrangle of the College, and Meeke seeing Him said,
" That is the Man." Moore was immediately retained and all His good
fortune rose out of it.
After tea Mr. Trye* of Gloucester a Surgeon of great eminence called.
He married the eldest daughter of the Revd. S. Lysons Senr.f
September 28. — Between two and three oClock I left Hempsted,
and walked to Gloucester, where, at three oClock I set off in the Mail
Coach for London. We drank tea at North Leach, and supped at Oxford,
and arrived at the Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly, at \ past seven
oClock in the morning.
* Dr. Charles Brandon Trye, F.R.S., was for many years senior surgeon of the Glouces
ter Infirmary.
t C. H. M. writes : In the 'Sixties and 'Seventies I knew the Rev. Samuel Lysons,
of Hempstead Court, near Gloucester, the son, or perhaps the grandson, of Farington's
friend, the antiquary who is so often quoted in the Diary. He had held the rectory of
Rodmarton, near Cirencester, and was an honorary canon of Gloucester Cathedral. He,
too, was an antiquary, F.S.A., and the author of " Our British Ancestors," an early challenge
to the Teutonic school of British origins, which then held the field. I do not know if his
son, Colonel Lorenzo Lysons, Uves, or if Hempstead Court still belongs to the family.
It would be interesting to know who is the present representative of Farington's great
friend. The Rev. D. G. Lysons, 72, Beaufort Road, Edgbaston, writing on August 22, 1922,
replies : In answer to your Correspondent's query I beg to say that my brother, Colonel
Lysons, has been dead some years. Hempstead Court, after many generations of possession
by the family, has, like many other properties in these days, passed away into other hands.
My grandfather, the Rev. Daniel Lysons, Rector of Rodmarton and owner of Hempstead,
worked with his brother, Samuel Lysons, barrister and Keeper of the Records in the Tower
(a friend of the Princess Elizabeth), in the production of many books of antiquarian interest.

CHAPTER XLIV
1803
The Enemy's False Hopes
October 1. — Marchant [A.R.A.] called in the even'g. — He spoke
of the two monuments in St. Paul's executed by Banks [R.A.] — Rossi
[R.A.] as being disgraceful to the building & to themselves. Ill designed
— ill drawn, — & not finished. — Marchant spoke of Turner's pictures.
He said Turner had talent, — that his pictures are curious, but bad, and
his prices beyond comparison. Titian and Wilson
October 2. — West has been cleaning his collection of pictures. —
He spoke warmly of the excellence of the Hunting by Titian. He re
marked that Titian had studied the effects of those mountains which
border on the Tyrol, & are composed of a blue slate. He said Titian
adopted the principle of making dark distances & light foregrounds, which
produces sublimity. — That Claude painted for air — Titian for sublimity.
— He dwelt upon his little picture of the Convent on the Rock by Wilson
[R.A.], saying it was coloured equal to Cuyp, or [Jan] Both & in parts
like Titian. — Wilson was only defficient in not understanding the value
of a ground tint, — but used the thick colour in those parts where the
ground tint should prevail. —
Attempts to Invade Us
To-day the Gazette was announcing the attack on Gun boats en
deavouring to pass from Calais to Bullogne, which the boats effected
by being able to keep in shore under cover of their batteries.
In the afternoon I went to Hoppners at Fulham and dined with
him. — We conversed abt. the present state of the Country. — All are
convinced that the French will make great attempts to invade us, but
there does not seem to be any apprehension. — Gifford [Editor of the
Quarterly Review] seemed to speak favourably of the present adminis
tration, particularly as being unassuming and attentive to the senti
ments of the People.
Hoppner seems to be uneasy abt. his thin Habit of body. He does
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not seem to have his spirits raised by having been at Cheltenham. —
He was at Lord Boringdons* at Saltram 9 days.
October 5. — Lawrence I dined with & afterwards went with him
to Covent Garden Play House & saw the " Provoked Husband." —
Kemble, in Lord Townley — and Miss Brunton in Lady Townley — Her
First appearance on any Stage. — Munden in Sir Francis Wronghead
& Emery in John Moody. — I afterwards drank tea with Lawrence.
He told me that He is to paint a whole length portrait of Mr. Pitt for
the Princess of Wales. — The Prince has got the Portrait of Lord Thurlow
[by Lawrence] delivered at Carleton House by His Lordships order, It
was first intended for the Princess. —
The Battle of the Baltic
Humphry [R.A.] called. — Lawrence dined a day or two ago with
Baron Wolf the Danish Minister and went there with a Danish gentle
man. In conversation much respect was expressed for this country,
but He could perceive a jealousy of its naval power, & a desire to
have it lowered.
October 7. — Mr. Squire, son to the late Bishop of St. Davids
came and read part of a letter from Lambert [the artist] at Rome, who
states that He is at liberty to go about there but cannot quit the place,
the influence of Buonaparte preventing it. —
The " Morning Post "
Lawrence told me, that Stewart [Dan Stuart] who was Editor of
the Morning Post, informed Kemble that Government had purchased
that paper at the expence of £12,000. — Invasion is expected within a
fortnight & the attempt wished for by many, that a defeated Enemy
may give up false hopes. —
October 8. — Breakfasted with Steers to introduce Hoppner to
see the pictures. He was much captivated with the 2 pictures by Wilson,
and comparing them with those of Gainsborough said that Wilson
* John Parker, Baron Boringdon, only son and heir (by his second wife, Theresa, second
daughter of the first Baron Grantham) of John first Baron Boringdon, was born in 1772
and created Viscount Boringdon of North Molton, Devon, and Earl of Morley in 1815.
His father went over from the Whigs to Pitt in 1780.
Like his father, Lord Boringdon was a keen politician, and drifted from one side to
another. He supported Pitt, and claimed to be Canning's earliest adherent in the House
of Lords. After Canning's death he became a Whig and supported Parliamentary reform.
He took great interest not only in his own Devonshire estate, but in pubhc works. For
an embankment built by him on the coast he received a gold medal from the Board of
Agriculture. The Society of Arts also gave him a gold medal. His other works included
dry docks and fixed moorings for ships at Catwater Harbour. He was elected a FeUow
of the Royal Society in 1795. Described at the age of forty as taU, well-proportioned,
with handsome features and pale complexion, his generosity as a host, linguistic abiUty,
and taste in the fine arts made him a most attractive personaUty. When George III.
and Queen Charlotte stayed at Saltram, the largest house in Devonshire, a hundred beds
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painted " Daylight " but Gainsborough no positive light, but a sort of
ambiguous representation of it. — He never saw Green upon Blue managed
with so good effect as in the cool picture by Wilson. — The sky is blue
& the trees green, — He was also much captivated by the Sketch oi
Omais Head by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which He thought as fine as Titian.
Unfaithful
October 9. — Humphry dined with me. — He told me that Mrs.
Wyndham was married to Lord Egremont above two years ago. He
belives she was a farmer's daughter, & was with his Lordship at 15
years of age. She was according to her own account neither desirous
of being married to his Lordship nor of being acknowledged Countess of
Egremont, which he sd. she might declare herself if she pleased. The
cause of their present unhappiness is Jealousy on her part. She appre
hends his Lordship is not faithful to her, — and that with people about
her, — at present they do not cohabit [see Vol. I., p. 255 n].
General [afterward Sir John] Moore has the command of the Coast
from Dover* to Deal, and being in the vincinty of Walmer-Castle fre
quently dines with Mr. Pitt. — Mr. Charles Long told James Moore [the
General's brother] that Mr. Pitt had observed to the General that the
Volunteers would be in aid of him. " Yes, replied the General, I should
place you on the heights, to see us {the regulars) fight it out." —
October 15. — After breakfast called on Webber at J. OfHeys
[wine merchants]. Packet yesterday from Lisbon, with very bad ac
counts. Lord Robert Fitzgerald our Minister, had informed the gentle
men of the [wine] Factory that it would be well for them to remove the
whole of their property as soon as possible, as in all probability the
French would soon possess Portugal. — That the Prince of Brazil was
controuled by General Lasnes the French Ambassador and a thing un
heard of had stood Sponsor for his Child. — This information caused
the Merchants to endeavour to remove their property by every means.
They had hired Danish & Swedish Vessels to bring it home if possible. —
The Brothers Dance
G. Dance [R.A.] had 4 Brothers, Giles — Love the Player, — Nathaniel
& William. The first conducted himself ill and his situation is not known
to Steers. — He who assumed the name of Love & went upon the Stage
has been long dead. — Nathaniel is now a Baronet with a new name
(Holland), and William an ingenious modest man, is in a private situa
tion. With a talent for musick, & much ingenuity He has attempted
to get a living by miniature painting & by teaching as a School Master.
Lord Camden knows him & being at a Concert given by his Brother
* When the war with France was renewed Moore commanded a brigade first at
Brighton, afterwards at Canterbury. The French armies intended for the invasion of
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Sir Nathaniel conceived the reason to be his situation in life. His Lord
ship soon after had a Concert & invited Sir Nathaniel & William who
made an excuse, which His Lordship saw through & put off the day of
his Concert. William was obliged to attend to the 2nd invitation &
gave Lord C. an opportunity of showing an attention which the Brother
had not.
The City Light Horse are to meet on Tuesday next [the 18th] to
vote to petition his Majesty to take off the limitation which confines
their service to 10 miles from London, and to allow them to be called
anywhere in the Country. —
Napoleon and Canova
Humphry [R.A.] was in much trouble from the idea that respectable
worthy gentlemen might in the contest of an Invasion be cut down by
the French ruffians who are to be sent for that purpose. He mentioned
N. [probably Northcote] with great indignation who holds up Buona
parte as the greatest of all human beings & He believes looks upon the
expected invasion with satisfaction. When Venice was taken by the
French Cannova, the Scupltor, represented to Buonaparte that all his
property was lodged in the Bank of that place and that Buonaparte
ordered it to be restored to him, — thus it is supposed reckoning that
the same may happen to him. — He says that the English is the worst
government that ever existed in the world. — Such is the effect of being
bred up to be disatisfied with the establishment under which we live.
N. and his family are strong Presbyterians.
Halls [the artist] called. — He belongs to the St. James's Volunteers
& speaks very well of the Corps, but that their officers want experience.
He is much pleased with Lord Amherst's manners as their Commandr.* —
Halls mother & Sisters are come to London to reside at present.
They left Colechester in consequence of Sir J. Craggs (the General) having
advised His Father to remove them, and also any paper &c. of value.
The General said that if unluckily the French were to succeed in their
first attack they might in a few hours be in posession of Colchester which
is but 10 miles from the Sea. —
• William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Arracan, succeeded his uncle, Commander-
in-Chief of Great Britain, on August 3, 1797.

CHAPTER XLV
1803
Sir Joshua and Flaxman
October 16. — Military preparations abound. On my way to the
[Foundling] Chapel I saw the large Corps of the Duke of Bedfords work
people drawn out & performing their exercise. — The St. Pancrass Corps
was also out this morning. Painted most of the morning [October 17]
— then walked to Chalk farm where many Volunteers were firing at a
Target. October 18. — Northcote & Flaxman called. — Sir Joshua Reynolds
was spoken of. Northcote doubted his having any real feeling for the
excellencies of Michael Angelo, & thought his praise was in compliance
with established opinion. He remarked that Sir Joshua could not in
his art express elevated character. His Historical attempts, His Madonas,
were all upon a level with common life. In his picture of the Death of
Cardinal Beaufort, though the expression of the Cardinal is strong the
figure is mean, and not adequate to the Historical description of the
character. — A nobleman in the back ground is an attempt at expression,
but it is a Chimney Sweeper. But in the practical part of his art in one
respect Sir Joshua seemed posessed of the feeling of Michael Angelo, in
that breadth of colour, for which his works are so remarkable. —
Flaxman complained of Sir Joshua's behaviour to him upon two
occasions, which were so opposite to his usual care & politeness as to
be remarkable. Soon after Flaxman was married He was walking
in the street with his wife and met Sir Joshua, to whom He bowed &
spoke while His Wife went forward. Sir Joshua asked him who she was.
Flaxman told him. What are you married. — Yes — " Then, said Sir
Joshua, your improvement is at an end. — " The other instance was a
refusal of an offer of Flaxman's when He was setting off for Rome to
pursue His studies. Flaxman offered his service to superintend the
making [of] any Casts from the antique which the Academy might
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The Military Spirit
October 19.— This afternoon [Fast Day] the Colours were delivered
at Fitzroy Chapel to the St. Pancrass Corps of Volunteers by the Revd.
Mr. Matthews, Chaplain to the Corps, — after which they were reviewed
in Harley field by their Lieut : Coll. Le Jeune. There were 250 or 300
of them. The day was fine and a great number of Spectators attended.
The ground was kept by a detachment of the Marybone Corps— and by
the Westminster Cavalry. —
I saw Jeffry Wyatt* there who is a Captn. Lieutenant in the Mary
bone Corps in the light infantry. He told me He is the only professional
man among the Officers ; all the rest are in independent circumstances —
Yesterday they reed, their colours from the Duchess of Devonshire
[who passed them] to their Coll. Lord Duncannon Her nephew. His
Lordship afterwards gave a dinner to all the Officers of the Corps at
His House in Cavendish Square, about 50 in number.
October 21. — Hoppner had just finished the whole length of Mr.
Windham. It is to be engraved by Reynolds who went to Norwich to
solicit subscriptions, but the friends of Windham agreed to take the
plate and to make it their own property, paying Reynolds 120 guineas
for engraving it in metzo tints. — Hoppner shewed me several sketches of
Landscape made with black chalk on White paper in the manner of
Gainsborough, with whose drawings He is passionately enamoured. —
October 28. — At 10 went to the Review in Hyde Park, the second
days review. — The Corps at the West end of the town were reviewed. —
The weather was a little foggy but fine. The King looked well, but it
being 4 years since I last saw him I observed the appearance of increasing
age : — Mr. Evansf called on me — He thinks the military spirit now
raised will produce the same effects that attended the formation of
* Jeffry Wyatt (1766-1840), son of Joseph Wyatt, architect, of Burton-on-Trent,
studied under his uncles, Samuel and James Wyatt, and in 1799 opened on his own account
in Avery Row. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1786, and was elected an
Associate in 1822 and Academician two years later. In 1824 he was appointed architect
of the additions and improvements intended to be made at Windsor Castle, and in honour
of the laying of the first stone of the projected new buildings he assumedthe name of
Wyatville to distinguish himself from the other Wyatts who were architects. This
fatuous affectation was ridiculed in the following lines :
Let George, whose restlessness leaves nothing quiet,
Change if he wiU the good old name of Wyatt ;
But let us hope that their united skill
Will not make Windsor Castle — WyatviUe.
He was knighted in 1828 and housed in the Winchester Tower in the Castle. The
works at Windsor, which cost £700,000, occupied him tiU his death in 1840, He was buried
in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
t An Irishman of Welsh descent. See the Wye Tour.

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Volunteer Corps in Ireland, viz. : That after the present danger is over
they will demand a reformation in the state of Parliamentary Repre
sentation.

Painted Women
Dr. Monro's I dined at. Hoppner dined a few days ago with the
Mamaluke Chief* at Sir Watkin Williams Wynne's, — and observed him
to be a man of high breeding & dignity, — abt. 43 years of age. — He went
with them to the Playhouse but did not seem to be much amused. —
He objected to the paint on the faces of the woemen, — and thought
they appeared old. — He expressed his surprise at the public exposure &
appreciation of men with woemen, & wondered at the forbearance of the
Men.— A Narrow Escape
October 30. — Dr. Fisher, Bishop of Exeter has 5 children. The
estate which comes by his wife is settled upon her for her life & is after
wards to go to Her eldest Son. It is 16 or £1800 a year. He had hopes
of being allowed to retain his Canonry of Windsor with his Bishoprick,
* Mahommed Bey al-Alfi who, after the British evacuation of Egypt, came to England
to negotiate for the restoration of the Mamelukes to power in Egypt. They had already
taken Minia and cut aU communications between Upper and Lower Egypt.
His Excellency was highly honoured while in England. On the 10th of November,
1803, for example, the Prince of Wales entertained him and other distinguished visitors.
The great equestrian abiUties of the Mamelukes and Turks were discussed and the prince
said : "I have now in my stud an Egyptian horse, so wild and ungovernable, that he wiU
dismount the best horseman in Elfi Bey's retinue." The Bey repUed, in Italian, to the
prince : " I shall gratify your Royal Highness's curiosity to-morrow." An appointment
consequently took place next day, at two o'clock, in the Prince of Wales's riding-house,
Pall Mall. " When the Bey, in company with Colonel Moore, his interpreter, and Mahomet
Aga, his principal officer, a young man of apparently great agiUty, entered the riding-house,
where the prince and his royal brothers waited, attended by several noblemen, to witness
the management of the horse, which never before could be ridden by anybody. One of
the mameluke's saddles being fixed by the grooms, the animal was led out of the stable into
the riding-house, in so rampant and unmanageable a state, that everyone present concluded
no one would ever attempt to mount him. ThereTiever was a greater model of beauty.
He is spotted Uke a leopard, and his eyes were so fiery and enraged as to indicate the greatest
danger to anyone who dared to mount him. Being led round the boundary, Mahomet
Aga made a spring, seized him by the reins, and in an instant vaulted on the back of the
animal, which, finding itself incumbered by a burden that it had never before felt, and
goaded by the tightness of the Egyptian saddle, gave loose to his passion, and, in the height
of ferocity, plunged, but in vain, in every direction. The mameluke kept his seat during
this proud distraction of the horse, for more than twenty minutes, to the utter astonish
ment of the prince and every beholder ; and the apparently ungovernable animal was,
at last, reduced to so tame and accommodating a state as to yield to the control of the very
able rider who had thus Bubdued him. The prince expressed himself highly gratified ;
greatly complimented the officer for his equestrian skill ; and, after retiring to Carlton
House, ordered some refreshment, when Elfi Bey and his retinue departed, not a little
proud of the display of their easy victory." [See entry for December 19.]
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but He was allowed to keep his other livings & that was taken from him
which affected him much. Exeter is abt. £2000 a year.
Dr. Prettyman, Bishop of Lincoln* has lately had an estate of £3000
a year in Lincolnshire left to him by a Mr. Toulmin, who was no relation
but was accustomed to call upon the Bishop at Buckden, and became
attached to him. A little before his death His good will to the Bishop was
in danger of being shaken. He called at Buckden as usual, on his way
to London, & it happened to be at tea time. Mrs. Prettyman gave him
the tea they were drinking but did not make a fresh pot. After He
left the House He complained to a person of the want of Attention which
might have grown to dislike and produced an alteration in the Will of a
Capricious man. —
When the Bishoprick of St. Asaph was given to Dr. Horsley it was
not known to be so good as it really is being near £6000 a year besides
vast patronage.— Hughes passed a day with him at St. Asaph & was
concerned to see how little self command He had, being passionate &
impatient with his Servants & those abt. him to a very uncomfortable
degree. He has lately given promotion to His Son (an only Child) to
the amount of £1200 a year, which is well for the Young Man, for the
Bishop is so improvident that He will never save anything. — If He has an
Hundred Pounds in his pocket He is uneasy till it is spent.

Pitt as General
[The Rev. Mr.] Hughes dined lately with the Equerries at Windsor.
Generals Harcourt, Manners & Sir Wm. Pitt were there. — They spoke
of the exertions of Mr. Pitt as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, & said
that He had paid such attention to Military science, and his mind acted
so powerfully upon it that if He proceeded He wd. be the best General
in the Country.
The fortunes of Chalie the wine mercht. have gone in one instance
in a remarkable manner. — Mr. Garthshore, a Lord of the Admiralty,
married one of the 2 Miss Chalies. She survived Her father 3 days
only, but being his Survivor, Garthshore will posess a 3rd. of Chalie's
fortune. — At the time of Her death she was expected to be confined
with a first Child, but she died prematurely, — Garthshore is at present
in a state of debility in respect of his mind, but goes abroad. It
* The Right Rev. George Pretyman TomUne, D.D., of Bacton, Suffolk, and of Riby
Grove, Lincolnshire, was born in 1750 and died in 1827. He was educated at Winchester
and Cambridge (senior wrangler 1772), a feUow of Pembroke College 1773, and tutor and
private secretary to WiUiam Pitt in 1782. In 1803 he added Tomline to his name in ac
cordance with the wUl of Marmaduke Tomline, of Riby Grove, who, as told in the above
entry, left his estates to the Bishop, who married in September, 1784, Elizabeth, daughter
and co-heir of Thomas Maltby, of Germains, Bucks. She died in 1826. In 1823 the
Bishop established his claim to a Nova Scotia baronetcy, which had lapsed in 1749, and was
afterwards known as Sir George Pretyman Tomline.

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is not improbable that old Dr. Garthshore may have the disposal
of that great fortune.* The Blues
November 1 . — In the evening, Philip Hamond [Farington's nephew]
came from Canterbury where his regiment, the Blues, is quartered. He
said that General Moore commands a Brigade at Hither, which is thought
the finest in respect of discipline that ever was formed in England. — I
asked him what He thought of our regiment of City Light Horse. He
said He had seen them, and was of opinion that they wd. do nicely to
relieve the Regulars by taking care of Prisoners, — Baggage — and keeping
the people in order, but were not fit for military duty against an Enemy,
their charge being loose & irregular, & their disorder upon being moved
such as to expose them.
A Cornetcy in the Blues costs 2000 guineas & the Income is about
£200 a yr. — The recruiting parties do not offer bounties to those who inlist,
nothing more than a Sixpence or Shilling, a retaining fee. — The pay of
the privates is 2s. 6d. a day ; but their subsistence only one shilling, which
with the advantages they have is quite sufficient. — A Captain is allowed
the keep of 3 Horses, — a Cornet of two, — at the daily expence of 8d.
for each Horse, the remainder is paid by Government. — A Cornet may
live with the Regiment if He has £150 a year besides His pay. P. Hamond
had £200 a yr. allowed by His Father before His marriage. — Officers
at their Regimental Mess pay 4s. 6d. each for their dinners, — besides
wine. If an officer who belongs to the Mess dines one day in the week
there He is charged for the whole week, but not otherways. — They
also pay 2s. 6d. for breakfast & 2s. 3d. for supper, — at the former they
have grills, &c. — Those officers who are married and live separate from
the Mess are equally respected, — and it does not appear that an officer
suffers anything in the opinion of his comrades if He adopts a frugal plan.
* WiUiam Gartshore (1764-1806) was born in London and educated at Westminster
School and Christ Church, Oxford. As Tutor to the Marquess of Dalkeith he travelled
over Europe and later became private secretary to Mr. Dundas (Lord Melville). He sat
in pariiament first for Launceston, then for Weymouth, and in 1801 Mr. Addington ap
pointed him a lord of the Admiralty. In 1794 he married Miss Jane ChaUe, and her death
in child-bed and that of her father upsetting his reason, he died on April 5th, 1806. The
property therefore did actually pass to his father, Dr. MaxweU Gartshore (1732-18 12),
who used to say : " When WilUam lived he made me poor ; at his death he made me rich."
The doctor, who was a native of Kirkcudbright, became a successful accoucheur in London
from 1764 until his death. He was a generous friend to the poor — it is said that on one
occasion he gave a gratuity larger than his annual income.

CHAPTER XLVI
1803
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
November 3.— Mr. [William] Hanbury of [Kelmarsh] in Northamp
tonshire married the eldest Miss Pack.— He is towards 60 years of age &
has £11,000 a yr. — He succeeded to the estate of Lord Bateman including
Shobdon Court in Herefordshire. He is a very worthy but singular man.
He retains in his Houses a Musick Master,— a drawing master, & a
Mathematician, with each of whom as His fancy varies He amuses
himself. — His eldest son is 24 years old. His eldest daughter very
handsome.* Artist and Soldier
November 6. — Major Carey called on me, (my old pupil) who is
advanced to be Major of the 28th Regt. and is now Aid de Camp to
General Hewet. — He told me He had been in many parts of England to
inspect the Army of Reserve, which now consists of 35,000 men, incor
porated in different Regiments of Regulars. — The 28th Regiment now
consists of 2,000 men & is just shipped for Ireland. He has no notion of
England being invaded. Ireland is the Country He is apprehensive for.
* To show the relationship between Lord Bateman and the above Mr. Hanbury, it is
necessary to go back to the latter's father. He, William, married in 1735-6, Sarah, the elder
daughter of WiUiam Western, of RivenhaU, Essex, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir
James Bateman and only sister of the first Viscount Bateman. Sarah, who, we are told,
was " worth ,£30,000," died in 1766, her husband in 1768. Their son, the WiUiam of
Farington's entry, was married to Charlotte, daughter of Charles James Packe, of Prest-
wold, Leicestershire, and he succeeded to the estate of Shobdon, under the wiU of the last
Viscount Bateman, on the death, in 1802, of his widow, EUzabeth Viscountess Bateman.
Hanbury died in 1807 (not 1800 as given in Burke), and his eldest son, William, born in
1780, succeeded to the estates of Kelmarsh and Shobdon.
Educated at Eton, he matriculated at Oxford on April 24, 1798, and was Whig M.P.
for Northampton from 1810 to 1818. In December, 1835, he stood as a Liberal for that
county, but was defeated. Created on January 30, 1837, Baron Bateman of Shobdon,
he changed his name to Bateman-Hanbury. On August 16, 1822, he married Elizabeth,
sister of Arthur, first Lord Templemore, and died on July 22, 1845, aged 65 years, his wife
on September 19, 1882, in her eighty-fourth year. The Kelmarsh estate, which was for
200 years the paternal inheritance of the Hanbury family, was sold by the second Baron
Bateman. " The Loving BaUad of Lord Bateman " was pubhshed two years after the creation of
the first Lord Bateman, but it has no relation to him or his family.
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Waste the Country
November 7. — Loutherburgh said to me that the best mode of de
fence to be adopted against the French in case they made a successful
landing was to waste the country, — throw up works & stand on the
defensive [the enemy] obliged constantly to advance against difficulties,
& for the English to avoid a pitched battle. . . —
November 10. — Gandy* told me He was employed to finish works
begun by Harrison at Lancaster Castle. Harrison after proceeding with
parts altered so much, introducing new ideas, that the expence encreased
so as to weary his employers. They wd. have purchased his drawings at
any price & have worked from them but He wd. not deliver them & Gandy
has made designs for finishing what He left undone.
November 12. — Humphry called & dined with me. He told me
Westmacott was with him on Saturday last & expressed his great desire
to be a Member of the Academy & of the Club which He understood was
to be on Thursday next. He said His professional commissions amounted
to the value of £16,000. — Humphry had been to His workshop & was
shocked to see the incapability of the execution of Sir Ralph Abercrombie's
monument. He said it was not much above the old works carved in wood.
November 13. — West gave us the following account. — That He went
with Richards to Windsor on Saturday and got there at \ past 5. While
they were at dinner, abt. \ past 6, Wyatt, Yenn & Tresham drove in and
joined them, and they dined and passed the evening together. This
morning between 8 & 9 West being dressed went into the room where He
found Wyatt & Richards. Yenn was gone up to the Queens Lodge to
inform the King of Wests arrival. —
About \ past 9 West, Richards [secretary of the Royal Academy]
& Yenn [treasurer] went to the Lodge & the Page in waiting informed
the King that they were attending. The King having breakfasted at
that time came from his family into his own apartment into which they
were shewn. — The King reed, them very graciously and asked Mr. West
how his health was ? & observed that they were both growing old &
must expect some effects from it. — His Majesty then said that He had a
communication to make to the Royal Academy & that Mr. West might
not say too much or too little if it were done verbally He had committed
* Joseph Gandy was the only architect made an Associate of the Academy during
Benjamin West's Presidency. Born in 1771, he studied first under James Wyatt, then
entered the R.A. schools and gained the gold medal with a design for a triumphal arch.
Subsequently he went to Rome, and on his return was employed by Sir John Soane.
Elected an Associate in 1803, he seemed to have a bright future, but oddness and unprac-
ticability interfered with his success, and forced him to ask the Academy for pecuniary
assistance. Disappointment and poverty led Gandy into a morose state of mind, and he
lived retired in Greek Street until his death in 1843.

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it to writing. His Majesty then drew a paper from His pocket & de
livering it to Richards ordered Him to place it among the archives of the
Academy, that it was proper that the President should have a copy
but no one else. Take Out Your Assistants
He then ordered Richards to read the paper, who opening it seemed
puzzled, on which the King said take out your assistants, Richards was
more puzzled when West sd. to him " Your glasses, Mr. Richards."
" Aye, aye," sd. the King, " your glasses, they are what we must all
have recourse to " — After Richards had read the paper, there was a
pause, till West said the latter part of the paper leaves me in a situation
unprotected as President, and after what I have experienced in the Council
relative to my picture Hagar & Ishmael,* I can have no security, but
that which your Majesty can afford, or words to that effect. The King
replied, " That was the most ill-natured action that I ever heard of, to take
such an advantage of you being on your sick bed & I wish my sentiments
upon it to be publickly known." — West said that His situation had been
very unpleasant and that if any other person cd. be proposed to fill the
Chair of the Academy to the satisfaction of His Majesty and the Society,
He wd. that moment resign, and continue to contribute all in his power
for the Honor & interest of an institution which He had some share in
forming & invariably attached to. — The King said " No, No, all parties
concur in wishing you to remain in it, nor can any other be proposed so
proper. You have had my friendship & shall continue to have it, and
make yourself easy." Threw It Into the Fire
After giving this account West who was evidently delighted with the
reception He had met with from His Majesty, seemed to think that the
paper delivered by the King contained nothing very unpleasant for the
Society, but by degrees we discovered (He had not the paper with him)
that the suspended Members had obtained a full decission against us. —
After a long conversation we parted having agreed to meet at Mr. Wests
the following evening and to request Dance, Smirke, Daniell & Shee to
attend. —
November 14.— Flaxman & Smirke called.— Flaxman mentioned
that Gandy while canvassing Him spoke of his situation with Soane,
which caused Flaxman to ask Him some particulars. He said Soane
* In the previous year West sent a picture entitled "Hagar and Ishmael" to the
Academy Exhibition, and in his absence through iUness Copley, it was suspected, drew
attention to the fact that it had been exhibited before, and the painting was rejected.
West explained that the picture had been so much altered as to be almost wholly different
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allowed him £150 a year & behaved well to him. — Gandy afterwards went
to Soane & repeated what had passed in such a way as to cause Soane
with his usual irritability to write a warm letter to Flaxman beginning,
Sir, & requiring to know why He put questions relative to Him & His
engagements &c. — Flaxman replied shortly & spiritedly, which brought
something [of] a milder letter, which Flaxman threw into the fire. — So
much for Gandy, & a similarity to the Roman acct.

CHAPTER XL VII
1803
The King Rode Into Windsor
November 18. — West I called on and had a long conversation.
The King always speaks from some other person. — " West's work was
said, never to have an end " — by the Duke of Cumberland. Soon after
the same was said to West from the King by Wyatt. He was ordered
to stop proceeding with the Chapel pictures. He offered to go on with
them and does [so] at his own expense. — There has certainly been great
delay but it was the King's desire that the work should proceed slowly
to make the expense easy to him. —
November 26. — I called at Nollekens & at his door meeting Charles
Offley & His wife took them in to see the Busts &c. Nollekens was not
at home but I sat with Mrs. Nollekens sometime . . .
She talked with an evident personal meaning of the Academy having
suffered from the desire of some to posess a power in the Society which
should not be, — She talked of artists being dissipated & thereby no
Sir Joshua's — Wilsons and Vandykes came forward. Lawrence shd.
have been a Vandyke from his promise. —
The King Was Very Kind
November 27. — West mentioned his having £1000 a year from the
King. For some years after He first reed, it He made many presents of
pictures & drawings to the Queen & was much in Her Majesty's favour. —
That was not continued & before His Majesty's illness in 1788 Her
Maj estys attention to him had cooled. When the King showed symptoms
of disorder He was frequently with West in the Castle. — His Majesty
became worse and went to Kew where He was confined to his bed. West
went over from Windsor and the Queen happened to be out. A Page
informed the King of West being there & his Majesty sent for him to
His Bedside. The King was very kind sd. He was better & shd. soon be
at Windsor. — The Queen came in & appeared disconcerted. — West
returned to Windsor & in a few days the King came. He sent for West
who found with him General Buda & Robt. Greville, & the Queen &
Mrs. Cheveley & Miss Goldsworthy looking over silks. The King began
to speak of his illness and said it was owing to his not having taken
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1803] The King Was Very Kind 171
the Queens advice but that from henceforward He always would, that
she was a good woman &c. &c. — This rambling & singular conversation
caused the Queen to flutter among the silks & the attendants to feel very
awkward. — He finished by ordering West to go to the Castle & He wd.
come to him to see an experiment on the Philosophy of Colours to shew
that all combinations are derived from the Prismatick colours. —
West continued to [see] the King, & usually in an evening between
His Coffee y Tea Time. — A few days after West went there & found
all in great confusion : The dinners of the Equerries & Pages untouched.
He was informed that the Prince of Wales had dined there & that after
dinner the King had slept a little, & on awaking, had seemed to have a
burst of inspiration. He adressed himself to the Prince & spoke of
his own Illness, & the possible consequences, then of the Princes conduct
and shewed to him his duty both in a Religious & moral respect in a
manner the most forcible & affecting. — His Majesty was exhausted by
his exertion & was carried out & the Prince so overcome by what had
been said that He was taken away also.
All Will Go Well
The King was soon after removed to Kew and Dr. Willis* called
in. — After sometime West went there, & was introduced by Mr. Smelt
to Dr. Willis & his Son.— Dr. Willis desired him to place himself in a
particular situation that He might see the King as He passed by. His
majesty being then walking in the garden with the younger Dr. Willis.
— West did so and observed the King. After He had passed Dr. Willis
asked him what He thought of his Majesty. West replied that He was
much thinner but that His countenance was much less altered than He
expected. — Dr. Willis said " that is the point I wanted to ascertain. —
I think so too, & all will go well. . . ." The King soon after amended
fast. The King Entered on Horseback
During the King's illness a deling which the King had ordered was put
up and the Queen was informed of it. This had been done under Wests
direction. She ordered it to be taken down. — The King on his recovery
was removed to Windsor. He entered the town on Horseback that the
people might see him. Thousands were assembled, His Majesty went
* The Rev. Francis WilKs (1718-1807) practised medicine without a licence, it is
said, until the University of Oxford conferred on him the degrees of M.B. and M.D. When
called in to see George III. on his first attack of madness in 1788, Willis and the regular
physicians were very antagonistic, some of them considering him to be " not much better
than a mountebank." But he soon became popular at Court. On April 27, 1789, the
Morning Post referred to him as the " great Victor of Insanity," and Madame D'Arblay
describes him as " a man of ten thousands : open, honest, dauntless, light-hearted, innocent
and high-minded." His son John (1751-1835), with his father, again attended the King
in his second illness in 1811, as did another son, Robert DarUng (1760-1821), who was the
author of "Philosophic Sketches of the Principles of Society and Government" (1795),
and father of Robert WiUis (1800-1875), professor of mechanism and archaeologist.

1^2 The Farington Diary [1803
first to the Chapel. On coming out & after He got into his carriage He
saw West and ordered him to be called near & spoke to him kindly.—
Soon after He required West to go through certain apartments with
[him] & among them that for which He had ordered the Cieling. Though
taken down by the Queens order it had been put up again in consequence
of the King having spoken about it after His recovery. On looking at
it now, He observed a crack in it, and asked How that came. The person
who had put it up said it was in consequence of its having been taken
down. The King asked who ordered it to be taken down. The Man
paused : no answer was made. — The King asked if the Queen had ordered
it to be taken down : Silence implied the affirmative : the King said
no more. West has continued to feel coldness on the part of Her Majesty.
Coleridge : Violent Democrat
November 29. — Sir George Beaumont called. — Lodged at Jackson's
at Keswick in the same House with Coleridge, a few years ago a violent
Democrat but now quite opposite, — abt. 32 years old, — of great genius,
— a Poet, — prodigious command of words, — has read everything. —
Sir George also became acquainted with Wordsworth (nephew to
Cookson), who is a rival genius, has abt. £70 a yr. is married, — lives near
Grassmere, — is abt. the same age. —
So Goes the Story
Lady Charlotte Hornby* mentioned as having gone from Her Husband
to His friend Mr. Taddy in the Temple, on Saturday last [26th]. Hornby
came home to dinner at the usual hour, — no Lady Charlotte, — at Eleven
oClock, she sent for Her maid. —
At 3 in the morning she was taken from Taddy's but not home.
Lord and Lady Derby sent for to the Oaks. [They arrived at Grosvenor
Square on the 29th.] — Erskine since employed — so goes this story.
* Lady Charlotte Hornby, a daughter of the twelfth Earl of Derby, was married to her
cousin, Edmund Hornby, of Dalton Hall, Westmorland, on August 22, 1796. As already
mentioned by Farington, Lord Derby did not approve of the proposed marriage, he saying
that they had better see more of the world. He, however, ultimately consented, and
agreed to pay young Hornby 4 per cent, of Lady Charlotte's ,£28,000 dowry.
In the Morning Post of November 29, 1803, the Lady Charlotte-Mr. Taddy incident
is amusingly referred to. "A discovery was made in Lincoln's Inn on Saturday mght
(November 26), which is Ukely to excite much attention in Westminster Hall. A lady of
distinction, it seems, either forgetting herself, or her way home, strayed with a Learned
Gentleman [? Taddy] into his Chambers, and did not become sensible of her mistake
till three o'clock on Sunday morning. This curious affair has been referred to the neigh
bouring Gentleman of the Long Robe " [? Erskine].
On December 28 Farington says — " Mrs. Abercrombie mentioned many particulars
abt. Lady Charlotte Hornby & Mr. Taddy. She has a son abt. 4 years old. — Herself 25
or 6 years old. She is now in Grosvenor Square at Her Father's."
Lady Charlotte died on November 25, 1805, and Mr. Hornby on November 8, 1857.

CHAPTER XLVIII
1803
No Borough Interest
December 2. — Lysons called twice. Mr. Astle, Keeper of the
Records in the Tower died last night. Lysons, had just been with Lord
Dartmouth who had written to Mr. Addington. — His Lordship sd. that
Mr. Addington was indecissive, therefore other interest might be necessary
as He (Lord Dartmouth) had no Borough Interest. They agreed that
Lysons shd. call on Mr. Bragge — the Secretary at War* & Brother in Law
to Mr. Addington which He did, & was reed, very kindly, Mr. Bragge
saying He wd. pull on His Boots & call on Addington to ask him for
it. In the evening [of December 7] Lysons called & informed me of his
probable disappointment in respect to the Office of Keeper of the Records.
— It is said by Mr. Yorke, the Secretary at Wart, to be in his gift, & that
He intends it for a friend. — But the point is unsettled, the salary being
paid by the Treasury & some still believe the appointment shd. come
from thence. — Lysons went to the Princess Elizabeth today to the
Queens House for Her application to Mrs Yorke Wife of the Secretary
(late Miss Manningham). The Princess instantly undertook to write,
but on recollection sd. she wd. speak to the Queen for Her recommenda
tion also, which she did.
Lysons called again having been to Mr. Bragge at the War Office
who told him Mr. Addington had given him the place & that He was
to call on him tomorrow morning. — Lysons on his way to me had called
• The Right Hon. Charles Bragge was the elder son of Charles Bragge, of CUeve HiU,
Gloucestershire, by Anne his wife, daughter of Benjamin Bathurst, third son of Sir Benja
min Bathurst, M.P., and younger brother of the first Earl Bathurst.
Mr. Bragge, who succeeded Mr. Yorke (see below), was M.P. for Monmouth, Bristol,
Bodmin and Harwich. He assumed the name of Bathurst on May II, 1804. Baron
Bledisloe (Sir Charles Bathurst) is the present representative of the family.
t Charles PhiUp Yorke was Secretary at War in the Addington Administration, but,
showing no great aptitude for that post, he was appointed Home Secretary in August,
1803, so that Lysons made a sUp in referring to him as Secretary at War on December 7,
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174 The Farington Diary [1803
on Sir Joseph Banks to inform him " Who said it would contribute
to make him [Banks] better," — He called also on Lawrence and then
to me. — I bespoke the first place in his gift & the first ride in his Chariot.
— The place is £500 Salary, — and perquisites arise particularly in Election
times. —
Sir George Beaumont told Hoppner He wd. give anything to see
an accomplished Landscape Painter arise : [Turner and Constable had
already arisen] and He spoke highly of the efforts of [James] Ward &
[S, W.] Reynolds.— Hottentots
December 3. — Sir Joseph Banks's I went to with Lysons to see an
Hottentot Man & two Woemen. — They were dressed in the English
manner. — Lord Dartmouth, — Dr. Pitcairne-Home, the Surgeon, — Sir
John Blagden, — [Alexander] Dalrymple, Dr. Garthshore, — Lady Banks
& Sir Joseph and Miss Banks &c. &c. were there. One of the woemen
spoke loud in Her own language. I remarked a Click of the tongue
[f like a Parrot's] as a particular singularity. — Their manner was as
decent and well regulated as well ordered Country poeple of our own
could be. —
December 13. — West I called on. — He has learnt that it was reported
to the Queen that Tom Paine [author of " The Rights of Man "] lodged
in His House while in England. — On the contrary He said He never saw
him but 3 or 4 times. — Edmd. Burke was with Paine when He first
called on West. —
December 17. — Owen [R.A.] married the daugr. of a Shoemaker
in the Haymarket. There were two sisters. After the death of their
Father they continued to carry on the business (Owen at that time
having married one of them) but they became bankrupts, & Owen was
subject to much difficulty & loss in consequence, being arrested at Rams-
gate on acct. of those affairs & carried to the goal [sic] at Dover. He has
since been accused of not shewing proper attention to his wife, but
in consequence of it being remarked to him has been more attentive.
Garvey [R.A.] mentioned that Coll. Mitford [the historian], Brother
to Lord Reddesdale married a Sister of Captn. Molloy of the Navy, by
whom He had 3 Sons & a daughter.— She [the daughter] died many
years ago.— an Uncle of the Coll. a Mr. Revely of Yorkshire, elder Brother
of Mr. Revely, Father of Revely the Architect, has left the Coll. an estate
of £7000 a year, out of which He is to pay £4000 a yr. to the surviving
Brother (Mr. Revely) for his life, He being upwards of 80.
The Bey and the King
December 19.— Elfi Bey, the Egyptian Chief, was at Windsor
yesterday. He leaves London tomorrow & was very desirous to speak
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& expressed great pleasure at it. State reasons prevented His being
introduced to the King publickly, but it was so ordered that He went
to Windsor & was yesterday carried to the guard room in the Castle where
He waited half an hour before the King came from Church, who it was
planned should apparently accidentally pass with the Queen & Princesses
through the guard room, & there seeing Elfi Bey should speak to him.
Lysons left the room before the King came. Lord Blantyre, Col : Moore
&c. were with Him. He is a very fine man, speaks Italian.
In conversation with the King, Lysons spoke of his having been
in Cheshire to collect matter for his publication. Incidentally Lancashire
was mentioned, and its Loyalty. — The King said he believed it to be
very Loyal but still He wd. not give up Gloucestershire (Lysons Country). —
Opie's Low Prices
Opie shewed me a whole length He is painting of Lady Fanny Pon-
sonby*, — daugr. of Lord Jersey, a beautiful young woman of 17 or 18,
but a little deaf. — Opie has only 20 guineas for a 3 quarter portrait 40
ditto for a half length & 80 ditto for a whole length. — I noticed to him his
low prices, but He said He could not think of raising theni unless He
had so much employ as to justify it, — that the run of Commissions is
in favor of Lawrence & Hoppner & they may do it.
Opie came to London in November 1782 [Some authorities say 1780,
others 1782]. — He had before met Northcote at Plymouth. Beechey has
taken a House in Harley St. at a rent of £300, and it is supposed must
expend £1000 more in building painting & Shew rooms, — & £1000
more in furniture. — Thomson [R.A.] told us that at Vienna lawyers &
Physicians are not admitted at Court, but Artists are. —
Sutton Sharpe said that the establishment of the Volunteer System
which was begun by Pitt had rendered this a more Democratick
Government than Swisserland or Athens. — That the power is now with
the people, who armed may demand anything. — Tuffin had before said
that He could least of all forgive Pitt for having in many instances waived
the trial by Juries, the palladium of freedom.
A Good-natured Duchess
December 20. — [Sawrey Gilpin R.A. and] Daniell Wakefield
[writer on political economy] came in. They talked abt. the Duke
of Bedford & spoke of him as being a valuable man : very punctual in
his attention to engagements & to everything : very silent, but easy &
natural. — Gilpin spoke of the Duchess as being very good natured &
perfectly unaffected. — The late Duke was much more indolent than the
present, & so disposed to postpone business that He had an unsettled
account of £400,000 with his Steward which is now a subject of dispute
& the Steward has been discharged. —
* Frances, daughter of George Bussy, fourth Earl of Jersey, married on January 13,
1803, John Viscount Ponsonby. She died April 14, 1866 ; he on February 12, 1855. They
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Do Not Contradict the King
December 21. — West spoke to me abt. varnishing pictures. I
gave him my opinion that it was best to let a picture remain long after
being finished witht. putting any varnish on it, by which it became a
clear & solid body, and a varnish then put on wd. make it appear like a
diamond. He said he was clearly of that opinion.
When Lysons was with the King at Windsor on Saturday, He found
his majesty after returning from riding sitting before the fire with his
Slippers on, & several newspapers, — The Times, — Morning Post & He
thought Herald*, laid on the table. — The King rose on his coming in &
continued standing which He always does when any person is with him.
— The King determines the time of each persons stay with him by bowing
which signifies that He is to depart, which He is to do without turning
his back upon His Majesty. — The general rule of etiquette when con
versing with His Majesty is to appear to follow His Majesty's lead as to
the subject & not to contradict him, — but all this may work very easily. —
* Farington underlines the Morning Herald because it was the paper that pubUshed the
letters that passed between the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and the King.

CHAPTER XLIX
1803-4
George III. to Quit England
December 23. — West* I called on. He went to the King this morn
ing at half-past 8. He laid the paper of the Election of Officers before
His Majesty who read the names aloud, — said it was a strong list, & that
He had no doubt but Mr. West wd. go on more smoothly with the new
Council than he had lately done, & asked when the Old were to go
out, &c. — then signed the paper. — West also shewed his Majesty a list
of the Candidates for the Keeper's place, viz. : Burch, — Fuseli, — Smirke,
— Rigaud & Banks. — The King said they were able men, but He feared
He shd. never see such a Keeper as Moser, who had zeal as well as ability.
The King was preparing to go to Windsor and brought out two large
Books, which He said was Lysons Gloucestershire, — a fine work. —
West said Mr. Lysons was an able & very respectable man. The King
* Benjamin West, who figures prominently throughout the period covered by the
Diary, was born in America on October 10, 1738, of an EngUsh Quaker family. He studied
art in Italy, and coming to England in 1763, was introduced to George III., who took a
liking to the handsome, sedate young man, and favoured him so much that he became a
victim of the calumny of his feilow-artists.
West succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy in 1792, and,
except for a brief interval, held the office until 1820. On his election the King wished to
honour him with Knighthood, but he tactlessly replied that he wanted a baronetcy, and
rightly got neither.
On the whole he was popular, though colourless and silent, his silence being mistaken
for latent wisdom, as Cunningham says. He was generous, and considering the troubles
he had to contend against, particularly in 1803-4, he seldom lost his temper. He died on
March 11, 1820.
As an artist he was scholarly, with a God-given conceit in himself, rather than imagina
tive. It has been said of West that nothing came amiss to him. His mistaken faith in
himself was so great that he would have " undertaken to illustrate anything on earth below
or in Heaven above . . . yet he could do nothing but what he had seen, and that he could
do supremely weU." West is not represented to-day at the National GaUery, although
that institution owns the " Christ HeaUng the Sick," a canvas measuring 9 feet high by
14 feet wide.
West had a pension of £1,000 a year from the King (some of the artist's best works are
in the Royal CoUections), but ultimately owing to his Majesty's illness it was stopped
in 181 1, and West's " occupation was gone." He was attacked and slandered. The Press
sought to prove that he had " plundered the King to the amount of £34,000." West
answered, " calmly triumphant, that he had indeed received money amounting approxi
mately to that sum, but it was earned by thirty-three years of untiring labour."
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sd. He [Lysons] & His Brother were going through the different Counties
to form a Brittannia. — West said they wd. add dignity to the Kingdom
by it. Opie was at Boddingtons last night with Sir James Mackintosh the
Recorder of Bombay,* — Wm. Sharpe &c. — He said of Mackintosh that
His mind seemed to be a warehouse stocked with everything that- could
be collected, but there did not seem to be much original power. — He said
His fluency in conversation was surprising. —
1804
Buonaparte and West, P.R.A.
January 1. — Mr. West shewed me a letter from Monsr. Vincent
the French Historical Painter, informing [him] that on the i^th. of May
last, when Vincent was President of the French National Institute He,
(Mr. West) was elected a Member of it in the Class oifine arts, to which
% foreign Members axe admitted. That on the day following He reported
the Election to Buonaparte who on the 21st. of May signed & thereby
confirmed the Election. — He further writes that when Buonaparte came
to His (Mr. West's) name He enquired on what account He was elected,
to which Vincent gave such an answer as Buonaparte fully approved. —
On account of a new organization of the Institute this information was
withheld from Mr. West sometime, Vincent's letter being dated Nov :
3rd. — a medal &c. is to be sent to Mr. West when they have obtained
His Christian name to make the inscriptions correct.
Uneasy Lies the Head
January 7. — At 20 minutes past 2 oClock I left London in a Chaise
with Mr. West & got to the Castle Inn at Windsor at | past 6. He
enquired and found Wyatt and Yenn had not been there since they saw
Mr. West last. — We had much conversation on the way. The King
has £120,000 a year to dispose of as He thinks proper. — The Queen
£50,000. — The King out of his incomes makes allowances to the Prin
cesses. At the period of the latter part of the American War [in 1781] when
party run very high, an Adress was presented by the City of London,
the temper of which was such and the circumstances that accompanied
it that the King was greatly affected by it. That night His Majesty
sent for West and signified His intention to quit England and to go to
Hanover : and expressed a desire that West should accompany him. —
Abt. the same period on His Majesty's Birth Day West went as
usual in the morning to the Queens Palace to congratulate His Majesty.
Instead of finding many persons there, as usual, He found the King &
* The eminent lawyer, historian, and journalist ; he was one of the principal contri
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1804] Uneasy Lies the Head 179
Queen alone, and evidently affected by the neglect. He said the King
stood at one of the windows looking to St. James's Park where many
people were collected abt. the rails. After contemplating them sometime
He said to West " Those people are looking to this building as the
Mansion of worldly superiority y happiness ; little do they know what
belongs to Royalty." — The King and Farington
January 8. — At 9 Mr. West went to the King and returned at a
quarter before Eleven. It appeared that He had been with his Majesty
an Hour & 20 minutes. He presented the 3 papers which His Majesty
read, & explained his motive for postponing the Old Council. The King
said He was right. — He said He had not proposed to bring the papers
to His Majesty but in case of necessity,— the cause now was Bourgeois
having threatened the Council with High Authority, and having really
used the King's name as if He commanded His Majesty's will. — The
King said " He is a fool." West said He has been bred up a tool of
Desenfans [" the dealer "]. — What is Desenfans ? said the King. " An
Intriguing Frenchman " replied West. — They are all so (the French)
sd. the King, " there is no depending upon them." — West described
the abuse pressed upon him & Richards by the Old Council, but sd. He
had in obedience to his Majesty's commands kept his temper, & He wd.
answer for it if He & the New Council had His Majesty's support there
wd. be a general harmony. The King asked " Could He answer for
all ? " West replied He cd. — Could he, rejoined the King, for Faring
ton* — West sd. He could. Did he [Farington] not do something to
cause Sir Joshua Reynolds to quit the Chair of the Academy ? West
replied No, Sir, it is a misrepresentation, it was Tyler, I was present.
The King sd. Tyler was an odd man, How came he to be an Academician ?
West replied, When the Royal Academy was formed there was not a
choice of Artists as at present, & some indifferent artists were admitted.
— West added — I can answer for Mr. Farington. — He is full of zeal for
the good of the Institution, and may sometimes when there has been
a difference of opinion have expressed himself warmly, which has been
mistaken for passion. — Your Majesty under your favor will find that all
will go well and harmoniously, — The King said he shd. be very pleased
to find it so. — The King and Gothic Architecture
West said Soane had been a Cameleon since He came into the
Academy, changing from one thing to another.
The King said many gentlemen had mentioned to him the
* Farington wrote the " Memoirs of the Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; with Some
Observations on his Talents and Character" (1819) mainly to prove that Sir Joshua was
not driven from the Presidential Chair in 1790. Tyler led the revolt, and Farington was
one of a committee appointed to call on Reynolds and ask him to withdraw his resignation,
which he did.
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disturbances in the Royal Academy — and of it having become a sort of
Robin Hood Club & a Debating Society. After West had repeated these
particulars I asked Him what impression was on his mind. He said as
favorable as He could Hope. It was impossible to say what Wyatt
may do, but the King then seemed to be perfectly well satisfied. —
He talked abt. His new building at Kew, & said He shd. have thought
it impossible 30 years ago that He shd. ever encourage Gothic archi
tecture. — Wyatt He sd. was now in the habit of it — At Fonthill He had
done a great work. — Wyatt had said to him that there had been no
regular Architecture since Sir William Chambers, — that when He came
from Italy He found the public taste corrupted by the Adams & He was
obliged to comply with it.

CHAPTER L
1804
Canova
January 13. — Canova the Italian Sculptor was spoken of. Fuseli
left Italy before He came to Rome, but from His designs and such works
of His as Fuseli had seen He thought much less of Him than [Nathaniel]
Marchant [R.A.] appeared to do. — Fuseli in his whimsical way said
" What could be expected from a man coming from Venice, in respect of
correct design ? Where to know an ancle from a gizzard was the common
extent of their observation & accuracy " — He thought no design of
Canova's equal to that of the monument to Mr. Howard by Nollekens. —
Lord Lansdowne's Brother
Garvey told a story of Lord Lansdowne. A well dressed man went
to His House and told the Porter that His Lordship's Brother desired to
speak to him. Lord Lansdowne was surprised on hearing & came down
stairs when being accosted by the man He was informed by Him that
His distress was great and that He addressed him by the title He had
sent up upon the great principle of the Creation. — His Lordship having
heard Him took some Halfpence from his pocket and giving them to
Him said, " If all your Brethren will do as much for you your circum
stances will be much better than mine." — This story was mentioned on
acct. of an American Tailor or one who pretended to be so, having taken
Smirke & myself and several, others in a few days ago. —
January 14. — Ryder the Engraver . . . told me that Evans, the
Printseller died of a Liver complaint. The day before His Birth day
He sd. " to-morrow I shall be 45, and I shall die as my Father did, on
His Birthday at the same age." — He never spoke afterwards^ but lived
3 or 4 days longer. — He was a Staffordshire man. — Sir Geo. [Beaumont]
mentioned that Mr. Pitt speaking of Windham said " He does everything
in the spirit of Chivalry " — When his mind is filled with a notion of
right, like Burke, " He is too fond of the right to pursue the expedient."
— Sir George sd. He had lately abstained much from wine, — not drinking
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1804] In An After Dinner Talk 183
In An After Dinner Talk
[Royal Academy] Queens Birthday dinner at the Crown & Anchor
I attended. — We dined at J before 6, and at 10 had coffee and Tea in the
adjoining room. — Taylor [former Editor of the Morning Post] told me
that Desenfans had both written & spoke to Him abt. me, — expressing
his opinion of my character as being a perfect gentleman ; those were
his words — and of my understanding and general conduct, and lamented
that the differences in the Academy should have deprived him of the
acquaintance of one He so much respected, & desiring Taylor to
endeavour to put me & Sir Francis Bourgeois upon a good footing. —
Beechey asked me to drink wine with him which broke the silence between
us. — We afterwards at table & at tea conversed occasionally.
Taylor told me that Mr. Twiss* who many years ago made himself
much talked of on account of a publication relative to Ireland, is reduced
to a very dependent situation. — He had originally about £16,000 which
is all gone & now, with a wife and daught. He subsists upon an annuity
of £120 allowed him by His relations. — Taylor remarked of him that
while He posessed a fortune He reckoned so much upon that advantage
that He could scarcely allow merit or respect to those who wanted it,
& He has now lived to know that upon that principle He can expect no
regard. A Princess and the Academy
January 19. — Edridge I called on. He has been lately much at
Windsor making drawings of the Princesses. He sd. they had frequently
talked abt. the Royal Academy, and that the impression upon their
minds appears to be that it was disrespectful to the King to proceed
against 2 members favored by His Majesty (Yenn & Wyatt). They did
not mention the names of any of the Members of the General Body but
spoke generally. The Princess Elizabeth sd. she was sick of hearing of
the Royal Academy. Wyatt is a great personal favorite with them &
West otherways. He is no longer looked up to, — His works they speak
of contemptuously and describe Him as a weak man. — Edridge told them
that whoever went down his gallery wd. allow that He [West] was a
great artist, — they replied He then kept his best works at home. —
The Princess Elizabeth has great energy, & is so ardent in her manner
& pursuits that it is fatiguing to be exposed to it. —
* Richard Twiss, elder brother of Francis Twiss, who married Fanny Kemble, the
actress, was born at Rotterdam on April 26, 1747, his father being an English merchant
residing in Holland. Twiss traveUed much, and published " Travels Through Portugal
and Spain" (1772-73-75), and wrote his once well-known "Tour in Ireland in 1775,"
which was issued in 1776 and ran into several editions. The book was unpopular in Ire
land. In trying to make paper out of straw Twiss lost the bulk of his fortune. He was,
however, able to revisit France in the course of the Revolution, and " A Trip to Paris
in July and August, 1792 " appeared in the foUowing year. He also wrote two volumes on
" Chess." Elected a F.R.S. in 1774, he withdrew from it in 1794, and died on March 5, 1821, in
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Beloved by All
The King is extremely beloved by all. The Princesses appear to
have a warm affection for him. The Princess Sophia sometimes rides
out with him. When she has been prepared for it & has been told the
King was ready, Edridge has heard her say, " bless His old Heart I will
not make him wait a moment." — The Princesses seem to have much
affection for each other, but maintain strong distinctions claiming
superiority from age &c. — There does not appear to be the same feeling
for the Queen as for the King. Her manner is more that of a Governante
which causes restraint.
West to-day made an observation to me upon a watery eye, viz. : an
Eye not watery from weakness but naturally of that glassy-moist appear
ance, floating appearance, which is seen in some persons. — He said he
never knew a person who had it that was not treacherous, — that is
inconstant, — not to be depended upon. The occasion of his mentioning
it was speaking of Y[enn, Treasurer R.A.] in whom it is strongly expressed.

CHAPTER LI
1804
Sir Joshua Ridicules Her Work
He Lives a Regular Life
January 20. — Edridge [A.R.A.] told us that the Duke of Clarence
& Mrs. Jordan, the actress had been with him to day. The Duke lives
with her in a state of perfect domestick character. — They have 8 children.
— The Duke told Edridge that He lives a very regular life generally
going to bed at Eleven oClock. — It is sd. the children are to bear the
name of FitzClarence.
Edridge sd. that General Manners told him that Davis, son to one of
His Majesty's attendants in the Stables, having shewn signs of talent
for drawing, the King directed him (Genl. Manners) to go to Sir F. Bour
geois, to ask if He took pupils. — Sir Francis sd. He did not. Genl.
Manners applied to Him again & signified that He came from His Majesty.
— Sir Francis then agreed to instruct Davis. — Edridge told Genl. Manners
that He had seen pictures by Davis in the Exhibition & that He had
supposed them to be by Sir Francis ; — He added that He thought Davis
wd. now do well to look out for other examples.*
January 22. — I went to tea with Lysons [the antiquary] who is
still confined. — I told him that Edwards proposes to publish a continua
tion of Walpoles Anecdotes of Painters, But that I thought a good work
might be made of " An Acct. of the Institution of the Royal Academy &
the Lives of all the Members of it who are deceased ; " He thought it
wd. be very desirable & that it wd. make a quarto volume. — He is to
speak to Cadell & Davis [the publishers] 'about it.
Wonderful !
January 24. — Loutherburgh [R.A.] told me that He usually
goes to Bed at Eleven oClock & rises abt. 8. That He is commonly 2
Hours in his Bed room before breakfast. That He washes himself over
* Probably Richard Barrett Davis, the landscape and animal painter, whose pictures
include " Mares and Foals of the Royal Stud " (1806), and "Portrait of an Old Hunter."
Davis also studied under Evans of Eton, Beechey, and at the Royal Academy Schools.
He first exhibited at the Academy in 1802, and contributed almost annually until 1853,
the year before he died. In 183 1 he was appointed animal painter to WiUiam IV.
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every morning. That He drinks Port wine more or less every day,
considering it necessary in this climate. That he is sometimes a month
or six weeks together in the House not once going out.
January 25. — Dance told me He Had met Stubbs [A.R.A.,
horse painter] & was shocked at His appearance, so aged — so in-jawed
and shrunk in his person.
January 29. — Lord Thomond's I dined at. Malone [Shake
spearean scholar and editor of Boswell's " Life of Johnson "] told me
that the happiness of his life arose from his having a small independance
& a habit of study which occupied his mind ; but that contrary to what
His appearance bespoke He had lived a life of much anxiety from being
disappointed in hopes & wishes which related to domestic union (mar
riage)* that must now no longer be looked for. He sd. Lord Thomond
must now be 8o years of age & I remarked that I never saw him look
better. — Lord & Lady Thomond remarked the miserable appearance of
Hoppner who they saw yesterday. Theatre Notes
February 2. — Heath told me that the receipts at Covent Garden
did not answer to Kemble's expectations. He gave £23,000 for his
share of the concern. The receipts have been less than for some years
past. Tragedy does not answer at that House so well as Comedy, and
as Mrs. Siddons is engaged, & Kemble is to perform, Tragedy must be
performed. Mrs. Siddons is 51 years old — Kemble 49. — Mr. Siddons
abt. 60. Mr. & Mrs. Siddons are great Oeconimists : they have only 2
children living. — Sheridan now receives from Drury Lane £5 a night
while the Theatre is open, making abt. £1000 a yr. — His Son Tom Sheridan
receives abt. £2. a night. All the payments are now made at that House
with great regularity & the rects. having of late been great it is in a way
to clear itself. — The expences of the House are abt. £200 a night. The
rects. have lately been from £350 to £500 a night. —
February 3. — Lord Thomond called on me. He does not like
the aspect of public affairs thinking the Volunteer question will bring
on bad consequences. — The Prince of Wales has had an inflammation
on His Stomach for which Sir Walter Farquhar & Mr. Walker, apothe
cary were suddenly called to Brighton. The Duke of Clarence says it
was the effect of drinking hard three days successively with the Duke of
Norfolk, His guest, and other company.
[On February 1 1 Farington writes,]
" He [Dr. Burney] sd. He had lately seen the Duke of Norfolk &
Lord Guildford who were of the Prince of Wales's party at Brighton
while for a week they drank to such excess that the Duke said He was
not yet perfectly sober." —
* Malone wished to marry Miss Bover. See entries in Vol. I., pp. 88 and 222.

1804] Sin of Painting on Sunday 187
Sin of Painting on Sunday
February 4. — Called on Nollekens & had conversation with him
& Mrs. Nollekens. — She condemned Sir Joshua Reynolds for not pro
viding better for His sister Mrs. Reynolds, — I mentioned that they had
not lived well together. She sd. one cause was that Mrs. Reynolds
frequently reminded Him that He was a Clergyman's son & that it was
very improper for Him to set the example of painting on a Sunday. She
said at the same time when Sir Joshua returned from Italy Mrs. Reynolds
was a Milliner at Plymouth. He took Her from that situation to super
intend His family. She occasionally amused herself by painting.
Sir Joshua ridiculed Her works. — After the death of Sir Joshua His
nephew Dean Palmer, Brother to Lady Thomond came to England
from Ireland where He has a Benefice. He sd. He came over only to
find Himself disinherited. — I told Mrs. Nollekens He might have recollected
that He owed all that He possessed to Sir Joshua's kindness & interest
Sir Joshua left Mrs. Reynolds £100 a yr. but that Mrs. N., thought in
sufficient. — Boydell's Lottery and the King
February 6.— Boydell called. He & his Uncle [Alderman
Boydell] have been with Mr. Addington who agrees to allow them to
have a Lottery [to get them out of business difficulties] & is very friendly.
— The King has talked to Nicol [the King's bookseller] much about it,
& sd. though He does not much like such plans this is of such a nature
that He will encourage it. — Boydell shewed me that the estimate of
property to be disposed of that way is £42,000 — and £20,000 worth of
Prints as each Ticket is to entitle the holder to Prints of the value of a
guinea. The Tickets to be 3 guineas each & 20,000 in number. He
told me He had it in His power He believed, to dispose of the whole by
Contract for £50,000, which I advised Him to consider as a very
desirable way of concluding the business.
Raffle for a Lawrence Portrait
Lord Thomond's I dined at. — [James] Curtis said that George
Shum of Bedford Square, — & Harvey Combe were of His oldest
acquaintance. That He is 53 years old in Octr. & Shum 53 in Novr. &
that Harvey Combe is 51.* — Harvey Combe was born at Ashford in
Hampshire of which place His father was Town Clerk. — He is a man of
excellent disposition. He gave His sisters £4000 each & obtained Cap
tains Commissions for two Brothers. — He married the daughr. of His
Uncle who was a Malt factor in London to whom He was apprentice.
Curtis sd. He is worth £100,000. — Lawrence has painted Curtis's por
trait, a Half length. It was subscribed for by Six of His friends viz :
George Shum, — Sir Richd. Hankey & His Brother, — Captn. Williams
* According to a relative of Harvey Christian Combe he was born at Andover in 1752,
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formerly in the India Service & 2 others. When the picture was finished
a dinner was prepared at the London Tavern and the picture was placed
at the head of the room with 36 lights. The 6 friends raffled for it, &
Shum got it. — He has promised to leave it to the family of Sir Wm.
Curtis.* — Sir Joshua's Friend
Phil : Metcalfe was spoken of. He came to London from Suffolk
with a fortune of £5000. He was apprentice to a person usually called
Robin Jones, of Vigo Lane, a wine & Spanish merchant. — Metcalfe went
to Malaga — It was the desire of Jones that Metcalfe shd. marry His
daugr. but she chose to marry Mr. afterwards General Adeane whose
children inherit Jones's fortune. — Metcalfe afterwards formed a con
nection & became partner in a distillery at West Ham, which has proved
very lucrative to Him. When the accts. of the House were balanced
in 1779 Metcalfe appeared to be worth £104,000. — He is abt. 72 years
of age. Has very good qualities : but His habitual petulance & over
bearing have been universally remarked. —
Curtis remarked of himself that He had lived very much with one
circle of old acquaintance not seeking to extend it. He said His friend
Shum in consequence of having won His portrait at the Raffle had en
gaged to give an aniversary dinner on the 3d. of January to all the sub
scribers to it. — Curtis seemed much affected by the expression of affection
which had been manifested. — "I see the effects of age coming upon Lord
Thomond. After having drank a few glasses of Claret He took some
light white wine & at times dozed while we were talking. —
* Sir Wilham Curtis (1752-1829) was M.P. for the City (1790-1818) and Lord Mayor
in 1795. He founded the banking house of Robarts, Lubbock and Co., and his own por
trait by Lawrence, exhibited at the Academy in 1824, hangs in private apartments at
Windsor Castle. Another portrait of Sir Wilham, painted by Sir Thomas, was shown
at the Academy in 1812, and at the artist's sale in 1831 Sir William bought a portrait of
himself, " A finished picture — very fine," for 43gs.
His family came from Notts County, his father having settled at Wapping in the biscuit
line. At his death he left five sons. Timothy, the first son, and Sir Wilham, the third,
carried on the original business, and James was " a partner in a very considerable brewery."
Sir Thomas Lawrence speaks of " going to eat beefsteaks at Jemmy Curtis's brewer house."
George was a captain of an East Indiaman, and Charles was Rector of St. Martin's, Bir
mingham, and of SolihuU in Warwickshire. According to the European Magazine for 1808,
there was a daughter, said to have been married to the Rev. Mr. Roberts, " a deserving
clergyman,-who was Chaplain to Sir William during his Mayoralty."
This is incorrect. As Mr. Henry Curtis stated in the Morning Post in August, 1922,
Anne, wife of Sir Wilham, was the youngest daughter — and co-heir with her sister Mary,
wife of the Rev. Thomas Roberts — of Edward Constable.
Sir Wilham Curtis was of Culland's Grove, Southgate, parish of Edmonton, and of Chff
House, Ramsgate. When on his way to the Continent in 1821, King George IV. stayed at
his house at Ramsgate. The portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence, inscribed " G. R., to
his faithful and loyal subject, Sir WiUiam Curtis," was presented in 1822, the year when
Sir Wilham accompanied his Majesty to Scotland.
Sir William's portrait, by S. Drummond, engraved by Bromley, shows a strong face,
with a big nose and heavy square jaws. He died in 1829.

CHAPTER LII
1804
Pope the Poet and His Portrait
February 7. — Turner I called on & expressed my desire that Smirke
shd. succeed [in his candidature for the Keepership of the Royal Academy].
He sd. He had declined to say how he shd. vote. I replied that I
only wished to express to him my sentiments that I might have nothing
to blame myself for as having been omitted. He spoke of the rudeness
of Richards, [the Secretary].
Before the Ballot [on Smirke's election] Nollekens told me that
Beechey had said to him that if He did not vote for Rigaud [who was
second] " He wd. repent it on His death bed." After the Ballot Turner
said to me, " Though I wd. not declare myself before the ballot you see
How I have voted " — meaning as was the case that he had voted for
Smirke. I made my acknowledgements to Him. Humphry objected
to Smirke being the Keeper as He had never been in Italy. . . . Hopp
ner told Flaxman that if Smirke shd. be elected Keeper he wd. exhibit
no more " [at the Academy. Smirke was elected, but the King vetoed
his election and Fuseli was chosen in a fresh ballot to fill the vacancy].
February 8. — Smirke called. Beechey had been with him to
congratulate him upon His success. — He [Beechey] sd. that Bourgeois
was formerly good-natured and civil, but is of late become a madman,
violent & sour ; & that He shall be obliged to break with him. —
Constable as Critic
February 9. — Constable called — does not think of Exhibiting,
conceiving that nothing is gained by putting pictures in competition
with works which are extravagant in colour & bad taste wanting truth.
— I told Him much wd. be gained by it as He wd. in an Exhibition see
his own works with " a fresh eye " & better judge of their real quality.
[Constable did not exhibit that year.]
February 10. — Constable called. — Had been to Mr. West's and
seen the Landscape [" The Chateau de Steen," now in the National
Gallery] by Rubens belonging to Sir G. Beaumont — which he thought
the finest of the Master, that He had seen. — He had also seen the picture
painted in imitation of it by Ward which Mr. West told him was the best
picture of the kind executed since the days of Rubens [James Ward's
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picture was rejected at the Royal Academy]. — Constable thought such
praise extravagant & sd. the picture shewed How inferior a production
made upon a picture is to one that is founded on original observation of
nature. —
Nollekens allowed an Uncle who resided in Paris £40 a year in his
old age. Pope's Deformity
February 12. — On my return from Chapel I found a note from
Prince Hoare* [son of Wm. Hoare, R.A.], proposing to call on me. —
— I went to him and staid 2 Hours. — He stated His whole proposal
relative to publishing annually the proceedings of the English Royal
Academy, & such Correspondence as He might establish with foreign
Academies. — He spoke also of writing a History of the Institution &
progress of the English Royal Academy which I told Him was a subject
I had long had in my mind as much to be wished for. He spoke also
of the Biography of the Members of the Royal Academy & said He had
been informed I had made a collection of materials for that purpose. I
told Him that if He wd. seriously undertake the whole of those designs
I wd. give Him assistance, & He expressed great satisfaction at having
found one who met his wishes. —
He said he could not get on with former Councils in the way He could
wish. — I told Him I wd. move on Friday next for a Council on Tuesday
the 22nd. and that a Summons shd. be sent to Him to attend. — He
sd. that having had the Honor of being appointed Secretary for foreign
Correspondence to the Royal Academy He had a strong desire to make
himself useful in some respect, not liking to be in any situation without
doing something that might become so. — He sd. He had quitted His
profession (painting) because He found He could not succeed in the
practise as He wished, & had directed His attention to other things. —
He shewed me 3 original portraits executed by His Father, — Mr. Hoare
of Bath, viz. : a painting in Oil of Pope, — a portrait in Crayons of Handel,
— & a drawing in Chalk of Lord Chatham. He sd. He proposed to have
engravings made from them. —
He mentioned that when Pope sat to His Father for a Portrait,
He showed an anxiety to conceal the deformity of his person, & had a
cloak thrown over his shoulders, & while Mr. Hoare was painting that
part of the picture He came behind Him & said " He need not be very
particular about the Shoulders." —
February 13. — At 10 oClock I called on Mr. West & found him
painting by Lamp light. He sd. He could thus prepare parts of his
pictures which He cd. soon after such preparation finish by daylight.

Annais ui rmuLnig, iou^, iuwj. nirac vummca wcic issucu by Hoare In his capacity
as honorary foreign secretary to the Royal Academy. In addition to other works he edited
" The ArtiBt," 1809-10.

1804] Dublin so Dangerous 191
Dublin so Dangerous
February 14. — Mrs. Hone & Miss Hone called. They are come
from Bath & have taken lodgings in Piccadilly & Hone [the miniature
painter] is to follow them next week, being determined to try what
London will do as the state of Dublin is now so dangerous. — The price
of living in Ireland is now equeal to that of England, formerly they cd.
live there for a 3d. of the expence. — Gandon* has a Son & 2 daughters.
The Son has been proposed to be an Architect but has not been regularly
brought up to anything is now a weight upon his Father. The eldest
daughr. a beautiful woman, is married to a Mr. Annesley Son to a Com
missioner of Excise, an extravagant young man, deeply in debt, who had
a Commission in the Army which He sold & went to France where He
is now a Prisoner. His wife and 3 Children are with Him. Gandon is
peevish under these circumstances. He has purchased a House at
Larcan 5 miles from Dublin where He does not dare to live on acct. of the
bad disposition of the Irish people. He proposes to come to England.
An Empress and Art
Daniells I dined at. We had much anecdote abt. Artists. —
Bromptonf was mentioned. He married at Oxford. He was a prisoner
in the Kings Bench. His wife went to Russia & carried with Her a
picture which He had painted of the great Lord Chatham & some other
works, and exhibited them to the Empress Catharine, & represented
that the artist was confined in prison in England for debts of £600 or
£1000. The Empress ordered the debts to be paid & that He shd.
come to Russia upon an establishment, viz. : to be pd. £600 a year
& for His works. He went & resided there a few years & died
there. — Moon, a young artist from Liverpool, resided in the same House
with Brompton at Rome. —
While Nollekens was at Rome Lord Holland, father of Charles Fox
[the statesman] came there. He was very much an Invalid so as to
require to be carried to and from His Carriage. After Nollekens came
to England He was accustomed to go every Sunday morning to Holland
House, Kensington, to see Lord Holland. He was very good natured.
He said to Nollekens " All the world wish me dead and I wish myself to
be so." The natural Son of Charles Fox, who was deaf and dumb is dead. —
He appeared to be of very quick apprehension. —
* James Gandon, architect of the Dublin Custom House ; he also completed the
Four Courts in the same city. Both buildings were destroyed by the Sinn Feiners,
the former in 1921, the latter iast year (1922).
t Richard Brompton, portrait painter, studied under Benjamin Wilson and Raphael
Mengs. Brompton, who died in 1782, was a contributor to the Society of Artists and the
Royal Academy.

CHAPTER LIII
1804
Gainsborough and Fuseli
February 14. — Garvey [R.A.] said that when He came first from
Ireland He found Wilson & Marlow very popular among artists. He sd.
Marlows works captivated Him so much that at that time He thought
that as a young man He wd. rather be Marlow than Wilson. — He acknow
ledged that He did not then feel the art as He now does. [George]
Barrett [R.A.] was not then in England. Garvey thinks the popularity
of Barretts pictures caused Wilson to change His manner, in some degree
for a more vivid & gay colouring. — I did not agree to it. — When Garvey
was at Bath four months ago He met Mr. Taylor who was formerly so
much celebrated for His painting.*
February 15. — I dined at Smirke's. His Majesty's illness was
spoken of with much apprehension from the report. — Some conversation
upon painting. Garvey sd. that when Fuseli exhibited his large picture
of Macbeth at the little Royal Academy, He went there with Gains
borough who on seeing it sd. He shd. not like to be in a one Horse Chaise
before that picture meaning that the Horse wd. start at it. On the con
trary Sir Joshua was sd. to approve it in some respects. —
February 18. — A Coalition of parties Boydell spoke of as having
taken place, viz. : The Grenvilles & Windham with Fox.— Pitt hangs
aloof to pounce upon them all in due time.
An Ungrateful Dog
February 21.— Sophia Cozens [daughter of J. R. Cozens, the artist]
called & I paid Her a quarter's annuity and had her rect. She will be
14 years old in August next.
February 22. — Saturday before the Kings illness was known, viz. :
the nth inst, Beechey was with His Majesty 3 Hours and much was
said abt. West. The King called him " an ungrateful dog,"— Northcote
* John Taylor, a marine and landscape painter, born at Bath about the middle of the
eighteenth century. He worked in London at one time and died at Bath in 1806.
192

1804] An Ungrateful Dog 193
sd. to Bourgeois He did not believe the King used such language & that
made Him doubt the whole. Bourgeois came again to Northcote &
said he had seen Beechey who said that Wyatt was present, could vouch
for the words.
He [Northcote] mentioned How much West had weakened the effect
of His character by a want of manly steadiness. His prevarications,
& his hesitating to acknowledge boldly the truth of some things which
had happened and had involved Him in difficulties such as a direct
avowal wd. have prevented. He sd. " it was a Presbyterian manner that
always excited suspicion."
February 23. — I did not go out today or paint but passed it in
such reflections as a return of that day on which I was deprived of my
ever regretted wife might be supposed to excite. — [Dr.] Hayes came
in the evening & syringed my ears a second time but not with any material
effect. The King's Mind
February 24. — On our way home Mr. West said the King's mind
had been overset by a dispute between the Dukes of York & Kent. —
General  was tried by a Court Martial at Chelsea for accepting a
challenge from an inferior Officer. — The General was a friend of the Duke
of Kent by whose advice He had written a letter to the Duke of York
on the affair reposing a confidence that the Duke knowing all the particu
lars wd. assist in having it passed over. At the trial there [was] wanted
evidence to prove the fact, on which the Duke of York went there &
produced the letter thereby causing conviction. The Duke of Kent
enraged went to the King accompanied by the Duke of Clarence & there
met the Duke of York, when the subject of the trial was discussed, & in
the course of the altercation the Duke of Kent told the Duke of York
" that in that affair He had behaved like a rascal." — What passed on
this occasion had a violent effect on the King's mind. —
Mrs. Jordan and Sheridan
February 25. — [Prince] Hoare spoke of Sheridan with whom He
has had a great deal to do in the Theatrical matters. He said, " Sheridan
is a man who plays the cards of his ability better than any man." — There
is no other way of combating Him but by being insensible to what He
says, and never contesting by argument only to adhere to the necessary
demand. — Hoare sd. the only person that cd. get the better of him was
Mrs. Jordan, & of Her he was as afraid as a Mouse of a Cat. — I asked
him what He thought of Sheridans temper. He sd. He did not think
him an ill-natured man but that He was ill-humoured. He had seen him
very quarrelsome & savage when drunk, which is very often the case.
— He was at Bath at the time that Sheridan & Matthews fought a duel
abt. Miss Linley afterwards Mrs. Sheridan. They were both in liquor
when they fought, which was on the Downs near Bath at an early hour
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194 The Farington Diary [1804
of the morning after having sat up all night drinking. Matthews accused
Sheridan of having carried off his mistress & Sheridan reproached him
with endeavouring to debauch the woman He loved. — They were both
wounded. — The Prince of Wales has appointed Sheridan Receiver of
the Revenues of Cornwall, the Salary of which is abt. £1200 a year.
The Prince is accused of having promised the place in reversion after the
Death of Lord Elliot to General Lake who is now in the East Indies, &
so much did the family of the General reckon upon it that His Brother
actually advanced money or became security for the General upon the
credit of that reversion.
West told me the King is not so well now as He was [at] the beginning
of the week. Nobody now sees Him but the Queen & the Physicians.
Two or three were admitted to him some days since, but it occasioned
him to talk too much. — A Dinner of Nine Dishes
February 26. — Mr. J. J. Angerstein's [City merchant and art
collector] I dined at. We dined at 6 oClock — The dinner consisted of 2
Courses, viz : a fine Turbot at the top, a Sirloin of Beef at the bottom &
vermicelli Soup in the middle, with small dishes making a figure of 9
dishes. — The remove roast ducks at the top & a very fine roast Poulet
at the bottom, macaroni, — tartlets &c. &c. afterwards Parmesan & other
cheese & Caviere with toast. — Champagne & Madeira were served round
during dinner. Mr. Angerstein gave us the Bulletin of the King's Health
today, which expresses that a speedy recovery is not expected. — From
this it was concluded that a Regency will be formed. — Mr. Angerstein
mentioned that the Duke of York & the Prince of Wales shook hands
yesterday. The invasion was talked of & it seemed to be thought that an attempt
wd. be made, but it seemed to make very little impression as a subject
of conversation. Fuseli sd. Buonaparte had courage but not compre
hension, and did not know how to estimate things. — I observed that Mr.
Angerstein drank very little wine after dinner, — While the conversation
went on He for sometime slept, — after He awoke He eat an orange with
sugar. He appears to consider His Health, but looks very full & well.
His dress was a Blue coat, striped pointed waistcoat — drab cloth breeches,
— mixed coloured worsted stockings, — buckles in His shoes, very plain,
but respectable. Beautiful Miss Jennings
The front view of Mrs. Wm. Lock's [the " beautiful Miss Jennings "]
face is the most beautiful view of it. Her face becomes comparatively
common when seen in other directions. Her Teeth though not of the
most perfect form & proportion are very white. On the whole I do not
think Her beauty transcendant, but that it has been overrated. Her
manners & mind however appear very natural & free from all artifice
or consciousness of being an object of notice.— [See previous entries and
note in Vol. I., pp. 266 and 268, and in Vol. II., Chap. 34 n.]

CHAPTER LIV
1804
Three Famous Americans
February 26. — We went to tea at a quarter before 9, and found
the two rooms lighted up & in the larger room a new chandelier which
threw a powerful light upon the pictures. — The raising of Lazarus by
Seba. Del Piombo [now in the National Gallery] after Michael Angelo
appeared to great advantage. Fuseli sd. it was superior to the Trans
figuration.* Mr. Angerstein sd. He thought He had purchased the picture
cheap for 3500 gs. Fuseli sd. " the figure of Lazarus was worth the
money." In his odd way He remarked on the expression of Lazarus,
saying that " He showed like one who had been looking into a warm
place (Hell) and cd. Hardly believe himself secure from it." — I had a
little conversation with Wm. Lock for the first time. He came up to
me while I was looking at the Barberini Claude. —
A Forgotten Artist
February 27. — Haughton [senior, miniaturist and engraver] called
from Fuseli & brought impressions of the two first prints He has executed
from Fuseli's pictures, viz. : " The dream of Eve ", — & " Lycidas ",
from Milton. The price of the former 18s., the latter 10s. 6d. He told
me that He expects to be able to bring out about four prints in a year,
— that the prices will vary from half a guinea to a guinea & a very few
something more than a guinea. The whole expence of the 50 prints
proposed to be published He concludes will be abt. £35. — He resides in
Fuseli's House [at 13] Berners St. & boards with & pays him 100 guineas
a year. He paints miniatures at from 5 to 8 guineas a head.
February 28. — [Sir John] Carr told me that in June 1802 He went
to France from Devonshire & was absent abt. 5 weeks. He wrote a
Journalt & on His return made up an account which a friend of His
brought to London & Johnson the Bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard
purchased it, sending Carr £100 which bore His expenses. It has answered
very well to Johnson who has made several hundred pounds by it.
* Painted at Rome for Giulio de' Medici, in competition with Raphael's " Trans
figuration." Was in the cathedral at Narbonne and in the Orleans Collection.
t " The Stranger in France; or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris," 1803.
VOL. II. 195 13*

196 The Farington Diary [1804
The Price of a Painting
March 1. — Horace Hone [A.R.A., miniature painter & son of
Nathaniel Hone, R.A.] came from Bath on Tuesday [February 28].
Hugh Hamilton is now painting in oil in Dublin & is much employed. —
He is 68 years old. — He has 120 guineas for a whole length. — Ashford
is a Staffordshire man. — Had a place of £200 a year in the Ordonnance
Office in Ireland which He was induced to give up because Mr. Corry
required of Him constant attendance. — Hone supposes Him to have from
2 to £3000 a year independent of His profession.
Academy Club I went to. Garrard [A. R.A. ] had been to-day at the
Chambers of Mr. Burroughs a Lawyer, — on the arbitration of Sir Edwd.
Knatchbull [eighth baronet, M.P. for Kent] & Copley [R.A.]*— He [the
lawyer] directed the evidence to be in favor of Copley who demands 1800
guineas for the picture. But that evidence consisted of Bourgeois,
Beechey, Desenfans, Tresham, Cosway, Caleb Whiteforde, Garrard, —
Stubbs, Sharpe the Engraver, Thomson of Newport St. the Printseller, —
Fuseli, all of whom were in favor of Copley's claim. Sir Edward showed
that it [was] against His desire that Copley introduced His 2 former
wives in the Sky, it was his wish to have had their portraits painted on
the background. Sir Edwd. shewed also that it was shewn to the King
witht. his knowledge, & sent to the Exhibition against his consent. He
spoke of the little that Copley appeared to do in the course of more than
3 months that He was at His House in Kent, saying He did not know
what was the common practise, but that Mr. Copley seldom began to
paint before 11 or 12 oClock, appearing to be a very long time in setting
His Pallet. What West Was Paid
Hoppner was against it thinking the price too great. — West sd. that
He had thought 1200 guineas wd. have been a very handsome price, but
some circumstances which had come out in evidence might render it
proper to go beyond that, but He thought 1400 guineas a princely price.
He was asked what the size of Greenwich Chapel picture was, & the price ?
— He said 27 feet high by 16 or 18 wide and contained abt. 50 figures,
the largest of which were 8 feet high. For that picture He had £1200
& thought Himself well paid. — He was asked in what time He cd. paint
such a picture as that of Sir Edwd. & His family. He sd. if the persons
would sit when required He wd. contract to paint a picture to contain
as much in 6 months. He did not say it wd. be so good a picture but^ it
should be as good as He could paint. — He was then asked the size & price
of a family picture of portraits which He had painted for Mr. Henry
Hope [merchant and art collector]. He sd. it was 9 feet wide by 6 feet
* John Singleton Copley was born in Boston, U.S.A. He was in Rome in 1774 and
settled in England in 1775. His principal works are the " Death of Chatham " (1779-80),
" The Death of Major Pierson" (1783), both the property of the nation, while "The
Siege and Relief of Gibraltar " is at the GuildhaU and " The Princesses Mary Sophia and
AmeUa " is in Buckingham Palace.

1804] What West Was Paid 197
high, — that there were 9 portraits in it, some nearly whole lengths &
several that cd. only be considered as Half lengths. That He had on
receiving the Commission made an estimate of the price which He
reckoned at £470, but Mr. Hope sent him 500 guineas which He acknow
ledged to be a very liberal act. —
An Improper Question
Young Copley asked Him " Whether in the account He had delivered
in to His Majesty for pictures painted for Him He had regulated His charges
by the above prices ? — Mr. Burroughs, the Arbitrator, instantly rose, &
expressed His surprise that Mr. Copley being a Barrister should propose
so improper a question as to what passed between Mr. West & the King.
West acknowledged the interference of Mr. Burroughs and sd. That He
should not have replied to such a question. —
West now said to us, that that question put by young Copley had
explained a Volume to him : that there was only one person [? Wyatt]
to whom His Majesty had confided that account, & that person must have
divulged it, which His Majesty shd. know if He had ever an opportunity
to report it to Him. . . West said of young Copley that he appeared
to be his father's double refined, A pretty promise as a lawyer.*
Count Rumford was spoken of as having quitted the Royal Institution
where He had made himself very disagreeable by His violent, overbearing
manners. t
* His son, John Singleton Copley, also was born in America, at Boston, Massachusetts,
came to England in 1775, studied at Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1804. Enter
ing Parliament, in 1818, as a Tory he was appointed Solicitor-General in 1819, Attorney-
General five years later, and Master of the Rolls in 1826. He rose to be Lord ChanceUor
under Canning, Goderich, and WeUington, Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Leader of
the Opposition in 1830-34, and ChanceUor again under Peel in 1834 and in 1841-46.
Young Copley's prospects up to the time of the case mentioned by Farington were so
unpromising that he decided to give up law and enter the Church. But his father, who
would not hear of this, appealed for assistance to Mr. Gardiner Greene, his son-in-law,
a wealthy American merchant, and to him young Copley owes the beginning of his great
success. Raised to the Peerage in 1826 he took the name of Lord Lyndhurst, and died in
1863. E. G. H. writes : As I read Farington's account of the younger Copley's conduct of his
father's case before the arbitrators in the year 1804, 1 wondered whether many of our readers
knew that the youthful advocate's daughter is still living [1922]. She is Lady Du Cane,
the widow of the late Sir Charles Du Cane, who was Chairman of the Board of Customs
till his death in 1889. The younger Copley, Lord Lyndhurst, was born in Boston, Massa
chusetts, in 1772, and died in 1863. Thus his Ufe and that of his daughter have already
spanned a hundred and fifty years, and connect our own time with the Colonial period of
New England. I may add that the venerable Lady Du Cane is in the best of health, so
that the record, already remarkable, is happily incomplete.
t Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was another American who made good in
this country. Born in Massachusetts in 1753, he fought on the RoyaUst side during the
War of Independence. He also fought in Bavaria and became Minister of War. Going
to Paris in 1802 he married Lavoisier's widow and died in 1814.
The main object of his life as an inventor was to " promote comfort at the fireside "
through the " practical management of fire and the economy of fuel." His contributions
to pure science were invaluable and he deserves to be remembered in this country as the
founder of the Royal Institution.

198 The Farington Diary [1804
March 2. — Lane told me that Mrs. Siddons sat to Lawrence for a
whole length last night by Lamplight, till 2 oClock this morning,— Lawrence
got up today a little before io. A Conspiracy
March 7. — This day the papers contained translations from the
French Government paper, The Moniteur, announcing a conspiracy against
the life of Buonaparte & that General Moreau & Genl. Pichegue* are im
plicated in it. It has upon the face of it all the appearance of one of those
accusations so common in the days of Robespierre, when Justice & Hu
manity were sacrificed to the Tyrannous views of that Monster of Mankind.
— Thomson [R.A.] spoke of the high character which Genl. Moreau bore
even among His enemies, the Austrians, while He commanded the French
army that invaded Germany, — & thought any proceeding against a man
so much a favorite with a large part of the French army wd. ultimately
produce the ruin of Buonaparte though He may destroy Moreau. —
* Charles Pichegru (1761-1804) rose from the ranks to be a general under the Republic.
He defeated the English in the North and occupied HoUand. Pichegru was found strangled
in his prison on April 5, 1804.

CHAPTER LV
1804
Pistols for Two
A Fatal Duel
March 7. — [Dr.] Hayes came to tea. He had seen Mr. West this
afternoon who told him that Lord Camelford* was this morning killed
in a duel with a Mr. Best a West Indian. — He was afterwards informed
of it by another person. — Hayes spoke of the danger of such men as Lord
Camelford & Captn. Macnamara who killed Coll. Montgomery being in
* Thomas Pitt, second Baron Camelford, was born in Boconnoc, CornwaU, on Feb
ruary 19, 1775. His early years were spent in Switzerland, and he was educated afterwards
at the Charterhouse. Pitt entered the Navy in 1789 on board the Guardian, under the
command of Lieutenant Edward Riou. While on a voyage to New South Wales this ship
struck an icefield near the Cape of Good Hope, and Pitt was one of the crew who brought
the wreck into Table Bay. In March, 1791, he joined the Discovery in the survey of North-
West America, but on February 7, 1794, Pitt, who had succeeded his father in 1793, was
discharged by Captain Vancouver at Hawaii for insubordination.
Meeting Vancouver three years later, he challenged him, and was prevented by the
bystanders from caning him in the street. On January 20, 1798, Camelford was court-
martiaUed and acquitted for shooting Lieutenant Charles Peterson, who refused to obey
orders, and in the following year he, at his own request, was struck off the Ust of com
manders, because he was angry at being superseded in the command of the Charon for
indiscreet conduct. The rest of his life was punctuated by disorderly adventures that
came to an end as described in Farington's diary.
In accordance with his desire to be buried in Switzerland, Camelford's body was
embalmed and packed in a long basket, but the war prevented its transmission. For many
years the body remained in St. Anne's Church, Soho, and eventuaUy disappeared. Camel
ford never married, and by his death the title became extinct. There are various accounts
of his life and adventures.
In his will Camelford said the quarrel was of his own seeking, and requested that no
one should be tried for his death. At the inquest a verdict of wilful murder, against some
person unknown, was returned. In his " authentic account " of the duel the Rev. WiUiam
Cockburne says : " That several overtures were made to Lord Camelford to produce a
reconciliation, but they were rejected with some obduracy. The fact was, his Lordship
had an idea that his antagonist was the best shot in England, and he was fearful lest his
reputation should suffer, if he made any concession, however slight, to such a person."
Mr. Best's misfortunes did not end with the Camelford duel. On January 21, 1809,
Farington gives the following extract from a newspaper of that date : " Yesterday in the
Sheriff Court, London, a jury, after a dehberation of io minutes, awarded £2,000 damages
to Mr. Best against Mr. Henry for crim. con. with Lady Emily Best, wife of Mr. Best."
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200 The Farington Diary [1804
Society.* No man's life is safe where such men are. — A friend of Hayes
who is acquainted with Macnamara said that He had killed 3 or 4 men, —
that on board a ship, He amuses Himself in having fowls that are to be
killed placed before him on Hen Coops & He shoots off their Heads
with Pistol balls. — To that person, Macnamara said " I am one of the
best natured fellows in the world, & yet I do not know how it is, I am
always getting into scrapes." — Such are among the characters which are
produced in Society.
* On October 28th, 18 1 1, Farington wrote : [Captain Hughes, R.N., who took the name
D'aeth on being left an estate by Sir Harborough D'aeth, Bart., of Kent] " told me that
He had heard Captn. Macnamara of the Navy who fought a Duel with Col. Montgomery
in which the latter was kiUed relate the particulars of that event. — He said that He and
Captn. Barrie were riding in Hyde Park [on April 8th, 1803], He having a Dog with Him.
Col. Montgomery was also riding there and had a Dog with Him, which attacked Captn.
Macnamara's Dog but soon had the worst of it. Upon this Col. Montgomery who did
not know Captn. Macnamara but saw Him a man plainly & rather negligently dressed
which is His habit, caUed out to Him to take off His Dog. Captn. M. repUed ' Your Dog
attacked my Dog therefore if you wish to have them separated you may take off your Dog.'
The Colonel answered, ' If you do not take off your Dog I will beat Him,' to which Captn.
M. sd. ' To beat Him you must first beat me.' Col. M. then said, ' This is not the way to
settle it, Here is my address, pistols are the weapons for gentlemen.' — They then rode from
the Park & separated, & soon after Captn. M. sent Captn. Barrie to Col. Ms. to demand
an explanation. Captain B. was reed, uncivilly at Col. Ms., & made to wait sometime in
the HaU till He heard Col. M. say to His servant ' Send the man up.' On their meeting
Captn. B. spoke of the manner in which He had been received, told Col. M. that He was
a captain in the Navy & of equal rank with himself. — The Colonel upon this altered His
manner, but was not disposed to settle the matter with Captn. Macnamara by any ex
planation. Accordingly an appointment was made for their meeting within an Hour or
two, that evening. When Captn. B. left Col. M. added another insult by saying ' I
suppose He will be there ' insinuating thereby a doubt of it. — At the time fixed [7 o'clock]
they met near Primrose HilL Sir WilUam Keir being second to Col. M. & Captn. Barrie
to Captn. Macnamara. Mr. Heaviside, the Surgeon, was also present. After the ground
was measured Captn. Macnamara being disposed to settle the [matter] otherwise than by
the Pistol, said ' That if Col. Montgomery would say that when that which happened in
the Park took place He did not know Captn. Macnamara He should be satisfied.' This
Col. Montgomery refused to do. — They then took their ground & were to fire together.
They were both what are called Dead shots that is certain of hitting their mark. Captn.
Macnamara told Captn. D'aeth that when their pistols were first levelled against each
other, Col. M's was in so true a Une towards Him, Captn. M., that it wd. certainly have
killed Him, but that at that moment, just before they fired, Col. M's eye met His and His
pistol dropped a httle. Col. M. was shot in the breast & never spoke, and Captn. M. was
wounded in the groin, of which, after some time, He recovered : It was not a dangerous
wound." Another account tells us that Captain Macnamara's ball entered the right side of his
opponent's chest. Montgomery rolled over in great agony and was carried into Chalk
farm where, after five minutes' suffering, he expired with a " gentle sigh." Montgomery's
bullet passed through Macnamara's body'just above the hip, " carrying part of the coat and
waistcoat in with it, taking part of his leather breeches and the hip buttorr away with it
on the other side." Macnamara was tried at the Old Bailey on April 22nd, and, in spite
of Justice Heath declaring that, on the evidence and the prisoner's admission, the jury
must find a verdict of manslaughter, these gentlemen found Macnamara " Not Guilty."
Montgomery, who was a son of Sir Robert Montgomery of Ireland, and brother to Mrs.
George Byng and the Marchioness Townshend, is described as " a handsome, Genteel
Man," and had fought gallantly in the service of his country.

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Died Unregretted
March 8. — The papers today confirm'd the acct. of the duel between
[the second] Lord Camelford and Captn. Best [in the meadows to the
west of Holland House, close by where Melbury Road now runs]. His
Lordship was shot in the side, but was alive last night. [He died at half-
past eight on the evening of the loth.]
March 10. — Westmacott [the sculptor] called. He mentioned
that Lord Camelford is little regretted. At Lord Darnley's He heard
some gentlemen say " that it was dangerous to sit in company with such
a man." — Mr. Best was very desirous to have made up the quarrel saying,
" that any apology for the words Lord Camelford had spoken He wd.
accept." — Lord Camelford had used gross language to Him [in a coffee
house], Westmacott thinks Lord Camelford was abt. 5 feet 10 inches
high, a well looking man, but with rather a slang manner. —
A Woman in the Case
He lodged in Bond-street, & Mrs. Simmonds who He kept had a
House elsewhere. She is a very pretty little woman, abt. 5 or six & twenty
years old. She for sometime was called Mrs. Loveden, but sometime ago,
not long, a young West Indian of the name of Simmonds coming over
became acquainted with Her, & she had fascination enough to induce
Him to marry her. She was to have gone with Him to the West Indies,
but when on Ship board, was so unmanageable, that the Captain put
Her into a boat, & sent Her on Shore, and she returned to Lord Camelford
who she had before been with. She is sd. to have caused the duel by irri
tating Lord Camelford against Mr. Best. [She told Camelford that Best
had spoken of him disparagingly.]
He [Sir George Beaumont] told me that Mr. Best who killed Lord
Camelford, immediately rode down to Dunmow to a Mr. Wade's who
married His relation and dined there & Had just quitted the place when
the Bow street officials arrived in pursuit of him. He had been up all
night and the morning having been wet his Cloaths were very much
so but He sat in them. He is a slim person in figure, & not of a strong
constitution [but was an expert shot]. He told Mr. Wade that He had
assured Lord Camelford upon His word of Honor that He never uttered the
words charged to Him. When they went to the ground Lord Camelford
removed from the place they first stopped at to a second & third, objecting
to each, at last He fixed upon one & directed His second to measure the
ground. Twelve Paces
His Lordships second, Mr. Devereux, proposed 8 paces ; on which
Mr. Best's second sd. that He wd. not agree to it, that He did not come
there to see them murder each other, & unless they stood at the usual
distance viz : 12 paces, He wd. quit the ground, on which 12 paces
were measured. It was then agreed that Mr. Devereux shd. give the

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word to fire. He did not say fire but said " Be quick " which Best not
understanding to signify to fire, did not instantly, but Lord Camelford did,
and His Ball passed so near Mr. Best's Head that He heard it, on which
He instantly fired and His Lordship fell — He said farther, that on their
first presenting their pistols He directed His wide of Lord Camelford, who
seeing that He did so, said " That won't do, meaning we are to be in earnest "
— on which Best took an aim, that was fatal. — Mr. Wade took notice
that during dinner time a tear started in the eye of Mr. Best. He declared
that His conscience was perfectly clear as He did all He could to avoid
the duel, & Had He submitted to have put up with the words used by
Lord Camelford He was convinced His Lordship wd. have him insulted
in any Coffee House. — No Animal Courage
Carlyle,* the Surgeon, told us He was much acquainted with the
late Lord Camelford. He said He was a man of superior abilities but of
singular character. That His prevailing feeling was ambition. — That
He had declared to him (Carlyle) that He had no animal courage and
laboured by any means to get the better of a weakness of nerves in this
respect, by attending Cock-fightings, — pugilism, — &c. &c. That in Him
Courage was a struggle of sentiment against Constitution. — He was,
industrious to acquire knowledge of many things, He was a good Chemist,
— a most excellent geographer, — a good seaman, — could do the business
of a Turner, & work in fineering as a Cabinet Maker. — He was very
desirous of being reckoned much upon as a Man independent of his title
& wished His friends to lay that aside and to adress Him familiarly —
But He desired to be at the head notwithstanding, — to Have the best
Horses, — in points of dress, and in other things to be first.
Disordered by Passion
When in a passion it was a kind of phrenzy it disordered Him in
so great a degree. — But otherways His mind was gentle and easy. His
generosity was great & His Charity very extensive. One person known
to Carlyle had paid on charitable accts. more than £11,000 for Him and
that to persons who did not know from whence it came. — In political
matters He was democratick. He hated all the Royal family except
the Prince of Wales who He thought had good qualities. — He disliked
Mr. [William] Pitt, His Cousin, & the whole family of the Grenvilles,
though His relations. — There had been a grudge, some ill will subsisting
between Him & Mr. Best for a month or 6 weeks before the duel & Captain
Barrie, His most intimate friend, apprehensive of it producing mischief
had urged Lord Camelford to give Him a promise that He wd. not fight
* Sir Anthony Carlisle (1768- 1840) studied under Henry Watson, surgeon to West
minster Hospital, and succeeded to the surgeoncy at the latter's death. CarUsle was Pro
fessor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy from 1808 to 1824.

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Best, which He sd. upon His Honor He would not. — When on His death-
Bed He reminded Captn. Barrie [or Barry]* of His Having broken His
word blaming Himself for it. — After it had been settled that He was
to fight Mr. Best He did all in His power to find Captn. Barrie who was
traced to the Play House but unluckily had gone from thence with a
Companion & not to His lodgings.
Tom You Must Die
By some means however He was traced and apprized that Lord
Camelford was to fight Best in the morning but He could not learn where
they were. At 6 oClock He went to Carlyles who at that early Hour
was up, writing. Barrie told Him what was going on and regretted that
He could not discover where they were saying that He was certain if
present He could prevent the duel. It appeared that in the night Lord
Camelford wrote His Will, appointing His sister, Lady Grenville, His
Executrix & leaving to Her disposal £150,000. He also directed that
His body should be buried in an Island in the Lake of Vevay in Swisserland
between 3 trees which He specified, adding " that there Nature might
smile on His Bones after the world had forgotten Him."
Captain Barrie reached Him very soon after He was carried into the
House where He died. He asked Barrie to tell Him truly His situation.
Barrie sd. " Tom you must die " which He heard with great fortitude.
He suffered great pain at the first & the last, & expressed a hope that
His sufferings, & what good He might have done in the world in the midst
of His ill, might operate with providence in His favor. He urged Barrie
to alter His manner of living & to quit London. He directed that Barrie's
debts amounting to £9000 should be paid, and He settled £200 a year
upon Him. — Lord Grenville was with Him much of the time till His death
& their intercourse was kind. — He requested Lord Grenville as a gentleman
to provide for His Servants. Captain Barrie was very well satisfied
with Lord Grenvilles behaviour. Gentlemen All
He told Carlyle that on leaving Lord Camelford's room His Lord
ship said to Him " That He was entirely unacquainted with Lord Camel-
fords Will and intentions. That He posessed such abilities that could
* [Captain D'aeth] "spoke highly of Captn. Barrie. He said that it was known that the
late Lord Camelford, who was killed in a duel with Mr. Best, left Captn. Barrie ^200
a year for His life upon condition that He shd. not reside in London. After His Lordship's
death Lord Grenville wrote to Captn. Barrie in the name of Lady Grenville (Lord Camel-
ford's Sister & Heir) and His own, stating that the friendship subsisting between Lord
Camelford & Captn. Barrie was known & that they desired that the injunction against
Captn. B's residing in London should not be considered by Him as to be attended to, and
that the annuity wd. be paid to Him witht. that condition. — In reply Captn. B. acknow
ledged the liberality of Lord & Lady Grenville but declined accepting the annuity, as He
could not think of receiving it unless He felt disposed to comply with the condition enjoined
by Lord Camelford. Captn. Barrie whose Ship, the Pomona Frigate, was lost off Ports
mouth on the 14th inst. [was] honourably acquitted by a Court-Martial, for the loss of
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He have survived io years longer till the heat of Youth shd. have passed
away & the mind have settled, He would have been the first Man of the
age." He left £1000 to purchase a right to a burying ground upon the
Island mentioned. — After having wrote His Will & quitted His Lodgings
He walked many times round Soho Square in the night in company with
a Mr. Nicholson. Captn. Barrie sd. they stood at the distance of 29
[Best's second said 12] paces from each other when they fired. He had
measured the ground.

CHAPTER LVI
1804
Coleridge and Wordsworth
The Old Nobility
March 10. — Westmacott spoke of Lord Darnley as being very proud,
with the high notions of the old nobility. At Cobham Hall, they dine
at a round table, Lord Darnley sometimes sitting in one part & sometimes
in another, & Lady Darnley always on His right Hand. When His
Lordship is seated the Chaplain & Tutor, places Himself opposite to His
Lordship & the Children next to the Chaplain. The manner of Lord
Darnley is uniform, cold, & reserved. He has £20,000 a year. —
Thomson [R.A.] called. He is acquainted with Captn. Lock, who
commands the Revolutionaire frigate, & brought from Jamaica, Genl.
Rochambeau* the late Commander at St. Domingo. — Rochambeau is
son to the late Genl. Rochambeau who commanded the French troops in
America, and was of the Nobility of France. He is abt. 48 years old not
so gentlemanly in his appearance & manners as might be expected, from
his descent, but seems to have sense. He spoke with Great indignation
of the dishonorable manner in which Admiral Duckworth, & Captns.
Loring & Bligh had represented him as having broke His parole & being
faithless, & sd. if they returned they must answer for it to him. He said
* Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, Viscomte de Rochambeau, who was born in 1750,
joined in 1802 an expedition to St. Domingo and became commander-in-chief on the death
of Leclerc, Buonaparte's brother-in-law. His treatment of the natives brought about a
general rising, and in 1803 he was taken prisoner by the British and exchanged in 1811.
He then went again on active service and was killed at Leipzig two years later.
Rochambeau had a good time during his detention at Ashburn. He was allowed to give
" elegant " dinners at his lodgings to French fellow prisoners on parole, and their singular
appearance was a great attraction to visitors, they being dressed in half-miUtary uniform,
consisting of blue riding frocks, military pantaloons, boots, spurs, round hats, decorated
with a tri-coloured ribbon and a cockade of the same colour, the size of a half-crown piece.
The General, fearing that lack of exercise might injure his health, asked for and was given
a horse. According to his own statement Rochambeau suffered terribly in St. Domingo.
" Pressed almost to death by the effects of absolute famine," he said, " and after having,
for some time, wretchedly appeased the wasting calls of hunger, by feeding on our horses,
mules, asses, and even dogs, we had no way to escape the poniards [sic] of the enraged negroes,
but by trusting our fate to the sea, on which we were taken by the English pirates." Pirates
is not quite gracious recognition of the brave sailors who saved him and his men from the
" fury of the most terrible and powerful of enemies."
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the cruelties practised in St. Domingo were from self defense. He did
not deny them. Rochambeau and England
They did not talk of politics till they were in the English Channel,
when in afresh breeze Captn. Lock asked Him what He thought the French
gunboats intended for invasion could do in such a Sea. Rochambeau
sd. He had no doubt of their being able to do all that was intended ; and
of their success. — Captn. Lock said that were He in that frigate in such a
Breeze in the midst of them all He would destroy every one of them.
Rochambeau sd. if He could [be] put at the head of 50,000 men in England
He had no doubt of being able to march to London. — Lock asked Him
what He supposed an armed nation wd. be doing that while ? He replied
that He was well acquainted with what Volunteers could do, — and set little
value upon them. — Rochambeau was soon removed to Ashbourne in
Derbyshire from whence He wrote to Lock expressing His gratitude
for the very handsome treatment He had reed, in England, contrary to
what He had expected after the unfavorable accts. published of him. —
He speaks English tolerably well. — There was with him General Poype,
an officer near 60 years old, a man notorious for His cruelty during the
massacres in France. His appearance was the mostforbidding & indicated
Him capable of any bad action. He seemed to be in a miserable state
of mind, always gloomy & in the nights wakeful & groaning. — He was
also accompanied by Du Verrier, a very clever fellow, who seemed to be
a spy upon Rochambeau. The King's Illness
March 11. — Dr. Reynolds has told Mrs. Charles Offley that being
one of the Physicians who attend the King, He in rotation remains 4
Hours with His Majesty, who says wd. sooner recover if He were a private
gentleman. He did not mention the King's complaint, but said that
He talked a great deal. The Doctor has played several games at Back
gammon with His Majesty. —
March 17. — Lawrence is busily employed on a whole length of Mrs.
Siddons. — Lane [portrait painter and assistant to Lawrence] is desirous
of Exhibiting this year for the first time & I encouraged Him. Smirke
came over & saw my \ length view of Edinburgh Castle which He recom
mended to me to send to the Exhibition. — Not having exhibited since
1799 except a single picture of Stoke Park against my inclination in 1801,
I asked Him " whether the pictures I have of late finished are as good as
those which I sent before & at that period ? " He said they were in
His opinion, better*
March 21. — Called on Northcote to speak abt. the Academy House
keeper. — He told me his prices for pictures are — 3 quarters 20 guineas, —
Half length jo & 4.0, — whole length 100. — He has of late had a great deal
to do. — * Farington exhibited in 1804, but not again until 18 11.

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Coleridge and Wordsworth
Sir George [Beaumont] spoke of Coleridge having been with him
at Dunmow. He went for 2 days and staid 10. Wordsworth continues
in Westmorland. He has chosen to forego professional views, preferring
retirement upon something more than £100 a year with the gratification
of indulging his imaginations to any worldly advantages. He has long
been what He calls idle, not writing, finding that it affected His nerves ;
but He is now engaged on a more considerable work than any of his
former ones which He calls " The Recluse " — Sir George read part of
a Poem by Him called " Tintern Abbey," which He thinks exquisite,
& has read it 100 times. — He also read " The Beggar." — These were
published with others, by Him & Coleridge by Longmans the Book
seller in 1800*. — Sir George said He was infinitely indebted to Wordsworth
for the good He had reed, from His poetry which had benefitted Him more,
Had more purified His mind, than any Sermons had done. Coleridge
has more learning, — more reading, than Wordsworth, but Sir George
thinks Him not equal in poetical power. —
First Prejudices
Sir George mentioned Him as an instance why we shd. not give way
to first prejudices. He saw Coleridge at Sotheby'sf last year, & felt
such dislike to Him that when He found Him at Keswick in the summer
following He considered how He shd. shun Him. — They met however
for they by chance were in the same house (Jacksons) and getting into
conversation soon became attached. —
Sir George shewed me a pamphlet which He had reed, from Thomas
Hope [merchant and art collector] containing critical remarks on a design
for a College by Wyatt. . . . Sir George speaking of His own paintings
said He thought the upright evening which was in the Exhibition in 1802
which He had given to Mrs. Palmer was perhaps His best.
Tea, Bread, Cheese, and Porter
March 22. — [James] Ward called to desire me to see a picture He
has lately finished of a " Serpent attacking an Arab on Horseback."
He mentioned to me that He and 5 other Artists, viz : Shelley, the
Miniature painter, Green, a portrait painter, Nattes & Hills, drawing
masters and Pyne a designer, have for 4 years past been accustomed
to meet once a week during the winter Season at each others Houses
* Cottle paid thirty guineas for the " Lyrical BaUads,'' and Longman published the
book in May, 1798. Sourhey reviewed it unfavourably and the sale was so slow that Cottle
asked Longman to give him back the copyright, which he passed to Wordsworth, who, in
1800, published a second edition with a preface on " poetic diction."
t WiUiam Sotheby (1757-1833), was born in London and educated at Harrow. At
the age of seventeen he entered the Army, and while with his regiment, the 10th Dragoons,
in Edinburgh he met young Walter Scott, who in later fife became one of his most intimate
associates, among whom were Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mrs. Siddons, Byron, and Tom
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alternately, to Sketch & converse upon art. Their rule [is] to drink tea, &
to eat bread & Cheese & drink Porter only, that no extraordinary expense
might be occasioned by a competition in making suppers. That though
the Members who' compose this Society are only the above-named they
had gradually admitted others as guests, to the number of 30 or 40 in
an evening. — Their meetings commence in Novr. and end in April. —
He [Ward] told me . . . that it was said Turner wd. not exhibit [this
year at the R.A.], but was painting pictures to furnish a gallery 60 feet
long in His own House where He means to make an Exhibition & to
receive money. [Turner did exhibit in 1804 but not in 1805.]
March 24. — [Thomas] Malton [architectural draughtsman, whose
topographical drawings are valuable] died of a putrid fever which at first
was nervous. He was unwell a month. He has left 7 Children. The
eldest is a Cadet in India. The Second is in Soane's [the architect's]
Office — He left a few hundred pounds, and had the lease of a House
near Hampstead, which will probably sell for a few hundreds. They
also hope to get 5 or £600 for his drawings. He was abt. 50 years old. —

CHAPTER LVII
1804
An Evening with Coleridge
In Metaphysical Mood
March 25. — [George] Dance called on me & I went with him to
dinner at Sir George Beaumonts. — The conversation after dinner &
throughout the evening was very metaphysical in which Coleridge
had the leading & by far the greatest part of it. His habit seems to be
to analyse every subject. A comparison was made between the powers
required, or rather what was requisite for painting & Sculpture. Sir
George was decidedly of opinion that it required much more to make a
complete work in Painting than to arrive at perfection in Sculpture.
He instanced colouring which alone had occupied the greatest talents to
arrive at excellence yet it was but a part of what was necessary to make
a picture. Nothing Human is Perfect
Coleridge concurred with him. Upon it being observed that in Sculp
ture to make a perfect form it was necessary not to copy any individual
figure for nothing human is perfect, but to make a selection of perfect
parts from various figures & assemble them together & thereby con
stitute a perfect whole. Coleridge observed that it was the same in good
poetry, — nature was the basis or original from which all should pro
ceed. He said that perhaps there was not in any poem a line which
separately might not have been expressed by somebody, it was the
assembling so many expressions of the feelings of the mind and uniting
them consistently together that delighted the imagination. — Architecture
was spoken of. Dance said that the Temple at Paestum was only one
remove, as architecture, above Stone-Henge. — He derided the pre
judice of Uniting Designs in Architecture within certain rules, which in
act though held out as laws had never been satisfactorily explained.
He said that in His opinion that architecture unshackled wd. afford to
the greatest genius the greatest opportunities of producing the most
powerful efforts of the human mind. — Coleridge sd. Dr. Darwin* was a
great plagiarist. " He was like a pigeon picking up peas, and afterwards
voiding them with excrementitious additions."
* Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), physicfa"iL,and poet, pubUshed the " Botanic Garden,"
his best known work, in 1794-96. He was grandfather of Charles R. Darwin, the naturaUst.
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210 The Farington Diary [1804
Coleridge Objects to Novels
Novels were mentioned. Coleridge objected to them altogether ;
even the best of them did harm, " they afforded amusement to the mind
without requiring exertion." At Lady Beaumont's desire I related the
story of the Apparition of His Brother [John] appearing to Captn. Wyn-
yard. It was told at the private instigation of Lady Beaumont who
was desirous to hear Coleridge's opinion upon it. — He gave a decided
opinion upon it " That it [was] an Ocular Spectrum," a deception created
by the disordered imagination of Captn. Wynyard when in a nervous,
languid state, & that Coll. Sherbroke who also professed to have seen the
apparition had the notion of it excited by the sudden assertion of the
other. At Times Without Understanding
The evening was passed not in conversation but in listening to a
succession of opinions, & explanations delivered by Coleridge, to which
I attended from a desire to form a judgment of his ability. It was all
metaphysical, frequently perplexed, and certainly at times without
understanding His subject. Occasionally there was some brilliance,
but I particularly noticed that His illustrations generally disappointed
me, & rather weakened than enforced what He had before said. He
read some lines written by Wordsworth upon " The Maid of Loch
Lomond," a pretty girl they found residing there ; and also some lines
upon Westminster Bridge [which begin " Earth hath not anything to
show more fair "] & the scenery from it. His Dialect particularly when
reading, is what I shd. call broad Devonshire, for a gentleman. — His manner
was good-natured & civil, & He went on like one who was accustomed
to take the lead in the company He goes into. He sd. His mother is
80 years of age, from which I judge Him to be 35 [he was 32]. —
On coming away I expressed to Dance how much I was fatigued by
that sort of confinement we had been under. He sympathised in it.
Coleridge and Milton
March 26. — Northcotes I dined at. Before dinner Northcote
shewed us a Head of Coleridge which He began yesterday & finished
today, It is for Sir G. : Beaumont, & is very like. Coleridge is going to
Malta* for his health. He and Southey married 2 sisters. — When Sir
* Coleridge, much broken in health by the use of narcotics, sailed for Malta on April 2,
1804, and became secretary to Sir Alexander Ball, the Governor. Neither the work nor the
social conditions of the island suited him, and he graduaUy grew worse, increased doses of
opium faihng to relieve him of pain. He left Malta in September, 1805, and while at
Rome, on the homeward journey, he was warned that Napoleon was on the watch for him
for certain articles written during the Peace of Amiens for the Morning Post, which, Fox
asserted in ParUament, caused the renewal of the war.
Coleridge sailed from Leghorn in an American ship, and, the story goes, on being chased
by a French cruiser, he threw his papers overboard. " After a miserable passage of fifty-
five days, in which his life was twice given over," Coleridge reached England, " iU, penni
less, and worse than homeless."

Lady Beaumont.
By Sir Joshua Reynolds.

[To lace p. 210.

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1804] Coleridge and Milton 211
George first mentioned Coleridge to Northcote the latter expressed
His surprise observing that He was " a great Democrat." Sir George
sd. His opinions were altered. — Opie mentioned that William Godwin*
has a high idea of the powers of Coleridge and " of the riches of his mind."
[Prince] Hoare sd. some Sonnets published by Him are very good. —
Fuseli had met him at Johnsons [f the bookseller] and thought little of
him. — Northcote & Coleridge had differed abt. the disposition of Milton.
— Coleridge sd. He was next to our Saviour in humility. Northcote on
the contrary thought that ambition was the prevailing quality in his
mind. That He was arrogant and tyrannical. — Opie sd. that Don
Quixotte was nearer to that pattern of humility than Milton. — Coleridge
noticed to Northcote the high family of Sir George Beaumont. The latter
[Northcote] replied that He was surprised that shd. seem to him
(Coleridge) to be any consideration, He who had held all distinctions
so cheap. Macbeth
Fuseli speaking of Shakespere sd. that if Macbeth only was put
against all the works that had been since produced by a succession of
Poets Dryden fjf Pope included it shd. be preserved though the whole
were to be sacrificed for it. — Hoare said and Milton into the bargain.
This was instantly opposed by Fuseli & Opie — Fuseli sd. the speech of
Adam to His Creator requiring a Mate was equal to anything. Opie sd.
throughout it abounded with the highest excellence. — Northcote spoke
of B[eaumont] as having a full sense of his claim to family distinction
but as being very humble in other respects, in pretensions of the mind. —
Hoare & Opie differed from him saying it was visible that there was a
full feeling & consciousness of possessing powers. — I was referred to &
agreed with them. — Coleridge Reads Like a Parson
Northcote heard Coleridge read a long poem of his own composing.
He said His manner & tone put him in mind of " the drone of a presby-
terian parson. "t — Lady Beaumont and a Sister of Mr. Addington, (the
Premier) appeared to be delighted. — We continued our conversation
at Northcotes after tea, which was sent to us, till II oClock. — Opie
invited the party to dine with him on Monday next.
* Author of " Caleb WiUiams."
t This statement bears out what De Quincey said of Coleridge's lectures at the British
Institution. He was languid, and read badly, and, according to another listener, " Nobody
read poetry so ill."

VOL. II. 14*

CHAPTER LVIII
1804
Great Figures in French History
March 27. — After breakfast called on Masquerier at his desire to
see his pictures prepared for Exhibition. — He told me He was born in
England of French parents. He went to France before the Revolution
& was at Paris when many of the great acts of violence & cruelty were
committed. He was early acquainted with Condorcet* esteemed the
first Mathematician & Philosopher in France.
Condorcet and Bad Government
Condorcet was at that period upwards of 50 years of age ; a man of
very social, domestick manners. Masquerier has often seen him rolling
on the carpet with children. He was by birth a Marquiss, & His Lady
was a woman of Rank.t — A bad government had brought France into
difficulties, which were universally & sensibly felt. Many persons started
forward to propose something for the public advantage & Condorcet was
induced by Brissott & others to unite in an endeavour to establish
a better order of things. Condorcet, once involved in the undertaking
could not go back, Like a person, in a playhouse passage, said Mas
querier, pressed by a crowd, He could only go forward and whatever
was in His way must be passed over. He, with many others, were
obliged to do things of which they had no conception & against which
their minds would have revolted. When the Brissotine party "was over
come by Robespierre, Condorcet made his escape but being proscribed,
* Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), and
mathematician, philosopher, and political writer, was educated at the Jesuit School, Rheims,
and the CoUege of Navarre, Paris. A member of the Legislative Assembly, and the Con
vention, he for a time took no part in the struggle between the Girondists and the ferocious
Mountain group, but on becoming associated with the former he was proscribed by the
Convention. While President of the Assembly he voted that the King should receive the
most severe punishment, but urged that his life be not taken. During his proscription he
was sheltered by Madame Vernet in an attic, and when captured at Clamart, outside Paris,
on April 7, 1794, he was imprisoned in the gaol of Bourg-La-Reine and died next morning,
as told elsewhere, by poison concealed in the bezel of a ring given to him by Cabanis, his
brother-in-law. t Madame Sophie de Grouchy, sister of General de Grouchy. According to Larousse
she translated Adam Smith's " Theory of Moral Sentiments," to which she added eight
" Lettres sur La Sympathie.'' The D.N.B. says that she also translated " The Wealth
of Nations." X J. P. Brissot, the Revolutionary. See Vol. I., pp. 8 and 46.
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& most particularly described in advertisements published in prints
daily circulated, and being unwilling to bring risque upon His friends, He
wandered several days in the fields, avoiding public roads & Houses, till
forced by hunger, He ventured to go into a public house in a village
where unfortunately some troopers happened to be and a newspaper
in which He was described. They compared His appearance with the
description, — seized him & carried Him to a prison.
He Swallowed Poison
Condorcet in that place immediately put an end to His existence by
swallowing the contents of a phial of poison which He had secreted
for that purpose in case of necessity. After the death of Condorcet
His property was confiscated & Madame Condorcet was so reduced in
circumstances as to be obliged to expose at a shop window a few minia
ture portraits which she had drawn, & to obtain a pittance to maintain
Herself & Her daughter, an only child by painting miniatures of such
persons as were induced to sit to Her. After the death of Robespierre,
at a period when some attention was paid to the families of those who
had suffered, Madame Condorcet had part of the estates belonging to
Her & the Marquiss restored & she now lives in Paris with the mother
of Masquerier. Madame Tallien
Madame Tallien was mentioned. — Masquerier shewed me a print
of Her engraved from a picture painted by Him. He also shewed me
a complimentary note which He had reed, from Her. She is a Spaniard
by birth ; the daughter of Monsr. Cabbaras who was in the Spanish
Ministry. In the time of Robespierre she attempted to escape from
France & was seized at Bayonne, & hurried to a Guillotine which per
manently stood where persons were daily or hourly executed, with or
witht. trial. On being carried to it she adressed the mob, and exhorted
them to preserve the appointed forms by taking Her before the Adminis
trators of justice. That Her life was of little value to Herself, that she
shd. suffer, but by so doing they wd. stand acquitted of having acted
irregularly. Her Person Very Fine
Her person was very fine, & Her manner so influenced the mob that
they immediately consented & carried Her to the Tribunal where Tallien*
* Jean Lambert TaUien (1769-1820) began life as a lawyer's clerk, and afterwards
worked in a printing office, making himself notorious early in 1791 by his Jacobin broad
sheet L'Ami des Citoyens. A leader in the attack on the Tuileries, he became secretary to
the Commune InsurrectioneUe, and one of the most sanguinary spirits of the Convention.
Deserted by his wife, Tallien, in 1798, accompanied Buonaparte to Egypt, where he edited
the official Decade Egyptienne at Cairo, but was dismissed by General Menou. On the
homeward voyage he was taken prisoner by the EngUsh and brought (in 1801) to England,
where the Whigs fooUshly made a hero of him. Returning to France, he died in poverty
at Paris, November 16, 1820.
It will be seen that Masquerier holds to the belief that it was Robespierre who shot
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was presiding. Her personal charms made a conquest of him, — He
relieved Her from that situation & immediately married Her. — On
Her return to Paris with Tallien Robespierre shewed a disposition to be
enamoured of Her, & not finding Her inclined to attend to His adresses
made a pretence for imprisoning Her, & a time was appointed for carrying
Her before a tribunal from which she wd. have been carried to the
Guillotine. Being informed of Her destiny, she by means of a Swiss
who was permitted to have access to Her, wrote a short, sharp note to
Tallien, a copy of which Masquerier shewed me. — In it she expressed that
she had dreamed that — meaning Robespierre — was to be assasinated &
that she sd. be relieved, but that she knew that the cowardice of the
person she wrote to (Tallien) wd. prevent Her dream from being realized. —
The Courage of Tallien
This roused the courage of Tallien, the note also containing that she
was to be immediately carried before the Tribunal. — He answered the
note in a few words signifying That if she wd. be prudent all would go
well. He was afraid of the openness & boldness of Her temper. —
The next morning Tallien went to the Convention where Robespierre
appeared. Tallien accused Him of enormous crimes & with a Pistol
in His hand, declared that " if the Assembly did not then impeach
Robespierre He wd. put Him to death." This produced an electric
effect. Robespierre was instantly denounced & ordered to prison. On
His way He shot Himself with a pistol, but it was so directed as to break
His Jaw, witht. killing Him, His Jaw was tied up & in that state He was
soon after carried to the Guillotine & executed. —
Danton
Masquerier also knew Danton* who was, what wd. be called in
England an attorney. He [was] very stout in His person & had a
large belly. — His face was ugly, something like the bust of Socrates.
When Masquerier first was acquainted with him, He was very poor.
Masquerier was then a Student in the French Academy of Painting, and
Danton had a strong desire to obtain knowledge of the English language
* George Jacques Danton (1759-1794) was an advocate in Paris when he came under the
influence of Mirabeau. He, with Marat and CamiUe Desmoulins, founded the CordeUers'
Club, which became the headquarters of the wilder revolutionists. After the King's de
thronement Danton was appointed Minister of Justice, and on the 2nd September, 1792,
he from the tribune made the powerful speech (inspired by the threatening advance of the
Prussians), which ended with the famous words against the enemies of his country : " Pour
les Vaincre, pour les Atterrer, que faut-il? De l'Audace, encore de l'Audace, et toujours
l'Audace." He was opposed to the guillotine ; " I prefer being guillotined to guiUotining,"
he said to a friend. His clemency brought him into disfavour, and on April 2, 1794,
Danton, along with DesmouUns and others, appeared at the bar of the Revolutionary
Tribune, which he himself had formed twelve months before, and was sentenced to death.
On April 5 Danton thought of his beloved wife as he stood at the foot of the scaffold, but
cried, " Danton, no weakness," and to the headsman he said, " Thou wilt show my head
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and frequently applied to Masquerier to speak & to read to Him in
English. — As Danton seems to have been a man oLsome ability I asked
Masquerier how Robespierre contrived to gain the ascendancy of power
over Him. He sd. by means that are natural, by which mind overcomes
Body. — Danton had a certain proportion of capacity but Robespierre
with less bluster had more vigilance of observation & He saw by what
course He cd. obtain a superiority. —
Lady Hamilton Very Fat
Masquerier shewed me 4 pictures prepared for Exhibition. One of
Lady Hamilton which He understands is to be sent to Lord Nelson.
He thinks Lady [Hamilton] is now abt. 40 years of age, & very fat. —
She speaks Italian like a native, & French very well. — We talked of the
situation of Buonaparte. Masquerier thinks His government may last
as long as His life but He wd. not give 5 years for it. He spoke of the
French nation, of which His Father & Mother were natives. He sd.
that He did not believe it possible that such acts of cruelty wd. be executed
in England under any circumstances as those which had taken place
in France ; and that the disposition & feeling of the people of this country
is very different. Great Deal of the Peer
He [Daniell, R.A.] saw Lord Egremont a few days since. His Lord
ship asked Him " whether little H. [? Hoppner] talked as much nonsense
as ever " — Daniell since that called on His Lordship. On being shewn
up to His Lordship He understood that He had been sometime waiting
below. Lord E. called for Miss [Frances] Windham, His Eldest daughr.,
[who married Sir Charles Merrik Burrell in July, 1808], and bid her
bring H. upstairs. She is a pretty, modest girl of 16 or 17. She calls
Lord E. Pappa & He is very fond of Her. — Lord E. took Daniell into
another room & then returned to H., on coming back sd. He was gone,
& that He shd. sooner have got rid of him had He not begun to talk
of Royal Academy business. — That day Daniell dined with [his] Lord
ship, but H. was not asked. The Bishop of Fearns,* & Mr. Clarke
author of the " Maritime work,"t were there. Lord E. sat at the top
of the table & Miss Windham on his right hand. While Mrs. Windham
(Countess of E.) Her mother resided there she sat at the top of the table.
She lives separate from Him in a House in Orchard St. The manner of
Lord E. is not likely to please at first. There is a great deal of the Peer
about him, the effect of a habit of superiority : but Daniell thinks him
good-natured. * Euseby Cleaver, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin from 1789 to 1809, in which year
he was transferred to the Archbishopric of DubUn.
t The Rev. James Stanier Clarke (P 1765-1834), whose work, " The Progress of Mari
time Discovery " (1803), was so severely condemned that no more of the seven
volumes projected were published. He, in conjunction with John McArthur, LL.D.
wrote the great " Life of Nelson," which was published in 1809.

CHAPTER LIX
1804
Turner's Manner
March 28. — Called on Wm. Daniell at his desire to see his pre
parations for the Exhibition. He shewed me 4 drawings. Two of
them, " a view of Stonbyers Lynn " on the Clyde, & a view of Dales
Cotton Works ditto, executed in Turners manner very well. The lights
are made out by drawing a pencil with water in it over the parts in
tended to be light (a general ground of dark colour having been laid
where required) and raising the colour so damped by the pencil by means
of blotting paper ; after which with crumbs of bread the parts are cleared.
Such colour as may afterwards be necessary may be passed over the
different parts. A white chalk pencil {Gibraltar rock pencil) to sketch
the forms that are to be light. — A rich, draggy appearance may be ob
tained by passing a camel Hair pencil nearly dry over them, which only
fiirts the damp on the part so touched & by blotting paper the lights
are shewn partially. — He shewed me a long view of Newcastle, in oil,
a flat performance. — The King Galloped Furiously
March 29. — West expressed to me a desire to exhibit His Hagar
& Ishmael that was rejected last year. I urged Him to get Smirke's
Election [as R.A. Keeper] confirmed by His Majesty. He sd. He wished
to do it, but He must wait till Braun, the Head page, gives Him notice.
He told me that He was very apprehensive of going to the King with
any proposal to alter the law of the Pension fund. The King sd. to
Him when we were at Windsor, that He wished everything to go on as
the laws stood.
The King rode in the Queens riding House last Friday & shewed
that His mind was hurried. He galloped so furiously & so long that He
almost killed His favorite Horse. —
Bourgeois spoke of [Ben] Marshall*, a horse painter, as having ex-
• Benjamin or Ben MarshaU's name does not appear in the Dictionary of National
Biography and he is given six fines in Bryan's standard " Dictionary of Painters and En
gravers." These go : " Benjamin Marshall, an English animal painter, born in 1767, who
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traordinary ability & that Gilpin had said that in managing His back
grounds He had done that which Stubbs [A.R.A.] & himself never could
venture upon. Wyatt and a Bottle
He [Beckford] said He felt the force of what [Thomas Hope]* observed
of the Abbey at Fonthill being a Gothic design ill placed within view of
Salisbury Cathedral ; but that He had a particular motive for it. The
Gothic windows & compartments afforded him opportunities to blazon
and introduce the arms of the various great families that did & had
existed in Europe from which His daugrs. are descended or to which
they are allied. — He is much disatisfied with Wyatt who perpetually
disappoints Him. — He said if Wyatt can get near a large fire, and have a
bottle by Him He cares for nothing else. He lately left Him at the
Abbey on pretence of being obliged to go immediately to Town. He
[Wyatt] stopped at Fonthill House, belonging to Mr. Beckford, 3 miles
from the Abbey, there found Foxhall, the Carver, & staid with Him
there secretly a day and half enjoying Himself, which Beckford a week
after discovered. — Friendship Above All Self-Love
Sir George & Lady Beaumont called on me, — He told me that He
had shewn some of the poetry of Coleridge to Crowe, the Public Orator
of Oxford, who expressed high admiration of its excellence. He men
tioned His good fortune in having met with such a genius as Coleridge,
& a man of such a disposition that He wd. go to the end of the world to
practised in London and Newmarket. His speciahty was horses, and he contributed to
the ' Sporting Magazine.' His works occasionally appeared at the Royal Academy between
1800 and 18 19. He died in 1835." The writer of that paragraph surely was unacquainted
with MarshaU's pictures. Bourgeois and Sawrey Gilpin were quite right in their estimation
of MarshaU. No painter of his era or of our own has painted horses — and men — with
greater knowledge or artistry. As a craftsman and colourist he was far superior to Stubbs ;
it is, in fact, not over-praise to say that at his best he was in these respects the equal of
Hogarth and Morland. That much was apparent in the exhibition of his work at Acker-
man's gaUery, New Bond Street, some time ago. The market value of his pictures in
creases. In 1920 " The celebrated sportsman, J. G. Shaddick," by him, fetched 5oogs.
at Christie's. In noticing the 1808 Royal Academy Exhibition the Morning Post says : " Portraits of
a Foreign Nobleman and his Horses. — We are glad to find that the pencil of Mr. Marshall
has again been displayed with its accustomed taste. The portrait of this Nobleman is
weU executed, and carries in its dehneation the touches of an able Master. The horses
are naturaUy correct, and in passing our judgment upon the tout ensemjble of the painting,
we should be doing an injustice to criticism were we to point out any defects in the outUnes
of its addressful resplendency. Though this Gentleman has seldom favoured us with
more than one picture at a time in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, we are not led
to imagine that his pencil in any considerable degree is neglected, as we find several of his
unparalleled paintings, which reflect credit upon his talents, in many private CoUections
of our illustrious advocates for the fine arts."
Mr. A. J. Munnings, or some other animal painter, should see that fuU justice be done
to rare Ben Marshall.
* Thomas Hope, merchant, author and art coUector. See Vol. I. for reference to the
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serve another ; That Wordsworth, not himself, was His Theme, His
friendship being above all self love.
[Dr.] Burney told me that what He had seen of Coleridge's [poems]
was of no value when compared with that which is excellent & of standard
value. They are not upon a foundation of true taste ; there is no
stamina. He sd. Here and there were a few touches of brilliance but
nothing solid.
West gave his opinion that Dance is the first Architect in the Country
in respect of true taste & judgment. Burney was warm in his encomium
of him, saying that He had so much native genius that He would have
been a distinguished man, let Him have pursued what He would. Wood-
forde [R.A.] told me that He had only £200 for the large family picture
of 8 whole lengths which He exhibited last year — but Sir Richard Hoare
advised him to paint it as practice.
The Model's Habit of Exposure
The Academy female model sits to him frequently, and to several
other artists. They pay her usually one shilling an hour. She is very
modest in her deportment, notwithstanding Her habit of exposure, &
was lately married to a Shoemaker. She spoke of Copley's behaviour
to Her, who would make Her sit a longer time than she could well bear
to do, & would scarcely pay her half price. She had resolved not to go
to him any more.
After tea Daniell read a letter which he had reed, from Soane, who
though he had not withdrawn his name would net consider Himself a
member or pay his subscription [to the Academy Club]. The letter
was passed round & judged of as it merited. — To prevent a possibility
of such a conduct in future Burney proposed that on the first of October
each year, the $th standing regulation of the Club " That a member
proposing to retire from it shall give one months notice before the com
mencement of each Season," shall be printed and sent round to all the
members & with it a list of the days of meeting for that season. — This
passed unanimously.
[James] Ward's process is to paint on an absorbing ground laid on
the bare canvass. He grinds all His colours in Turpentine & only puts
oil enough into them to bind them. — His vehicle is Turpentine only, which
He lets stand by which the spirit goes off & it becomes somewhat oily.
March 31. — At one oClock I went to see Mrs. Thomas Hope's
House with Dance & C. Offley & Mrs. C. Offley. Dr. Burney came to
us. — We were there abt. 2 Hours. — Dance told me He thought it better
than He expected, & that by the singularity of it good might be done
as it might contribute to emancipate the public taste from that rigid
adherence to a certain style of architecture & of finishing & unshacle
the Artists. But He disapproved Hope's pamphlet against Wyatt
thinking it conceited & unwise, & that though Hope had shewn taste
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He was qualified to make a design for any work of consequence. — He
sd. however much there might be [of] amusement in seeing the House we
had gone through, it certainly excited no feelings of comfort as a dwelling.
Dance mentioned to me that Soane who now meets him & Sir Francis
Baring on the city business is mightily respectful & bowing to him.
Amende Honorable
Mrs. Offley [the wine merchant's wife] addressed me twice this even
ing about Herself, expressing Her sense of having acted improperly
towards me during the tour we made in 1801 [to Scotland], and of Her
want of that deference which was due to superiority. She Had, she
said, what passed at Keswick in Her mind. She wished that another
opportunity might be afforded Her of shewing a different conduct.
Offley heard all this, to which I made gentle answers. She wished for
my reproofs. I told Her that to require reproof almost proved that it
was not wanting, for a mind sensibly alive to error would guard itself.
Offley said it wd. be well if I wd. come once a week to give the benefit
required. She said a friend had told her that whoever would fairly &
fully admonish Her wd. be her best friend.
April 1. — Easter Sunday. — Went to St. James' Chapel. — Mr.
Stevens preached, Exhibiting the proofs of the Resurrection & reasoning
upon them. I reed, the Holy Sacrament delivered by Him & Mr.
Martin. — Many attended of both Sexes.
Art Criticism
Sir George Beaumont's I dined at. — We dined at 10 minutes before
6. — We had much talk abt. art. Mrs. Phipps* being much attached
to painting. She expressed Her opinion of the superiority of Hoppner
over Lawrence. I told her the art comprehended so much that each
might have great but different excellencies so as to make the balance
even. — Madame Le Brun's pictures were spoken of. Sir George sd.
He thought that imitative kind of painting resembled wax-work, and
seemed to be rather copying such imitations of nature as are made in
that way than real life. — West was mentioned as being an excellent
judge of Art, but that He often dealt out lavish & immoderate praise
upon modern works. He sd. that the picture of the fishing Boats by
Turner in the late Duke of Bridgewaters Collection made a fine picture
by Vandevelde in the same room " look like glass bottles (brittle) " —
Sir George sd. in reply " that Vandevelde's picture made Turner's Sea
appear like pease soup." — Edridge [A.R.A.] said Hearne [water-colour
painter] had remarked that the Sea in Turner's picture of " Calais Pier,"
exhibited last year " appeared like butter." — Sir George & Edridge
both said that Turner never painted a good sky. — Lady Beaumont
asked me about Constable. She sd. He seemed to be a weak man. —
Mrs. Phipps sd. the new musical farce by Prince Hoare (the pargraph)
was a most foolish performance.
* Wife of the Hon. Angustine Phipps, a younger brother of the first Earl of Mulgrave.

CHAPTER LX
1804 •
The Neatness of English Women
The Young Princess
April 2. — Called on Miss Heyman [Purser to the Princess of
Wales]. She told me she thought the Young Princess was not well in
structed.— -She is very quick in Her observation of persons & things,
& already quizzes Lady Elgin Her governess.
I called on Shee, who expressed a desire to have His picture of Lord
Moira hung in the Center on the fire side [at the Academy], — & below
it Lord Spencer's portrait. — I dined at Opie's. We had much talk abt.
the arrangement of the pictures. Northcote & Opie insisted that the
Members of the Academy shd. be the first attended to. — West's picture
of [William] Penn was talked of. Smirke and Opie approved it highly.
Opie said it was a consistent & good prose picture. It was narrative
painting. Fuseli & Northcote thought very lightly of it.
Women in Love
Fuseli mentioned that a Medical man who attended Bedlam had
said that the greatest number of those who were confined were Woemen
in love, and the next Class in respect of number was Hackney and Stage
Coachmen, caused it was supposed by the constant shaking exercise to
which they are subject which affects the pineal gland.
I called on Hone, who shewed me drawings & miniatures. He
derived from His Father a habit of speaking of His own works in the same
language that He wd. commend those of another person. — He took up
a drawing " a pretty Head " sd. He, " slight but clever " — of another
" That's a fine miniature " — " I expect it will be called for or I wd.
send it to the Exhibition." — This self praise is expressed in so natural
manner that though it is singular it is not offensive.
Morland and Lawrence
April 4. — Went to the Academy at 8. I remarked as the pictures
were brought in that . . . Morland as an artist is gone. I recdv a
Letter from Lawrence & at 4 oClock went to Him and dined and saw
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His portrait of Mrs. Siddons &c* — He told me He had been painting
from 7 oClock yesterday morning having never been in bed. He was lan
guid but painted on several of His pictures being in a very unfinished
state. — I promised to get one of the Porters of the Academy to remain
there to receive His pictures anytime before 12 oClock. —
Mrs. Siddons by Lawrence
April 5. — Bourgeois sd. He was much disappointed in Lawrence's
Mrs. Siddons.^-West told me that Lawrence was grown careless. —
Bourgeois sd. to me " I always speak my mind abt. Lawrences pictures.
I wd. not give 6d. for that of Mrs. Siddons. — It neither represents Her
body or mind." — West again sd. to me " that Lawrence was below the
mark, — that it wd. not do at this period to become indifferent. Mrs.
Siddons was His best." — He said he was much surprised at Morland's
pictures which could only be reed, on account of His former merit.
Turner added that it shewed the effects of living within the rules of the
Kings-bench.t — The Hanging Committee
April 6. — At Academy — Smirke & Loutherbourg came after
wards and we began the Centers. — Loutherbourg was evidently very
anxious abt. His own pictures. His evening required a strong light,
His Avalanche shd. be on [the] left side, — He objected to White being
in a picture above. — Smirke examined Sir George's [Beaumont's]
pictures, & said they were very well for an amateur, — but His moon
light He sd. was trash, — and the others rubbish when compared with
what pictures should be.
April 7. — At the Academy at 7. — [Loutherbourg] was preparing
to put His yd picture at the upper end but I told him I had 2 placed for
that purpose. — This passed off & He placed His on the fire side. In
the morning I desired to speak to Lawrence & He came to Holylands
Coffee House [near Somerset House]. I there told Him that His picture
of Col1- Stanley I was so unfinished that it wd. be impossible for Him
* In the National Gallery catalogue it is stated that the commonplace full-length
portrait of " Mrs. Siddons," hanging in one of the British rooms, was " Probably exhibited
at the R.A. in 1804." Farington shows in the above entries that the portrait he describes
is the one belonging to the nation. It was painted mainly by candle-Ught, and elsewhere
in the Diary we learn that the dress and pose of the figure correspond with those of the
" Mrs. Siddons " in Trafalgar Square, which certainly has the appearance of having been
painted by artificial fight, a custom common in those days.
t For many years Morland was almost continually in debt, and in 1799 he was arrested
and forced to reside in a district allotted to debtors. While there he produced a large
number of works, and was released in 1802, but not for long, unfortunately. A fit of
apoplexy prevented him from working and he was again arrested and taken to a sponging
house in Eyre Street Hill, where he died on October 29, 1804, aged forty-two years.
t Edward Smith Stanley, M.P. from 1796 to 1832, afterwards (1834) thirteenth Earl
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to complete that & to do what was necessary to Kemble's portrait &
Mrs. Williams's. I told him how much had been said of the unfinished
state of some of his pictures, & that His friends thought " He trifled
with his reputation." He sd. He wd. take the picture of Col1. Stanley
away though He must quarrel with him [Farington] abt. it. — At the
door of the Coffee House Lysons and Mr. Hughes [Canon of St. Paul's]
came up to us. — Lysons looking very ill. At the time a Hack Chaise
passed in which were the Prince of Conde and His Son the Duke of
Bourbon, the latter father to the Duke de Engien [sic] now a condemned
prisoner in France. — Sir George Beaumont came to me at the Academy
to desire me to varnish certain parts of His Moonlight.
Farington's Best Picture
West came, and examined the pictures arranged. — He spoke highly
of those by Owen. He looked at my view of Edinburgh Castle, & said
He never saw a finer back ground, as a subject, than what that view
afforded. He sd. it was my best picture, in tone & in breadth superior
to anything I had before done. — The rock and Castle He sd. was very
good in parts but it was not altogether equal to the other. Of Shee He
said that His pictures of Lord Moira & Ld. Spencer wd. support him but
His whole lengths of woemen were weak pictures. — He sd. the arrange
ment of pictures near it had been serviceable to Lawrences whole length
of Mrs. Siddons, but it was not what it should be : that the face was ill
drawn. — His whole length of Mrs. Thelluson [the banker's wife] He also
thought much inferior to His portrait of Lady Templetown exhibited 2
years ago. Would Owen study drawing for a year to obtain strength
in that respect, He wd. make a great figure. — Thomson He thought had
done very well. — French and English
Loutherburgh told us He was born in the year 1740, — That He had
a Hot Head & a strong mind, & being at an early age His own master,
He gave way to many singularities and extravagances. His family
came originally from Lithuania, but have been during several centuries
settled in the Canton of Berne ; and that they were formerly posessed
of letters of nobility. He sd. He was born at Basle & was educated at
Strasburgh. His father was an Engraver, & had several children. He
died after having lost a considerable sum of money due to him from a
German prince. Loutherburgh was intended to have been an Engineer,
but after the death of his father, He being only 15 years old, He went
to Paris to study painting under Carlo Vanlo. — He spoke of Fragonard
as having very fine talents for painting, but He soon lost at Paris a great
deal of that excellence which He shewed in Italy. — He spoke of the
French nobility, saying that they were very agreeable to live with, and
admitted Artists to associate with them in an easy manner, but still
whoever meant to continue on that footing did well to recollect at all
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feeling of respect. When it was otherways, no complaint was made,
but the person was reed, no more. — I asked him what He thought of
the English Character. He sd. it was reserved in both Sexes, — the
Germans He added resemble them strongly. — He sd. when He first came
to England He was struck with the neatness of the Woemen. — He also
spoke of their beauty — but said He had much admired the appearance
of the Roman Woemen. — He was of opinion that the troubles in France
will end in it being resolved into a limited monarchy, and He thought
it probable that the Duke d'Angouleme who married the daughr. of the
late King, will become King of France. — Loutherburgh had for 10 years
the management of what related to dress & Scenery at Drury Lane
Play House. His first engagement was made with Garrick. —

CHAPTER LXI
1804
A Sermon for To-day
April 8. — St. James's Chapel* I went to — Mr. Andrews preached.
— He much enforced the necessity and benefit of the Holy Sacrament,
— remarked upon the causes which operated on the minds of many to
postpone that essential duty, & of their even considering it a merit so
to do because they were in sinful habits, — little considering the fallacy
of such suppositions. — He noticed the number of prostitutes abounding
in the streets, as a proof of the effects of that sinful conduct which kept
men from the Sacrament, which sinful habits each of them probably
had in his intention to abstain from when .age should have weakened
the desire. He represented with great force the benefits of attending
repentance & reformation, & the consequences of persevering in wicked
ness. — His Sermon was delivered with much energy. —
A Common Case
Mrs. Noelf & Her Daughter called on me to request that a picture
which she has sent to the Exhibition might be placed in some situation.
— She represented that it was of great consequence to Her to have a
picture in the Exhibition as Her scholars judged of Her ability in the
* Mr. Harry J. AUpress, 47, King's Road, WiUesden, July 26, 1922, says : " The St. James's
Chapel which Farington speaks of on April 8, 1804, is the church now known as St. James's,
Hampstead Road, which was consecrated in January, 1793, as the Chapel of the Burial
Ground for the Parish of St. James, Westminster — known to-day as St. James's, PiccadiUy.
This ground stiU exists as ' St. James's Gardens,' the open space lying at the back of the
church, with entrances from Hampstead Road and Cardington Street. It is estimated
that some 50,000 bodies were interred here, and readers of the ' Diary ' wiU be interested
to learn that amongst them were the remains of Morland (1804) and Hoppner (1810).
Lord George Gordon was another celebrity to find a last resting-place in this spot.
The church contains many memorials of interest — among the mural tablets is one
(signed) by Nollekens. On the east wall is an elaborate memorial to a lady named Anna
Cecifia Rhodes, daughter of Christopher Rhodes, of Chatham. She may have been a
member of the family from which descended Cecil Rhodes, whose forebears owned a farm
which stood in the Hampstead Road, not many yards from the church.
Amongst the former organists of the church were Sir George Smart and S. S. Wesley."
t Similar representations are no doubt made every year to Uving Royal Academicians,
and are apparently considered with results similar to that in Mrs. A. Noel's case. Her
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Art from that circumstance. The last year Her picture was rejected
& damaged. She sd. she supported a family of 4 children by giving
lessons in painting & drawing. That she went out to give lessons &
Her daughter taught at home. She spoke of West & Cosway as Her
friends. — She sd. she had been advised by Mrs. Soane to apply per
sonally to the members of the Committee. — I told Her there was an
inundation of pictures, but that [her] representation wd. have due weight
with me. She said Her fortune had been taken by Her Husband who
had left her with a family to be provided for. —
Passing Rich
Lysons I dined with. He shewed me his father's Will, who has left
him an estate of £70 a year, — and a share of his personalty — abt. £2000
more. — At the death of Mrs. Lysons of Bath His income, including
His office of Keeper of the Records, will be abt. £1100 a year. — His
Sisters fortunes in all will be abt. £300 a year each. His Brother has
now abt. £1150 a year & will have 8 or £900 a year more at the death of
the above Mrs. Lysons. —
April 9. — Dance shook hands with me congratulating me on my
pictures,— and Smirke told me He thought they were the best I have
exhibited. — Loutherburgh recommended to me to put a Highlander
into my view of Edinburgh Castle. He said He liked the picture &
wished it to have the benefit of that addition. — He made remarks upon
Turners Ship picture shewing how it might be advantaged by putting
some parts in shade & some in light. — Dance expressed concern at Shee's
pictures of Woemen, thinking them weak imitations of Lawrence.
James Ward Rejected
To West I stated the reasons for removing Ward's Landscape* [in
the manner of Rubens] viz. : want of room for the pictures of the
Members — and not feeling that imitations of the pictures of old masters
is a practise the most to be approved. —
West told us [on April 1 1] that Ward had been with Him & sd. that
He understood His picture of the Horse & Serpent could not be
arranged, — that He had this information from the gentleman who had
purchased His Landscape, — & who had with difficulty permitted it to be
exhibited, & now desired to have it withdrawn. Ward sd. He also
application weighed Farington wholly to her side : the picture she sent, " Venus SoUciting
Armour for her Son," was hung in the 1804 Academy exhibition.
That, however, was Mrs. Noel's last contribution thus favoured ; her name does not
again appear in the R.A. catalogues, although she had previously exhibited twenty-four
pictures from 1795 to 1804. In 1797 no fewer than eight landscapes and one classic sub
ject by her were placed in the Somerset House Show. She is not mentioned in Bryan's
Dictionary. Her addresses at various times were 12, Edward Street, Cavendish Square ;
38, St. James's Place ; and 32, Albemarle Street.
* This picture was actuaUy hung and afterwards rejected for the reasons given. Ward
was still an " outsider." Ward told West that he did not blame anybody for the rejection
of his picture. Four years later Ward was elected an A.R.A. and an R.A. in 181 1.
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wished to withdraw His other pictures. — Smirke as well as myself saw
through this, & told West that His motive was evident, arising from
pique ; but that when He Mr. West, shd. bring it before the Council we
shd. vote for complying with Ward's request, however illjudged on His
part. Turner walked round the room. He told Smirke that he did not
much like the situation of His picture that was on the door side of the
lower end of the room, but He did not seem to mind it much.
Lawrence Saved by Exhibitions
April 10. — He [West] thinks Lawrence's picture of Mrs. Siddons
on the whole His most material performance. He sd. Lawrence is
one of those who as an Artist wd. be ruined but for annual Exhibitions
which recal His attention & wd. make Him feel the necessity of exertion.
Turner He thinks, only exhibits this year to keep his name in the list
of those who do, as His pictures are inferior to His former productions.
[Dr.] Hughes spoke to me very handsomely of Dr. Fisher, the Bishop
of Exeter, saying that He preserves in that situation His natural manner
and is just the same as before. Dr. Majendie, Bishop of Chester, is a
great personal favourite of the King, who Has His picture in His Closet.
The Bishop has been in great luck since He was appointed to that See,
some Estates belonging to it having fallen in, the leases expiring, by the
renewal of which he got £20,000. —
April 12. — At the Academy. Loutherbourg came, also West
who in the Council room worked upon His picture of Hagar [and Ishmael,
which was rejected the previous year for a reason already stated].
April 13. — Loutherburgh told me that Bourgeois was His pupil
at the age of 15 or 16 years — 27 years ago, for a period of 2 years which
was too short. Desenfans plan then appeared to be to have Bourgeois
qualified to touch [up old] pictures. The articles between them were
broken, & a Law-suit was intended, but the matter was made up. —
He said Desenfans was formerly a Canon belonging to some Church in
France. He came to England & taught Geography to the children of
the Danish Consul — He married Miss Morris of Swansea, who had some
fortune, which was settled upon her, but lent to him to enable him to
deal in pictures. Turner as Critic
April 16. — Turner came & painted in one of the Keeper's apart
ments. He told me my view of Edinburgh was the finest view of it, —
He had a sketch from the same point. He thought the Exhibition
below the line better this year than the last.
April 17. — Turner spoke of the inferiority of Shee's portraits of
Woemen when compared with those He has painted of men. He sd.
His whole length of the late Mrs. Pope** in Ophelia was a most flimsy
* Wife of Alexander Pope, the actor-artist, who married as his second wife the widow
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performance ; weak in every respect, — so was His whole length of a
Lady as Hebe. — His Lord Moira on the contrary has much vigour. —
Of Clarke* He sd. that His art might be considered as " a weed" it bore
no resemblance of anything in nature or art. — Woodforde, he sd. was in
capable of rising to any height. There seemed to be a leaden quality
inherent in him in respect of his art. — He remarked on the extraordinary
incorrectness in the detail of Wests figures, viz., His heads & extremities.
This particularly in His picture of Phaeton. —
Respect Academicians
To-day Richards [the Secretary] was rude in reply to a civil message
I sent to Him abt. a newspaper which caused me to speak effectually to
Him & He asked my pardon. I also told the Porter, Saml. Allen, to
whom He had so expressed Himself, what I had done that the Porters
might know that the Academicians were not to be so treated. — Before
this happened the new arrangement in respect of carrying on the business
had caused us to go on much better, & more harmoniously than I had
ever known before.
April 18. — An acct. was published to-day of the death of Pichegru
[the revolutionary general], asserted to have strangled himself but
believed to have been murdered at the instance of Buonaparte. Much
alarm prevails for Mr. Drake our Minister at Munich who may have
been seized there at the instance of Buonaparte & carried to Paris to be
murdered to prevent His disproving the accusation against him. I
asked Loutherburgh His opinion. He said " Buonaparte will not die
in His bed." [He did.]
* Theophilus Clarke (1776 ?— 1831 f) was elected A.R.A. in 1803. He first exhibited
at the Academy in 1795, but he seems to have disappeared in 1810. His work consisted
mainly of portraits.

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CHAPTER LXII
1804
Lord Warwick and Foreigners
April 19. — Sir George [Beaumont] proposed that we shd. go to
Lord Warwick's in Hill St. to see a picture of Lyons by Rubens. — We
went there & found Lord Warwick at Home, who shewed us the picture,
a very fine one, — & also some indifferent things which He had picked
up. — His Lordship was very lively, He sd. He was a John Bull, & had
never encouraged association with foreigners, who He sd. hung together
like prawns, if you take up one others are attached to it. At Warwick
Castle He shd. not have been free if He had commenced that kind of
acquaintance. —
I returned to the Academy and found Miss Lawrence who paints
botanical subjects waiting for me. She delivered a note from Charles
Greville, Brother to Lord Warwick, desiring that I & Loutherburgh wd.
endeavour to place Her paintings in the Exhibition. — I told her I wd.
do so but represented that they were unfavourable subjects to hang
with pictures, which she acknowledged. — She sd. she lived with Her
Father & Mother in Queen Ann St, East, & gave lessons in drawing
Botany at \ a guinea a lesson & a guinea entrance. [Her pictures were
not placed.] Son of a Dutchman
Chalon [H. B.]* came & expressed a desire to have all his pictures
back as 2 large dogs painted for the Duke of York cd. not be exhibited.
* Henry Bernard Chalon, born in London of Dutch parents in 1770, studied at the
Royal Academy schools, and exhibited for the first time at Somerset House in 1792, his
two pictures being landscapes with cattle. From that date until 1847 pictures by him
(on two occasions as many as ten) were, with three exceptions, hung annuaUy at the
Academy. A Court favourite, he was appointed animal painter to the Duchess of York in
1795, as weU as to the Prince Regent and afterwards to WiUiam IV. He confined himself
principally to the painting of horses. In 1846 he met with a bad accident, and died in
1849. The two large dogs referred to by Farington were apparently exhibited, for in the
1804 R.A. catalogue we find under Chalon' s name, " Portraits of Hannibal and Princess,
the property of the Duke of York," as weU as " Portraits of Dogs, the property of Miss
Thrale." His daughter, Mrs. H. Mosely, also an artist, was in 1823 appointed miniature painter
to the Duke of York. She contributed to the Academy for twenty-one years, and died 1 867.
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I told Him those which were included in the Catalogue could not be
removed. — He wished much to have a Horse exhibited. My answers
to him were unfavourable. He sd. He was married to a sister of Ward's
& that Morland had married another Sister. — In the evening West told
me that Chalon's father was a Dutchman, a musician, who taught music,
and ran away & married the daughter of the late Jacky Barnard as He
was called, Son to the celebrated Sir John Barnard*. Her Father
never was reconciled & did not leave Chalon anything. There was a
Son & a daughter. Garrick and High Company
West, Loutherburgh & Turner dined with me at the Academy. After
Loutherburgh told many stories abt. Mrs. Baddeley [the actress], who He
sd. died almost upon a Dunghill at Edinburgh. — He spoke of Garrick as
having a weakness in respect of Association. When He had been in high
company it required 2 or 3 days to bring His mind to a proper level
again, so inflated was He by it, & lofty to those of inferior rank. — Louther
burgh condemned Him for His conduct to Mrs. Garrick in His will.
— Mrs. Garrick cd. manage Him very well. She wd. attack him again
and again, but j udiciously till she carried Her point. —
Turner's Gallery
Turner told me this evening that He shd. be glad to see me at His
House having opened a gallery of pictures 70 feet long & 20 wide. —
Smirke [R.A.] informed me that Daniell [R.A.] has had an Order from
abroad for 18 sets of his India views which wd. amount to above £2000.
April 20. — West & Turner dined with us. We had much pleasant
conversation abt. Italy. — Loutherburgh illustrated the Character of the
Genoese & Neapolitans by an Italian story of 2 dogs, one of each country.
The Genoese speak through their teeth, the Neapolitans broad & open
mouthed. The former are considered to be more acute.t
* Sir John Barnard (1685-1764), a London merchant, represented the City in ParUa-
ment for some forty years (from 1722 to 1761), was Lord Mayor in 1737, and took high
rank as a financier. By securing the signatures of the leading City merchants to an agree
ment to receive bank-notes he restored public confidence in the Bank of England during
the panic of 1745, and for his services to the nation his fellow citizens erected, in opposition
to his own desire, a statue on the Royal Exchange in May, 1747.
His son " Jacky," who became known as an art collector, died about 1784. Sarah, the
elder of Sir John's two surviving daughters, married Alderman Sir Thomas Hankey ; the
younger, Jane, married the Hon. Henry Temple and was mother of Henry Temple, second
Viscount Palmerston.
t Lieutenant-General F. H. Tyrrell, Hotel Paradiso, Garessio, Prov. di Cuneo, Italy,
writing on July 29, 1922, says: Farington in his Diary on April 20, 1804, writes : " Louther
bourg illustrated the character of the Genoese and Neapohtans by an Italian story of two
dogs, one of each country. The Genoese speak through their teeth, the NeapoUtans
broad and open mouthed. The former are considered to be more acute."
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Wordsworth's French Principles
April 21. — Dr. Cookson called . . . We talked of His nephew
Wordsworth, the Poet, who for a time had been a great supporter of
French principles, which caused a coolness between them. — Since the
death of Lord Lonsdale, the affairs which the late Mr. Wordsworth left
unsettled have been arranged, & Lord Lowther has paid to the Children
of Mr. Wordsworth £9000. There are 4 brothers and a sister. One in
the Church, who has distinguished Himself by His writings, & another
in the India Service. Pitt All That Was Great
April 22. — Westall [R.A.] told me Mrs. Esten* is abt. 35 or 6
years of age. The Duke of Hamilton left Her £2000 a year, which after
Her death goes to Miss Hamilton Her daughter by the Duke. Mr. Esten,
Her Husband, died abt. 3 months after the Duke. Miss Bennett is
Neapolitan dog had got a bone, which the Genoese dog coveted, so said to him : " Di
quale paese Sei ? (of what country are you ? )," to which the other replied : " Napolitano,"
and in opening his mouth to say so dropped the bone; which the Genoese dog snatched up
and ran away with. The NeapoUtan ran after him to recover it, and caUed out : " E di
quale paese Sei f " to which the Genoese dog repUed : " Genovese," without unclosing
his teeth, and got away with the bone.
* Mrs. Esten was an actress, and her daughter, Anne Douglas, by the eighth Duke of
Hamilton, was married in 1820 to Henry Robert, third Lord Rossmore, and died in 1844.
The Duke gave his portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds to Mrs. Esten, and she exchanged it
with Lawrence for one of herself painted by Sir Thomas.
The Duke left all the property he could to his daughter by Mrs. Esten, and after his
death his successor purchased the pictures and furniture at Hamilton Palace. Moreover,
Sir Walter Scott, in a letter dated Edinburgh, June 7, 1808, to Robert Dundas, says :
" I write you hastily, at the desire of Lord Chief Baron and Justice Clerk, who are anxious
about the state of the Edinburgh theatre, the patent of which is now at an end. Upon the
last renewal, it stood in the names of Lord MelviUe and the Duke of Hamilton. Lord
MelviUe, having more material things in hand, took no interest in the management, and
the Duke gave his interest for value to Mrs. Esten. ... It wiU be very advisable to have
the patent in some public persons, and one or two people connected with Uterature as
trustees for the pubUc."
Mrs. Esten, whose maiden name was Harriet Pye Bennett, sister of Agnes Maria Bennett
(see below), was married as his third wife to Major John Scott-Waring. His second wife
was named Maria Hughes. On Waring's marriage to Mrs. Esten an epigram appeared
which concluded : " Though well-known for ages past
She's not the worse for Waring."
On November 6, 1789, the Morning Herald said : " Mrs. Esten, who, we hear, is to
perform Juliet at Covent Garden, is rather on a small scale though an elegant figure. She
originaUy performed in Bath, where she was of the first reputation ; and if her powers
were equal to her taste and discrimination here she would be a considerable acquisition to
Mr. Harris [at Covent Garden]."
t Agnes Maria Bennett was a very popular novefist. Two years before her death she
produced a novel in six volumes, entitled " Vicissitudes Abroad, or the Ghost of my Father,"
and, in spite of the price (36s.), two thousand copies of it were sold on the first day. She
died at Brighton on February 12, 1808, and was buried at the Horns, Kennington Common,
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Her Sister & has a fortune of several thousand pounds. The late Mrs.
Braine of Sheerness was also Her sister. —
After Westall went away we talked of the politics of the day. To
morrow is to be a grand trial of a Coalition of Opposition to outvote the
Minister. Mr. Matthews [member for Herefordshire] had been told
today by a Member that the Minister will carry it. — He spoke of the
extraordinary powers of Mr. Pitt saying that He was much above any
other member & that Mr. Fox appeared quite secondary to him. He sd.
Mr. Pitt comprehended all that was great & could attend also to the most
minute particulars, He sd. that Mr. Addington was a very well meaning
man, but had not that strength of mind which could raise Him above
others. He thought Mr. Addington did not command the attention of
the House. Of Lord Castlereagh He sd. that He spoke very well, & had
good choice of language, but His manner was not impressive. Mr.
Yorke, He sd. delivered Himself intelligently but had a bad voice. —
Of Tierney He did not think anything remarkable, & though Windham
is ingenious He did not much admire His Oratorical powers. —
Mr. Matthews said, that He thought the Aristocracy (noble families)
of the Country, were averse to Mr. Addington's government not liking
that a man of His degree [son of a Reading doctor] should rule. —
A Strait Waistcoat
April 23. — He [Lawrence] told me that Lady Susan Fane*
* Lady Sarah Sophia (1785-1867), eldest daughter of John Fane, tenth Earl of West
morland, by Sarah Anne, daughter and sole heiress of the banker, Robert Child, of Osterley
Park, Middlesex, was married on May 23, 1804, to George VilUers, fifth Earl of Jersey,
and he assumed the additional name of Child on December 1, 18 19. The D.N.B. says
that the marriage took place at Gretna Green, which is incorrect. The family, Burke,
and contemporary journals state that Lady Sarah and Lord VilUers were married on the
above date at her father's house in Berkeley Square, London. The confusion may be due
to the fact that her father and Miss Child were married at Gretna Green on May 20,
1782. The story goes : " Suppose that you were in love with a girl, and that her father
refused his consent to the union, what would you do f " The question put in May, 1782,
by John, tenth Earl of Westmorland, to Robert Child, the banker, was answered : " Do ?
Why, run away with her, to be sure 1 "
From Berkeley Square that same night, we are told, Sarah Anne, the banker's only
daughter and heir, and her lover, together took the high road to Gretna Green, followed
by the angry father, who would have overtaken the eloping couple had not Lord West
morland, greatly daring, shot the leading horses of the nearing chaise. Thus the runaways
escaped, and so, on May 20, the blacksmith made them husband and wife. On the 28th
July after the marriage Robert Child died, leaving his great fortune to the " first
daughter, who should be called Sarah, after his own dead wife." And Lady Sarah
Sophia Fane, the beautiful Countess of Jersey, became head of the huge banking concern
four years after her wedding, a position which she retained until her death on January 26,
1867. She was a great friend of Lord Byron, who stayed as her guest at Middleton Park
in 1814-15. Lord VilUers (1773-1859) was twice Lord Chamberlain, and twice also Master of the
Horse to Queen Victoria. A keen foxhunter, he is referred to by Nimrod as " not only
one of the hardest, boldest, and most judicious, but perhaps the most elegant rider to
hounds the world ever saw." He also bred and trained his own horses, which included
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(the young Lady who has the Child fortune) is to be married to Lord
Villiers, who He said is a young man elegant and of good character. —
He mentioned that when the King was first taken ill Dr. Willis was
again consulted and desired to prescribe for the King witht. seeing Him,
which He wd. not do. He said that Had the King been put under His
care He wd. have immediately put a strait waistcoat upon Him as the
most speedy & effectual means of procuring recovery, — the alternative
was to have lowered His constitution extremely, which might by degrees
produce the same effect but at the risk of destroying His Constitution. —

CHAPTER LXIII
1804
Music and Pictures
April 25. — Lady Smith Burgess came [to the Academy], and
brought a miniature of Herself painted by Mrs. Mee, (late Miss Foldstone
of Bath) which she desired to change for the Allegro & Pensoroso sent
by Mrs. Mee which we agreed to & made the exchange. She spoke
highly of Mrs. Mee, & said she had married Mr. Mee a distant relation of
Her Ladyship's — that they had 6 children, — and that Mr. Mee had con
sented to let Her paint ladies only, who were never to be attended by
gentlemen. — She sd. she gave Mrs. Mee 40 guineas for that picture, &
that she had 18 guineas for pictures of a certain size.*
April 28. — West came from the Prince of Wales who sd. He shd.
dine at the Academy. He came before 5 oClock & went round the rooms
* Mrs. Mee (Miss Anne Foldstbne) exhibited irregularly at the Royal Academy from
1804 to 1837. The " Portrait of a Lady " shown at the Academy in 1804 may have been
the miniature of Lady Smith Burges, who was the second wife of Sir James Bland Burges,
well known in literary circles. He wrote " Reasons in Favour of a New Translation of
the Scriptures," and reissued in 1796 " The Birth and Triumph of Love," with his own
poetical letterpress. The plates were by Tomkins, from drawings by Princess Elizabeth.
Burges (who in 1821 assumed the name of Lamb), after his second wife died, married
Lady Margaret Lindsay, daughter of the Earl of Balcarres, and widow of Alexander
Fordyce. According to the D.N.B. Burges and Lady Margaret were in love in early life,
but he was sent abroad, and out of their attachment " sprang the universally admired
ballad of ' Auld Robin Gray,' Burges being the young Jamie of this poem, which was
written by Lady Margaret's sister, the Lady Anne Ba&ard."
Lady Anne's own story differs entirely from the above romantic version told by the
late G Barnett Smith. In a letter to Sir Walter Scott dated July 8, 1823, she revealed
the secret of the song's authorship, which until then had been carefully kept :
" ' Robin Gray,' so called from its being the name of the old herd at Balcarres," says
Lady Anne, " was born soon after the close of the year 1771. My sister Margaret had
married, and accompanied her husband to London. I was melancholy, and endeavoured
to amuse myself by attempting a few poetical trifles. There was an English-Scotch melody
of which I was passionately fond. ... I longed to sing old Sophy's air to different words,
and give its plaintive tones some little history of virtuous distress in humble Ufe, such
as might suit it. While attempting to effect this in my closet, I called to my little sister
[EUzabeth], now Lady Hardwicke, who was the only person near me, ' I have been writing
a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already
sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given
her Auld Robin Gray for a lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the
four lines, poor thing ! Help me to one ! ' ' Steal the cow, sister Anne,' said the little
Elizabeth. The cow was immediately lifted by me, and the song completed."
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with West. — Dinner at \ past 5. — I never heard less sd. abt. the pictures.
Sir Abraham Hume told me that those by me were my Chef d'oeuvres
— so said Lord Harcourt. — I sat by Mr. Whitbread who conversed a
good deal. He liked Owen's beggar boy. I asked Him if He thought
the musick an addition to the entertainment. He said yes certainly.*
— I spoke to the Bishop of Winchester abt. his daugr. Miss North's
picture, of Hop pickers not being exhibited, saying it was quite accidental
for I had placed it for that purpose. — The Duke of Bedford had a place
[at the chairman's table] next the Duke of Norfolk which I mentioned
to Him but He chose to sit [at a side table] next to Mr. Coke [Earl of
Leicester], in a place intended for Lord Besborough. — Mr. Fox sat next
but one to me. He talked a great deal to Wm. Smith [M.P. for
Norwich], — about architecture.
Taylor I called on. — Beechey had been with Him & delivered a list
of His pictures. — I gave Him a list of the Company. He [Taylor]
has now one 10th. of the Sun a newspaper of which Heriot has 7/ioths.
— and a Mr. Clarke 2/ioths. For his share Taylor paid 2 years purchase,
and paid it for £150 by selling His share of the True Briton to the Pro
prietors of the Oracle. — He is also paid for the articles which He writes
for the Sun. The Prince and Art
April 30. — West said the Prince of Wales noticed and liked my
upright Landscape. — He also much approved Loutherburghs Avalanche
& Owens beggar boy. He talked much abt. advancing the art in this
country, said there shd. have been a Gallery erected many years ago
for modern works, — & also for old Masters. He spoke of the pleasure
He derived from works of art and mentioned the advantage He had over
His Brothers in this respect as they had no feeling for it.
May 1. — I paid the Academy Club bills at the Crown & Anchor.t
— Simpkin told me that at the Academy [dinner] on Saturday night last
* In view of the introduction of music to the National Gallery in 1922, Whitbread's
reply is interesting, particularly in relation to Farington's remark : " I never heard less
sd. abt. the pictures." Was the music responsible for that neglect ? would make a good
siUy season discussion, in which the Trustees of the National GaUery might join.
t The Crown and Anchor, on the eastern side of Arundel Street, was in 1708 said to
be pleasant and considerable, steep descending to the shining shore, as Gay describes it in
" Trivia." That tavern was " a large and curious house " in Strype's time ; in it the
Academy of Music was instituted in 1710, the Royal Society dinners were held there, and
it was among the haunts of Dr. Johnson and James Boswell. On Fox's birthday, in 1798,
a banquet was given in the great room, which measured 84 ft. by 35 ft. 6 in. : two thousand
guests were present. The music room was once decorated with the ludicrous altar-piece
designed by WiUiam Kent for St. Clement Danes Church. The parishioners pretended
to be unable to decide whether the figures were intended for St. Cecilia and her organ or
Princess Sobieski and her son. Consequently Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, to
" preserve peace and unity," caused the painting to be taken down. Hogarth, it will be
recaUed, added to this humiUation by making a comic print, which he mendaciously de
clared to be " exactly engraved " after the original, which has disappeared, but the print
remains. The old building was destroyed by fire in 1854, and was rebuilt by the Whitting-
ton Club, which was established by Douglas Jerrold in 1846.

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10 bottles of Claret besides Madeira were drank by the Duke of Norfolk
& the little party after 10 oClock. — Simpkin has put His waiters under a
new regulation. He pays them as high as 26 shillings a week & the
lower waiters a guinea a week. — On this acct. all the money collected
by the waiters is paid by them to Mr. Simpkin. —
May 2. — Westall called. Dr. Grant is willing to put anything into
the British Press, a Booksellers paper, that relates to the [Royal Academy]
Exhibition. ... I told him [Westall] to leave these writers to them
selves & take the chance of their remarks.
May 4. — Westall called. — Had been with Thomas Hope [art collector]
who in consequence of having seen His picture in the Exhibition had
ordered two Historical pictures from Him, — the price of that size 120
guineas. — but wd. give more if work required it. He [Hope] said His
fortune [believed to be £200,000] is not so large as supposed, but He was
able to do a good deal in art as He had not the expenses of Dogs &
Horses. —
May 5. — Called on Sir George Beaumont. When His House at
Coleorton [in Leicestershire] is finished He will have a room to be fur
nished with works of English artists. He told me Lords Carlisle & Mul
grave and Himself have subscribed to enable Jackson [who became an
R.A.] to reside for a time in London near the Academy for the purpose
of improving His drawing.*
May 7. — I went to the [R.A.] Exhibition which I found very
full and very hot. — I met Taylor & went with him to the Sun Office,
where we found Smith, one of the under Equerries. — Taylor spoke of Dr.
Parr [eminent scholar] who He said was in company with Burke, —
Sheridan, Fox &c. after they had made their speeches on Hastings trial.
Parr had given his opinion on several, but not on Burke's speech, who at
least solicited it. Parr did not approve it, but said " It was oppressed
by "epithets, — dislocated by parenthesis, — and debilitated by amplifi
cation." Mrs. Siddons Despondent
Taylor shewed me a letter which He had lately reed, from Mrs-
Siddons in consequence of having published some complimentary verses
upon her. It was a letter of a very desponding kind. She expressed how
incapable she was of feeling happy, but acknowledged that she was
sensible of kindness. —
Mrs. Darner [the sculptor] spoke of Bourgeois to Lawrence &
* John Jackson, while studying at the Royal Academy in July, 1805, wrote to Benjamin
Robert Haydon, another student :
" There is a queer, taU, pale, keen-looking Scotsman come into the Academy to draw.
N.B. — There is something in him 1 He is called Wilkie." Wilkie, by painting portraits
in Edinburgh, saved money enough to bring him to London in 1805. About that date
he produced " Pitlessie Fair," a picture containing some one hundred and forty figures,
mostly portraits, for which he received thirty-five guineas. Wilkie iB, of course, Sir David,
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remarked on the danger of admitting inferior artists into a Society as they
might do mischief. — We noticed the present difficulties abt. forming an
administration. He said that it was believed there wd. be no difficulty
between Pitt & Fox, the latter having acknowledged that Pitt was the
proper man to be Minister. — Lawrence spoke of Taylor's Criticisms on
the Exhibition, said His remarks were often well pointed. — Taylor
sd. today that Topham [journalist and playwriter] observed to him in
the Exhibition that Turners pictures appeared to Him like pictures that
had [been] rubbed down by cleaners.
Process in Painting
May 9. — I dined at Loutherburgh's at 4. Loutherburgh talked
with me abt. process in painting. — He said that though Claude repeated
the colouring of his skies, going over them more than once yet it was in
the lightest parts only that He put on much body of colour. — In His
water it was evident that all was thin but the lighter parts. He said all
the Flemish masters & Dutch painted on White grounds, except Vander-
neer who painted on a grey ground. Upon their white grounds those
masters when they had an evening or warm subject to paint they would
glaze a warm tint which operated through the colours afterwards laid
on agreeably. — He said their grounds were painted with oil & were not
absorbing grounds. — He sd. painters of the present day make use of more
kinds of Vehicles than those masters did. They, in his opinion painted
with simple materials, — oils witht. mixture, — no macgilps — He uses
poppy, — nut & linseed oil, — and drying oil only for dark colours but
never in skies & delicate parts. He wishes to do as much witht. it as He
can. He uses turpentine occasionally, but not the Ethereal spirits
which becomes sticky in the pencil, — fie gets His from Middleton [then
in Long Acre], — He prefers Legges White to Middletons saying it is whiter
& purer. — He delights in Okers. — The flemings painted a white ground
& then pummiced it smooth. — His grounds are laid by Legge with very
little size. — Society in Hammersmith
The Society in the vicinity of Hammersmith Terrace was spoken of
as being sociable & neighbourly so as to render a residence there very
desirable. — The Margrave of Anspach [Queen Caroline's nephew] calls
upon Loutherburgh very frequently & proffeses great regard for him,
but Mrs. Loutherburgh remarked that fie had never employed Mr. L.
to paint a single picture, Liberality does not seem to be one of his
qualities. Though He occasions a good deal of trouble by calling often,
fie never gave anything to any servant of theirs. —
We went to Covent Garden Theatre to see Inkle & Yarico* — where
I staid till past 8, & then went to the Council.
* George Colman, the younger, based his musical comedy " Inkle and Yarico " (1787)
on the story of Thomas Inkle (related by Steele in the Spectator), who, while wandering
on the Spanish Main, feU in love with an Indian girl caUed Yarico, and afterwards sold
her as a slave.

CHAPTER LXIV
1804
George III. and Politics
The King Decides Against Fox
May 10. — Lord Mulgrave sat to him [Lawrence] yesterday and He
found from His Lordship that Mr. Pitt will stand his ground as a Minister
in the face of the whole Coalition of Foxites, — Grenvillites, & Wind-
hamites. — The King was decided against Fox, — who Pitt would have
acted with, — so that the opposition to him originated entirely with His
Majesty. — Lawrence spoke of the simplicity of Pitts mind, who so far
from being suspicious places full confidence in those who appear to be
entitled to His regard, and associate with Him. — Addington [who resigned
the Premiership in April] is sd. to have entirely lost his good opinion,
from having acted in a pitiful & indirect manner to Him. —
The King certainly offered Addington* the highest honor that had
been bestowed on any person who had quitted such a situation. He
offered Him an Earldom & a Pension. — Addington refused both,, and even
expressed that He wd. resign His House & place in Richmond Park. —
The King sd. " No, No, That was an act of private friendship." —
We talked abt. the pictures in the Exhibition — Lawrence sd. He
did not think Opie improving. We agreed that He has no taste in
executing His back-grounds, they are vulgar & not properly felt. — He
remarked that Shee evidently shewed that He could not treat subjects
where character was to be expressed, as in His Ophelia. — He observed
that Loutherburgh " was at the top of ingenious men but went no further."
— Of Fuseli how uncertain His judgment of pictures is, — & in the
execution of His [own] pictures how defficient He is in power to do what
is necessary. — Lawrence was going to a concert at the Duchess of Devon
shire's who had brought Him a Ticket for it.
He spoke of Perry [a Scotsman] of the Morning Chronicle & sd. He
* Henry Addington (1757-1844), son of a physician, entered ParUament as a foUower
of Pitt in 1784, and was Speaker from 1789 to 1801, when he succeeded Pitt as Prime
Minister, an office which he occupied until April, 1805. Pitt, again at the head of the
Government, Addington was appointed President of the Council, with a Peerage, he taking
the name of Viscount Sidmouth. He was Home Secretary under Lord Liverpool from
18 12 to 1822, and was held in high favour by George III. in his later days.
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238 The Farington Diary [1804
was a man of sense, & had the manners of a gentleman, & had less of that
character which is common to Editors of papers than anyone that He
had seen. — Turner's Presumption
May 11. — In the evening I went to the [Academy] Council. Bour
geois desired to have private conversation with me & Smirke & we went
with Him into the Model Academy.
On our return to the Council [meeting] we found Turner who was
not there when we retired. He had taken my Chair & began instantly
with a very angry countenance to call us to acct. for having left the Council,
on which moved by his presumption I replied to him sharply & told Him
of the impropriety of his adressing us in such a manner, to which He
answered in such a way, that I added His conduct as to behaviour had
been cause of complaint to the whole Academy. —
May 12. — I went with Sir George [Beaumont] & Mr. [Uvedale] Price
& His Son to Mr. Crew's in Lower Grosvenor St. & saw the portrait of
His [Crewe's] Son when a Boy in the Character of Henry 8th. by Sir
Joshua Reynolds* — very fine, also several other portraits. — From thence
we went to Madam Le Brun's & saw her pictures.*— Westall [R.A.] told
me He cd. get by His profession near £2000 a year & that he had begun
to economise by reducing His establishment.
Reader of Plays
May 16. — Called on Sir George [Beaumont] & found Mr. Price
& Lady Susan Bathurst there.t — Sir George reed, a note from Lord
Dartmouth who has been appointed Lord Chamberlain.— King, the Actor,
had applied to Sir George to procure from His Lordship the Office of
Reader of Plays. — Lord Dartmouth's answer was that He did not know
the nature of the appointment, &c. Dance came. He told me that
George Webb has been appointed to one of the Collectorships in Bengal
which Dance has been informed is worth £10,000 a year. — He is now
28 years old. —
May 17. — Lord Thomond I called on. Lady Thomond was indignant
at the Opposition, and astonished at the Prince of Wales.
* This portrait, one of the finest ever painted by Sir Joshua, represents as a child John,
second Baron Crewe, of Crewe. He was baptised in 1772, served in the Army, and became
Major-General in 1808, Lieutenant-General 1813, General in 1830, and retired the follow
ing year.
Married on May 5, 1807, to Henrietta Maria Anne, daughter of George Walker-Hunger-
ford, of Calne, Wilts, he died on December 4, 1835, at *"s CMteau near Liege, in Flanders.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, who, in turn, was succeeded by his nephew, the present
Marquess of Crewe, to whom belongs the famous portrait of " Master Crewe."
t Fourth daughter of the second Earl Bathurst, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

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Wine Merchant Critic
May 18. — I dined at C. Offleys [the wine merchant]. — He had been
to the [R.A] Exhibition. He sd. Loutherburg shewed great ingenuity ;
but His colouring was too slaty & purple, — yet He thinks them nearer
nature than Turners, who appears to be striving to do something above
nature. He said Turner's representation of Water was untrue ; not
like the just appearance seen in the works of Backhuysen and Vandevelde.
— He sd. Turners landscape was Pousinish, but not true. The general
impression of Turner's work on his mind was unfavourable. He pre
ferred His drawings to His pictures. — He liked my view of Edinburgh
the best of my pictures ; but thought a little more spirit might have been
given to all the three ; in that of Edinburgh to the foreground.
May 19. — Breakfasted with Rogers [the banker-poet]. — His House
admirably planned, upon ground only 16 feet wide, but 66 deep. — He
gave 170 guineas for a Head of a girl by Sir Joshua. He bought it of
Dr. Wolcot. Ireland Safe After the Union
I dined at Lord Thomond's. They spoke lightly of Arthur OConnor
[the Irish traitor] in respect of Courage ; and said He had been beat by
an Attorney, a man less than himself. They said He had no bottom of
understanding, but was oratorical, and diffusive, with little knowledge.
They said a person might now travel in Ireland with great safety.
May 21 . — Smirke [R.A.] called — He is quite of opinion that it would
be best to have no more great Academical dinners, which He thinks add
no dignity to the Society & afford little pleasure to the Members. —
[There had been a serious squabble about the defeat of a proposal to invite
Thomas Hope, the wealthy merchant and collector, to the annual dinner
of the Academy.] Fortune's Favourites
I drank tea at J. Offley's. — Lewis from Essex was there. — He gave
an acct. of the distribution of Sir Edward Hughes's fortune. — Lady
Hughes had kept a little store shop in the West Indies where she formed
a connexion with a Captn. Ball, by whom she had two Sons. Ball re
turned to England & she formed a second connexion with Sir Edwd.
Hughes & came to England bringing her Children with Her. Sir Edwd.
made b great fortune afterwards in the East Indies, which when He died
He left at her disposal. One of her Sons married a daughter of Sir Charles
Gould. He died witht. issue. Her other Son [David] married at Salis
bury & had 5 children, viz : a Son & 4 daugrs. — Sir Edwd. left each of
the daugrs. £10,000. — This Son also died abt. 4 years ago, before His
mother Lady Hughes. — It was with difficulty that she was prevailed
upon to make a Will, but it was effected by Mr. Coutts, the Banker. —
In this Will she added £8000 more to the fortune of each of Her grand
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240 The Farington Diary [1804
year she left to Her grand Son. — Afterwards Her daughter [in-law] Mrs.
Ball, the widow [of her second son by Capt. Ball] became attached to a
young man, Clerk to a Solicitor, who came to Her upon business, &
eventually married Him & now resides in Portland Place at the House
built by Sir E. Hughes. She has at present the care of Her Children
& is allowed £1,000 a yr. for the Son & £300 a year for each of the daughters.
She is abt. 40 years of age and the young man she married 25 or 6 years
old.* Turner's Prices
May 22. — Thomson [R.A.] is now painting Emily St. Clair [or
Sinclair], who resides with Sir John Leicester!" [he settled £700 a year
on her]. — Sir John always attends when she is sitting. — He is no longer
satisfied with the portraits which Northcote has painted of Her. — Sir
John was desirous of purchasing Turner's large landscape which was
exhibited last year, & at that time offered 250 guineas for it. Turner
demanded 300. — This spring Sir John offered 300 for it but Turner now
demanded 400 guineas, on which they parted. Opie sd. to Thomson He
did not see why Turner should not ask such prices as no other person
could paint such pictures. —
* According to the Dictionary of National Biography Sir Edward Hughes married Ruth,
widow of Captain Ball, R.N. ; she died at West Hatch, Dorset, on September or October 30,
1800. " Hughes," the D.N.B. story continues, "left no issue, and his wealth descended
to a son of Captain Ball, R.N., his wife's son by her first marriage, Edward Hughes Ball
Hughes, a social celebrity of the early part of the present [Nineteenth] Century, when he
was famiUarly known as the ' Golden BaU.' In 1819 Ball took the additional name of
Hughes, married Mdle. Mercandotti, a celebrated Spanish dancer in 1823, and, having
by gambling and reckless expenditure dissipated part of his fortune, removed to St. Ger-
mains, near Paris, where he died in 1863."
It seems that the D.N.B. writer has confused the son with the grandson. The son
David Ball (who died at Luxborough, in Devonshire, on August 17, 1798), was apparently
the father of Edward Hughes Ball Hughes, nicknamed " Golden Ball," to whom Lady
Hughes left ,£15,000. The widow of the son who married the eldest daughter of Sir
Charles Gould-Morgan, Judge Advocate- General, had as her second husband, Sam Hum
phry, of Penydarran, Glamorganshire. They were married in May, 1793.
t Sir John Fleming Leicester (1762-1827), eldest son of Sir Peter Leicester, was an
amateur painter and generous patron of the arts. In 1805-6 he and Sir Thomas Bernard
were practically the founders of the British Institution. Greatly interested also in music
and natural history, he found time to dabble in pofitics, and sat for some years in ParUament.
On November 9, 18 10, he married Georgiana Maria, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-
Colonel Cottin. As shown by her portrait in the character of Hope, by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, she was very beautiful. Leicester was created Baron de Tabley on July 16,
1826, and his grandson, third and last Baron de Tabley, who was a poet of considerable
distinction, died on November 25, 1895.

CHAPTER LXV
1804
George III.'s Patronage
May 22. — In the evening I called on Opie. He has begun a whole
length of Mr. Fox for Mr. Coke. Opie remarked on the expression of
Mr. Pitt's face saying that abt. the forehead, eyebrows & eyes there
was a power of expression that was extraordinary. — He sd. there was
a devilish power expressed (meaning mighty) which made so great an
impression on his mind that when He returned home He endeavoured
to make a sketch of Pitts look. — He saw him at a Lord Mayor's ball. —
May 25. — Lord Dartmouth is appointed Lord Chamberlain, an
office of great patronage but inferior dignity to that He held of Lord
Steward ; but it was rendered more acceptable as it was by the King's
desire, who in the arrangement of the new administration has had the
appointment of all His Household, & His Majesty sd. He wished Lord
Dartmouth to be in a situation more immediately attending His own
person. — The Salary clears something more than £3000 a year.
May 26. — Northcote I called on. He spoke of his present success.
Portrait Painting & sd. it came on gradually. — He sd. Opie's portraits
were not popular. They were complained of as being coarse. — He sd.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Had asked him why Opie painted in so slovenly
a manner. Northcote replied " He supposed it was to obtain breadth,"
that He neglected finishing. " Oh ! " sd. Sir Joshua " if so a plaister
of white on one side, and of dark on the other would do it," in painting
a head. — Sir John Leicester went to Opie's with an intention of pur
chasing a fancy picture but was disgusted with the coarse manner of
the painting.
May 27. — The Marquiss [of Stafford] inquired how certain members
[of the Academy] were disposed. He sd. Hoppner was an " ingenious
man, but had a very bad temper." He expressed that He much liked
many of his portraits. — Of Lawrence He appeared to have a very good
opinion. — He also spoke very handsomely of Nollekens saying He
thought Him " a very honest man " which opinion West strongly con
firmed, & added that He was, as well as Lawrence, & myself, firm
supporters of the Academy. Finally He left the Marquiss in the best
disposition towards the Academy. —
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242 The Farington Diary [1804
Mother Windsors
West went to the Academy to attend the Prince of Wales, in whose
name 32 persons had assembled. — The Duchess of Devonshire, — Lady
Bessborough — Lady Melbourne, — Mrs. Fitzherbert &c. &c. in one party
attended by Lord Melbourne, — Mr. Lamb* &c. &c. &c. — In another
party the Marchioness of Salisbury — Marchioness of Stafford 13c. &c.
attended by Lord Carlisle, Lord Morpeth &c. &c. West observed that
there was a studied avoiding each other by several of them, viz :
Marchioness of Stafford & others not going near Mrs. Fitzherbert. —
Marchioness Stafford expressed surprise at there being so many persons,
& Lord Carlisle said He expected only to have seen half a dozen. The
former said " the Academy is taken by storm ". — West spoke highly
of the Marchioness of Stafford, on acct. of Her beauty & simplicity &
agreeable, unaffected manners. — He sd. she was a remarkable contrast
to the generality of the others who looked like so many Mother Windsors,
— particularly Mrs. Fitzherbert.t
May 28 .^-Richards informed us this evening of the death of Dayes,t
an Artist, by Suicide. — He appeared to me in a conversation I once
had with him to have a singular turn of mind.
May 30. — Lane [assistant to Lawrence] told me that Lawrence has of
late had an overflow of new sitters. — Robert [Lawrence's servant] says
that He paints a Head at 3 sittings & is abt. 2 Hours each time. — He
has began 8 whole lengths besides other pictures. He does not place them
all in His show room being afraid that people wd. apprehend from the
number that they shd. never get pictures from him.
Miss Heyman [Keeper of the Purse to the Princess of Wales] I called
on, & went with Her to Mount St. to Glover  He lodged with a
young man who was instructed by Him. His name Holworthy, He
came from Bosworth in Leicestershire, — & teaches drawing. — Glover
teaches drawing also. His manner is to go to a House for a day for
which He has 2 guineas. While there He begins a drawing & proceeds
on it, which He leaves with His pupil to imitate. At his next visit He
• WUliam Lamb (1779-1848), second Viscount Melbourne.
t Maria Anne Smythe was born in 1756, and married first Thomas Fitzherbert and then
in 1774, Edward Weld, of Lulworth Castle. She had no chUdren by either husband. In
1785 she was privately married to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. In spite of
a denial of the marriage there is no doubt that it took place. Friendship with Lady Jersey
brought about a separation, and the Prince married Caroline of Brunswick, his first marriage
being invalid because it was contracted without the consent of the King or twelve months'
notice to the Privy Council. Relations with Mrs. Fitzherbert were again resumed and
again broken off owing to the interference of Lady Jersey. Mrs. Fitzherbert, who behaved
admirably, was always treated with respect by the Royal Family. Her house on the Old
Steine, Brighton, is now the home of the Y.M.C.A., and during the war it was utiUsed as
a soldiers' meeting-place or home.
t Edward Dayes, a water-colour painter, was born in 1763, and contributed to the Royal
Academy from 1786 to 1804 sixty-four works,- mainly topographical with figures. He was
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proceeds on the drawing which He again leaves, & so on till He has
shewn his pupil His whole process and caused Him to imitate it. — Miss
Heyman gave me letters just published by Lord Grenville. They were
written by the late Lord Chatham to His nephew Mr. Pitt afterwards
Lord Camelford. Art and Commerce
May 31 . — Daniell's pictures deserve their value from being faithful
portraits of remarkable places [said West, P.R.A.] : but they have
little feeling of art in them — Were He with the same powers to take up
subjects that did not excite curiosity, they wd. be of so little value that
He would not be able to get His bread by painting such. — He spoke
of the little encouragement He had had for Historical painting & that
He wd. have been obliged to have turned to Portraits had He not been
patronised by the King. He sd. that 35 years ago the King told him
He shd. have a quarterly allowance from Him & should paint for him,
but that was not to preclude Him from receiving Commissions from
others. But in the whole time that Has elapsed since that period what
He has reed, for pictures painted for various persons has not exceeded
6000 guineas, — so little disposition Has there been in this country to
give encouragement. He sd. that after the death of an artist of merit
His pictures then got into the hands of persons who endeavour to make
them property when no more can be had. They extol the reputation
of the deceased & publish His merits. This has been remarkably the
case in the instances of Wilson, — Hogarth, — Gainsborough, &c. — This
is in the true spirit of commerce. The King's Patronage
He said that the King had remarked upon His not having more
encouragement especially as He had His Majesty's patronage. — But He
was now in great apprehension that His undertaking for the Chapel at
Windsor would never be accomplished, which He considered to be owing
to Wyatt who wd. not proceed with the alterations in the Chapel. He
sd. that were the Chapel finished & His pictures placed there it wd. take
Him a year or a year & half to harmonise them in their respective situa
tions. He sd. though they had been exhibited, He only considered
them as pictures prepared for finishing. If they were to be put up &
to remain as they now are, some wd. appear too light and others too
dark, & there wd. be no unity. — Considering the age of his Majesty &
His own, only a few months younger, and that in 4 or 5 years He shd.
be 70 years of age, He could not, notwithstanding His present capable
state, expect that He shd. long continue equal to that exertion which
wd. be necessary to complete that work, & of course it wd. be left
imperfect. — He said that the King had rather relapsed into His late
unhappy state, owing to his having been much agitated at Windsor by
the rejoicings made there on His arrival last Saturday. — It moved Him
so that He cried, & Has since been in low spirits.
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CHAPTER LXVI
1804
The Snub Courteous
May 31. — Lord Stafford told Him [West] that Copley had within
a few days called on Him, & expressed that He had a favor to beg of
His Lordship. — Lord Stafford supposed it was relative to the Academy,
& prepared Himself to give such an answer as He had done to Bourgeois.
— Copley explained that His request was that His Lordship would honour
Him by sitting to Him for His portrait. Lord Stafford replied that He
had no great desire to Have portraits of Himself, — that He had sat for
one & that satisfied Him. — Copley then said, He wished His Lordship
to understand that He did not propose that it should be considered as
a Commission from His Lordship, for which His Lordship should pay.
— Lord Stafford sd. if He sat to Mr. Copley He shd. certainly pay His
usual price but He was not then disposed to have another portrait of
Himself. Bristol History
J. Offley [wine merchant] told me that Mr. Glover, (Father to Mrs.
Offley) had a fortune of 30, or £40,000. He had resided at Clifton, from
whence He removed to Bristol, where He was induced by persons of the
name of Cross, — Brewers by trade, to engage in establishing a Bank at
Bristol & another in London,— Mr. Glover advanced His Capital, as did
another gentleman, part of which the Brewers borrowed to carry on
their trade & at an interest above that allowed by law — viz : 5 pr. ct. —
Abt. 9 years ago, when there was a great press upon the country Banks,
those 2 Banks stopped payment, & also the Brewery concern. — Un
fortunately Mr. Glover became liable to loss in every way, for He not
only was declared to be responsible for all the debts of the Banking
Houses, but was also declared to be a partner in the Brewery Concern in
consequence of having reed, more than common Interest for His money.
Thus He was ruined. — Mrs. Glover, who had a fortune of £10,000 now
subsists on £80 a year, and Mr. Glover resides with Coll. Wood. — Some
time ago the Coll. had an interview with J. Offley, & stated to Him
that He had got the eldest son of Mr. Glover a Cadets appointment,
to Bengal, but that there wd. be expences of outfit & He applied to
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1804] Bristol History 245
Him as the person most likely to contribute to it. — Nothing has been
yet settled, but John told me He supposed it would cost Him £200.
One of the Crosses had granted a Bond to Trustees for his Wife, by
which though He sunk the fortunes of others He now lives at His ease
in the North of England. — The other gentleman who was ruined did
not survive it. Relishing the Bottle
Miss Glover has resided at Dudley in Staffordshire. She said Lord
Dudley is extremely popular in that Country. When He passes through
Dudley on His way to Imley Park, the people draw His carriage. — He is
very charitable, never refusing any application. — He is considered to
be a man of moderate understanding, but very well disposed : fond of
musick himself playing on the Base-viol,— Social & relishing the bottle ;
& in the habit of receiving much company, but He does not visit in
return, which His neighbours at first objected to, but now comply with.
— He receives single men at all times, but when families visit Him it is
by invitation. — Emperor of the French
Information arrived yesterday of the Proclamation of Buonaparte,
Emperor of the French, which was spoken of at Shee's last night, and
today as an occurrence that caused very little emotion.
West today observed that He had scarcely done anything in His
profession this month, having been so broke in upon by many engage
ments, & interruptions, and begins to feel uncomfortable abt. it. But
the fact is He sd. that He finds when He works He does so with unremit
ting industry by day & by lamp light, and at other times He relaxes
altogether. —
West in our conversation said that were He 10 years younger He
wd. go to America, where He was sure much might be done as the people
had a strong disposition to the Arts, & it would be easy to encourage a
spirit of rivalry in that respect between the cities of Philadelphia &
New York. — Trumbull [artist and politician], He sd. shd. settle at the
latter place & He at the former, & raise the spirit as High as it could
be. — Young Cotten has lately traversed America & has given Him a
most favorable account of the country & its improvements. —
Constable's Price for a Hand
June 1. — Constable called. He has of late been much employed
painting portraits large as the life for which He has with a hand 3 guineas,
— without 2 guineas. — This low price affords the farmers &c. to indulge
their wishes & to have their children & relatives painted. — Constable
has a House of His own near His Father's where He works hard & has
time in the afternoons to cultivate Landscape painting, — He spoke of
Lawrence & said He had means of doing a good deal if He could add
colouring to what He possessed, but at present He seemed to have but
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I went with him to see a drawing He had made of James Stanley, Lord
Derby's Son by Miss Farren, — a child of 4 years old. He has also 2
daughters by^this marriage. —
Rogers and Artists
June 2. — I went to Rogers [the banker-poet] to breakfast, &
found Miss Rogers with Him. He spoke to me His opinion of some
artists, saying that where there was a fault in the mind, which expressed
itself in some coxcomical manner it was generally to be discovered in
their works. — In Lawrence for instance there was affectation, a simper
ing — the fine gentleman, — a difficulty of acess to be found at His door
where the answer of His servant was to make difficulty. — All this is
carried to His Pictures, where there is a Tinselly quality, — as Fuseli
expressed it, — " the feelings of Tin," — Howard is also affected through
out, He cannot place His arms or move His hands but affectation is
exhibited. On the contrary Hoppner is direct, & Opie, when called
upon if at home He is at once to be seen & makes no parade. Westall
has something of affectation. Yet with all this Lawrence has in some
instances produced works that every body wd. wish for, viz : His
portraits of Lord Thurlow, & of James Curtis [the brewer]. — To be sure
Hoppner is violent & prejudiced, — & always speaks of Lawrence as of
an enemy. — Lawrence on the other hand speaks of Hoppner with
candour. — He spoke of Shee as being an ingenious man, but sd. He was
one of those who did not seem to feel the value of many great works of
art. When they came together before the Transfiguration of Raphael
in the Gallery, at Paris [now in the Vatican Gallery], He soon turned
from it & [wisely] expressed His admiration of a Venetian picture which
He took to be by Paul Veronese. He sd. that among the artists who
visited Paris He only found West, — Hoppner, — myself — and another
or two, who seemed to extend their views to the works of various Masters.
— We went together to Lord Thomond's where I introduced Him to
the Marchioness to shew Him [her Uncle] Sir Joshua's pictures. She
sd. she Had sat again to Lawrence who seemed to be pleased with what
He had done — She pressed me to go to Taplow with him. — I went into
the dining room to shew Rogers the pictures of Charity, Faith, Justice
&c. from which the painted glass for New College Oxford was executed.
— He was much delighted with them, particularly with those of Charity
and Justice. Rogers told me that Dance had said to him that Sir G.
Beaumont has £8000 a year. I said I did not suppose so much now,
but when all came together He must have a large income. — Rogers said
He had not supposed Sir George to have more than £5000 a year.
Rogers spoke today of the Letters lately published from the late
Lord Chatham to His nephew [Mr. Pitt, first Lord Camelford]. He
said they were written in a strange stile, in passages scarcely intelligible.
They proved that a man may be a great speaker, & an indifferent writer.
— He sd. Mr. Fox had observed to Him that He found a difficulty in
writing. —

CHAPTER LXVII
1804
Fox and Pitt
June 3. — I went alone to [St. James's Chapel, where the Curate
strongly enforced the duty of kneeling during prayer at divine service.
He read a long extract from the Bishop of London's charge to His Clergy
requiring them to represent it to their congregations. — His Lordship
states how much He had observed of the contrary of late years and the
extreme indecorum of it. — Fox's Fascination
Opie [R.A.] called in the evening. He told me Mr. Fox had sat to
Him 7 times. He was much pleased with the liberal feelings which Mr.
Fox expressed abt. artists, for when He disapproved certain works He
wd. still mention what the merits of the artists were. In his remarks
He did not seem to go into particulars, but wd. speak of the whole
together declaring whether the artist failed or not.— Mr. Fox spoke of
Mr. Grey as having a prejudice against modern artists. At Chiswick
Mr. Grey pointed to a picture by Carlo Marata & observed that though He
was but of the 3d. order of ancient artists, yet He was superior to the
modern. This sentiment proved the prejudice of Grey but shewed how
little He knows of the matter. —
Opie thought Lord Lauderdale the most cute & just in His observa
tions of any of those who came while Mr. Fox was sitting. — Mrs. Fox
always came with Mr. Fox. — His good nature & openness has a vast effect
upon those who associate with him. Mr. Coke [of Norfolk, afterwards
Earl of Leicester], told Opie that Mr. Pitt having tried to unite the Gren
villes with Him but having failed, He sd. " That since the Grenvilles had
associated with Fox, they were fascinated by Him."
While You Wait
June 4. — Copland told me that His Father was born at Aberdeen.*
— He sd. He had lately sat to Drummond [A.R.A.] for a portrait, large
as the life, for which He paid only 2 guineas the price which [he] has for
* Probably Thomas Copeland (1781- 1855), F.R.S., eurgseon.
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| [length] portraits. He paints them at one sitting & which takes abt.
an Hour, and He usually makes them very like. Drummond told Cop
land that He was originally in the Sea Service which He quitted & was
6 months as a Clerk in the City where He attended an Office from 6 in
the morning till 8 or io at night. Notwithstanding having a passion
for drawing He only allowed Himself 4 Hours rest & the remaining time
He practised drawing. He left His clerks place & got money by making
drawings (portraits) at 5 shillings and Half a guinea, — from which He
advanced to His present practice. He is abt. 35 years old.*
Most Beloved
June 5. — H. Hamond came to the Coffee House to me & spoke to
me abt. certain articles which belonged to my late most beloved and
ever regretted wife, & expressed a desire to have them for His wife.
I told Him I had never opened a drawer or seen an article ; He said that
at some period they must be disposed of & it wd. be very satisfactory
to Him to have them for the purpose He had mentioned. — I repUed that
in no manner could they be so properly and agreeably to my inclinations
& I left it to him to look over them. —
James Boswell [son of the James Boswell] called. He told me His
salary as Professor at Oxford is £30 a year. He sd. He dined at Dr. C.
Burney's at Greenwich lately, with the Revd. Mr. Nares, & [the Rev.
Mr.] Beloe — & Professor Young &c. Burney gave them Champagne
— Claret, Burgundy, & Madeira. — Boswell was very warm for Pitts
administration, and shrugged at the conduct of the Prince of Wales. —
Boswell told me today that He carried direction Cards, but did not
desire His friends to call upon him, humourously saying that He lodged
up 3 pair of stairs. — I told Him I had lived too long in the world to regard
whether a man lived above or below provided I respected Him. —
The King and Dr. Johnson
June 6. — Flaxman I called on. He will soon begin a model for a
statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds. — Metcalfe [one of Sir Joshua's executors]
told him that there was a small sum raised for that purpose, and the
remainder must fall on Lady Thomond. Flaxman had afterwards a
conversation with Her Ladyship who sd. the Executors had not exerted
* Samuel Drummond, portrait and historical painter, was born in London in 1765,
says one authority, 1774 says another. His father had to leave England for fighting
on the side of " bonnie Prince Charlie," and Samuel, while a boy of fourteen, ran away
to sea, and after some seven years of Ufe on the " rolling main " he became a landlubber.
Many of the drawings referred to appeared in the European Magazine. He exhibited
portraits at the Society of Artists in 1790, entered the Royal Academy schools in 1791,
began to contribute to the Academy in the same year, became an Associate in 1808, and,
later, Curator of the painting school. Portraits by him are in the National Portrait
Gallery, and his "Admiral Duncan receiving the sword of Admiral de Winter" is at
Greenwich Hospital. Before his death in 1844 circumstances compelled him to seek
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themselves at a proper time, or more might have been raised, but she sd.
it shd. be completed, and she wd. pay the balance. They both spoke
of the Royal Academy doing something, but He gave little hope of any
thing from them & mentioned the King having drawn His pen through
a vote for £100 to a monument for Dr. Johnson. —

The Mind of Miss Mundy
June 7. — Lord Ferrers has an estate which may be £10,000 a year,
and He has saved much money. He is very little visited or respected.
He married when young a lady in Kent privately & by her had one Son.
The marriage became known, & He used means to sully the character
of His Wife, but in vain. She sued Him for a maintenance and He was
obliged to pay Her £800 a yr. He is very ordinary in person, with one
leg shorter than the other, but He contrived to influence the mind of
Miss Munday, a fine woman, sister of Mr. Munday of Morton, who had
resided much with His Mother, Lady Ferrers, and He had a natural
child by her, a daughter during the lifetime of His wife, — and to Her
who is called Miss Shirley it is said He will leave £100,000. — After the
death of His Wife He married Miss Munday. The Son by the first Wife
is a respectable character but is much neglected by His father. He will
inherit the Title.*
June 8. — Lysons called in the evening. He has discovered among
the Tower Records some curious papers of former periods, shewing that
when the country was threatened with invasion, the Abbots & other
degrees of the Clergy were called out to be drilled as an armed force, by
thousands & Hundreds. —
June 9. — The Papers this morning contained the Debate in the
Commons last night on Mr. Pitt's General Defence Bill.
For Mr. Pitt's motion 221.
Against 181.

402.

It was the first trial of strength of the contending parties. —
* Robert Shirley, Earl Ferrers, F.S.A., was born in 1756, and married, at St. Leonard's,
Shoreditch, on May 13, 1778, Elizabeth, daughter of John Prentise, and by her had one
son, Robert Sewallis, Viscount Tamworth, who died in 1824 without leaving issue.
Fourteen days after his wife's death Lord Ferrers married, on September 28,_ 1799, Eliza
beth, daughter of Wrightson Mundy, of Markeaton, Derbyshire. She died in 1827;
he died ten weeks later, and, he having no legitimate jssue, his brother Washington
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" The Morning Post "
Mrs. Battersbee [wife of Battersbee, the banker], I called on in Princes
St & found Her at home. She shewed me a Card of invitation to the
Marchioness of Hertford's routes on Monday nth & 18th.
Gardiner, the Bookseller in Pallmall I called on. He sd. that yester
day for the first time since the King's illness, some Ladies of the Bed
chamber & others were admitted to the Queens Palace. He spoke of the
disposition of Mr. Pitt being such that very few could associate with Him,
so repulsive is His manner. He had seen a copy of the Letter which
Lord Grenville wrote to Mr. Pitt, in which His Lordship refuses to join
Mr. Pitts administration & professes that it was understood that there
should be no administration formed that did not include Mr. Fox, &c.
— He sd. Cadell & Davis purchased the Morning Post from Stewart
[Daniel Stuart] in 1803 for Mr. Addington [Prime Minister]. — He
believes Dennis O'bryen now writes in that paper, — He said the Morning
Chronicle has always had good writing in it.*
* Dennis O'Bryen (1755-1832), an Irishman, was a well-known dramatist and political
pamphleteer, he having relinquished his practice as a surgeon to follow these more con
genial occupations. He edited the Morning Post for a time.
A zealous partisan and intimate friend of C. J. Fox, he first distingushed himself in
an ironical " Defence of the Earl of Shelburne from the Reproaches of his numerous
Enemies." In 1806 he became deputy paymaster, and in the same year Fox rewarded
him for his services by appointing him to the patent office of Marshal of the Admiralty
at the Cape of Good Hope, at an income, it was said, of ,£4,000 a year. O'Bryen's play,
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed, a three-act comedy, was produced at the Hay-
market Theatre on July 5, 1783, but not printed. It had a short run, in spite of the
fact that the cast included Palmer, Parsons, Baddeley, and Mrs. Inchbald. A controversy
about the comedy arose between Colman and O'Bryen, who lived in Craven Street,
Strand, and died at Margate in 1832.

CHAPTER LXVIII
1804
The King Knew of Everyone's Affairs
Paper Made of Straw
June 9. — Murray the Bookbinder in Princes St. shewed me to-day
a quire of Straw paper, He said that manufacture had not answered
& the partners had each lost several hundred pounds. The quality
of the paper was good, but they could not manufacture it so cheap as the
paper made of rags. —
June 10. — Dance called. Sir George Beaumont has at last determined
to add two excellent rooms & Offices to the Old House at Coleorton.
Mr. Price recommended this Plan & Dance approved it. As it is it will
cost Sir George £10,000 to make the place complete. — Dance sd. Sir
George complains much of lassitude, and has all the appearance of being
unwell. He is sleepy & inert. Mr. Price induced them to dine at 2
oClock, and after He went away they continued the custom. They
go to bed between 10 & n. — & rise early. —
J. Offley's I dined at.— [The Rev.] L. Salusbury told me that the
Dowager Lady Salusbury is almost given over, mortification in one
leg having commenced. — Dr. Reynolds has no expectation of her sur
viving. She is 86 or 7 years old. — Lynch Salusbury said that whatever
the Will of the Old Lady might be He was much obliged to Her, having
reed, preferment from Her to the amount of £700 a yr. — He told me that
the Late Mr. Newcome, Rector of Grassington, has left His 2 Sons & 3
Daughters each £6000. —
June 11. — Thomson [R.A.] called. To morrow he" expects Mr.
Pilkington of Yorkshire, — & Mr. Swinburne, two gentlemen who are
fond of the Arts, to dine with Him. — They both draw Landscape, — the
latter very well,-'— Mr. Swinburne is a Brother of Sir John Swinburne
of Northumberland [who was the Grandfather of A. C. Swinburne, the
poet] — & Mr. Pilkington, Brother of Sir Thos. Pilkington of Stanlie Chevot,
Yorkshire. Philip Hamond called, He had just left Sir Jacob Astley, who said He
supposed there wd. be a Regency. — Mr. Coke & Sir Jacob have lately
had an interview with Mr. Pitt upon a Corn Bill. — Before Mr. Coke went
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He met Mr. Fox & said to Him, " Fox, how will Pitt receive me," —
" Oh ! very graciously," replied Mr. Fox, & so it was, and He & Sir
Jacob came away in very good humour. —
A Humorous Duke
June 12.— Philips [R.A.] told me that the Duke of Northumberland
has a great deal of good humour in Him. That He is so lame as to be
wholly incapable of using His Legs, & He is carried to His carriage
whenever He goes out for an airing. — With all His cheerfulness of manner
He does seem to hold Himself very highly, and Philips remarked that in
all the intercourse He ever had with His Grace, unless when He was
painting His portrait, He never asked Him to sit down but always kept
him standing. He sd. He had never been asked to dine with the Duke,
— but He understood Gilpin [R.A.] had. The Duchess, He added, on
the contrary would, when He waited upon Her, desire Him to be seated.
Lord Percy, He said, the eldest Son appears to be very amiable & the
whole family of 2 Sons & 3 Daughters seem to be very affectionate towards
each other. — The King Against his Favourites
June 13. — Lysons called. He has had conversation with Wyatt
who has never seen the King since the commencement of His illness,
& nor the Queen & Princesses but once. He found the Princess Elizabeth
greatly affected & she cried much. — When the King went to Windsor
Wyatt was desired to go there but not to present Himself to the King
unless enquired for by His Majesty which was not the case. — At Windsor
the King acted strangely, fie purposely rode to be wet to the Skin, —
and ordered a hard trotting Horse to be brought for Dr. Simmonds
who attended Him. He is not to be allowed to go to Windsor again, —
nor to Weymouth, — & if He goes to the Seaside it will be to a place where
He can only see those who aie to form His establishment. — He appears
to have conceived a violent prejudice against those who were His favor
ites, which is supposed to be owing to His having a notion that they
might have procured for Him to have more of His own Will. — Braun,
the Chief Page, is dismissed. — Wyatt sd. in answer to a question of
Lysons, that the King does business of a public nature, but nothing
that can affect His prejudices or private feelings is proposed to Him,
from which Lysons supposes that the Academy business in not mentioned
to Him. June 15. — Medland's Son called with a letter from his father inform
ing me that the Committee of Engravers desired to have an engraving
made of my view of Edinburgh Castle now exhibiting [at the Academy].
Never Saw the King Look Better
June 18. — Went to the Academy to superintend taking down the
pictures. Richards [R.A. Secretary] told me that Yenn had been to the
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from Mr. Bott the Head page to the King lately appointed in the room
of Mr. Braun, desiring Him to carry the acount of those receipts to His
Majesty at Kew this morning. — Richards further told me that the King
had ordered the Carriages meaning to have seen the Exhibition on Tuesday
last but the order was countermanded, it was supposed from an appre
hension that it might hurry His Majesty's mind. He said that Braun
was prohibited by the King from coming near Him for some days ;
but had since been admitted to Him. — In the afternoon Richards told me
that Yenn had called — that He had been at Kew, and had seen the King
& thought He never saw His Majesty look better.
June 19. — Went to the Academy and today dined with Richards
in His apartment, and had tea. Richards told me His Father was a
Scene painter. Hogarth was His godfather. He remembers [Richard]
Wilson [R.A.] residing at the corner of Tavistock St. Covent Garden,
and practising as a portrait painter before He went to Italy. —
A Cause Celebre
June 20. — Went to the Academy. Mrs. John Serres came and talked
much to me. She sd. Her Father was descended from John Wilmot,
Earl of Rochester, that she was married to Serres at 17 years of age
& was now 28 years old. She has 2 Children. — She said Serres tore
away one of them from her, that she quitted him when she was in a state
of pregnancy, had been accused of intimacy with Field, the partner
with Serres in the British School, time would prove the falsehood of
the charge. Field lost by that engagement 4 or £500. When she parted
from Serres He settled £200 a year upon Her, but He was already three
quarters of a year in arrears. — She had written 2 Operas. Dr. Wolcot
visited Her, sd. Her Songs were the best of the kind that He had heard.
She sd. the Doctor was a loose talker, but before Her was very guarded
in his language. She lived in Bond St. corner of Stafford St. where
Lord Warwick who had known her from infancy frequently visited Her,
— she also knew Lord Harcourt and other persons of rank and fashion,
& was well reed, in most respectable parties.*
* John Thomas Serres (1759-1825), himself a painter of sea-pieces, was a son of
Dominic Serres, a Frenchman, foundation member of the Royal Academy and marine-
painter to George III., to which post John succeeded on the death of his father in 1793.
He also became marine-draughtsman to the Admiralty. In 1791 John, against the
wishes of his friends, married (while she was under age) Miss Olive Wilmot, his pupil,
who was daughter of Robert Wilmot, a Warwick house-painter. This alliance was his
undoing. His wife, a born intriguer and extravagant, soon ruined him, and he left her in 1804,
going four years afterwards to Edinburgh, unavailingly as it turned out, to escape her
persecution. He was arrested, and attempted to commit suicide. Later the failure of
a theatrical speculation made him insolvent, and his wife's claim to be the legitimate
daughter of the Duke of Cumberland deprived him of the Royal favour. Broken in
health and spirit, he toiled in prison, and on being removed into the rules of the King's
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Mr. and Mrs. Siddons
I went by water with Lysons to Greenwich. We dined at the Ship
Tavern. Our dinner was good and everything very chearful, but Dr.
Burney made it very expensive by calling for Champagne, — Hock, &c. —
Lysons told me that Mr. & Mrs. Siddons have acquired £40,000 & that
Mr. Siddons has lately settled upon Her £20,000, which He will also leave
and all the rest at Her disposal. Her £20,000 brings in £1000 a yr. Lysons
recommended the settlement & is a Trustee along with Kemble & a
Mr. Morris. Mr. & Mrs. Siddons are not suited to each other. While
the daughters lived they went on tolerably. There is much wicked allusion
abt. Lawrence & Her in public papers. — [See future entries.]
June 21. — Nollekens told me that He modelled a head of the King
in the year 1 77 1 or 2, for the Royal Society, and at that time He found
His Majesty always full of gossiping enquiry after the most minute
particulars, and seemed to know everybody's situation and affairs.
to be Princess Olive of Cumberland, and she, after persistent efforts to prove her claim
to that title, died within the rules of the King's Bench on November 21, 1834.
Mrs. Serres also exhibited at the Royal Academy, and was appointed landscape-painter
to the Prince of Wales, to whom, in 1809, she wrote rambling letters offering to lend him,
£20,000, and at the same time begging for pecuniary assistance. Her literary essays
included " St. Julian, a Novel," 1805, " Olivia's Letters to her Daughters," and " St.
Athanasius's Creed Explained for the Advantage of Youth," 1814. She also asserted
that her uncle, Dr. James Wilmot, rector of Barton-on-Heath, was the author of the
letters of Junius.
Her elder daughter, Lavinia, who married Anthony Thomas Ryves, a portrait painter,
took up her mother's claim, and failed in 1866 in a petition to the court to declare that
the Duke of Cumberland and Olive Wilmot were legally married. There were about
seventy documents in the case, the signatures to which were pronounced by the jury to
be forgeries.

Mrs. Siddons.
By Gainsborough.

[To lace p. 254.

CHAPTER LXIX
1804
Power of the Pope
June 23. — The Prince of Wales was to have sat for a whole length
to Lawrence yesterday for Lord Fitzwilliam but Lawrence waited in vain
4 hours & a half.
Mr. Malone's I dined at.* Mr. Fitzgerald was Prime Sergeant
of Ireland at the time the Union being carried & was removed from His
place for having voted against it. His case was taken up by the Irish
Bar & caused much conversation, as the profession insisted upon giving
place to Him after He had lost his situation.— He spoke of Ireland &
said that three-fourths of the whole people are Roman Catholics. He
disapproved of the repeal of those laws which were made against them,
saying that were He to Legislate He would re-enact them all. — He said
the Roman Catholics or Protestants must have positively the ruling
power, & that the plan of reconciling the two descriptions by repealing
those laws which wd. put them upon an equal footing was impracticable,
— He spoke of the great disadvantage Ireland laboured under from want
of fuel, having no coal. He also sd. their improvement was retarded
by their being so much separated, and not having the advantage of being
regulated by living in larger communities. He said the power of the
Pope in Ireland is as great as it was in former periods. —
A Cruel Usher
Mr. Justice Fox,f who is come from Ireland to answer a charge against
Him made in the House of Lords by Lord Abercorn, was formerly an
Usher of a School from which He was removed on acct. of His cruelty
in punishing the Boys. His temper is violent, but He has some ability.
By some means He was enabled to study the Law, and to get into the
Irish Parliament, and for voting for the Union he was made a Judge of
the Common Pleas. He had offended Lord Abercorn in Ireland by
acting against His Lordships desire on some public business & by con
demning His conduct. Mr. Fitzgerald thinks He will get off, — and that
He ought to do so, but that He will be left in an awkward position as a
Judge after what has passed.
• Edmund Malone (1741-1812), son of an Irish Judge, was born in Dublin, and,
coming to London, he devoted himself to literature. He edited editions of Shakespeare,
Boswell's Johnson, and exposed young Ireland's forgeries. See Index, Vol. I.
t Luke Fox succeeded Justice Alexander Crookshank on February 27, 1800.
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Mr. Fitzgerald spoke with much admiration of the temper & good
disposition which He thought was manifested in Mr. Fox's (Charles
Fox) manner in the House of Commons. — Malone sd. He could not forget
the lengths He had gone in taverns & in various places in times of difficulty
when He wd. have made the people, as a mass, everything & the
established powers nothing. The Prince and Tom
Mr. Fitzgerald spoke of the Prince of Wales's political dinners. He
remarked on the great familiarity of His adress to Lord Dundass calling
Him Tom. He mentioned the names of three Irish Members of parlia
ment who are influenced by Lord Abercorn. He mentioned Lord Lauder
dale & gave His opinion that He is an able Man & that His pamphlet
"justifying the formation of political parties who shd. be bound to each other
by obligations of Honer " &c. &c. as absolutely necessary to the security
of our Constitution. He thought it superior to what Burke had written
on the subject. Malone observed that there was no doubt of his being
an able man, and His acuteness & ability was felt in the House of Lords,
but His disregard of all that decorum, and attention to personal con
siderations, was ill-suited to that grave & dignified Assembly : His
red handkerchief abt. His neck, or wiping his face with one exhibited
an appearance that was new & highly improper. His indecorous violence
might have been added.
Mr. Fitzgerald spoke of Canning & said He was a mediocre speaker,
& seemed on Monday last to have spoken only to afford Sheridan an
opportunity for an able & witty reply. —
Agreeable Intercourse
James Boswell came in to tea. Mr. Fitzgerald spoke of the necessity
of making acquaintances with young men to fill up the vacancies made
by time among our acquaintance, — Malone sd. it was true that it was
adviseable, but it could not be expected that the vacancies could to all
intents be fulfilled, it could not be ; that confidence & intimacy which
was formed at an early period of life cannot be renewed at advanced
periods with new men. Agreable intercourse is all that can be expected.
To this Mr. Fitzgerald assented, and said that for Himself He could say
that in all Ireland He had scarcely a single friend such as He had formerly
known with whom He could be unbosomed & most intimate. — He men
tioned having met Lord Melville at Cheltenham in 1 80 1, who then said
that He was 58 years old. He hinted at His gallantries practised at
that period. Malone & myself thought He must have been older by 3
years judging from Boswells acct. of Him who was his Contemporary.
— He spoke of Sir Wm. Scott,* whose speeches always appeared to him
to have been prepared, and said He thought Sir Wm. was a very un
impressive speaker. —
* William Scott, Lord Stowell (1745-183 6), elder brother of Lord Eldon, was Judge
of the Court of Admiralty. He received a peerage in 1812.

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Malone agreed to go with me to Lord Thomond's for 3 days, that is
according to Mr. Metcalfe's rule for visiting to go one day ; stay a second ;
& return on the third. — He said the Literary Cub at the Thatched House
Tavern* has been of late but thinly attended. It consisted originally
of 10 members which have been encreased to 35 and a positive rule of
the Society will not allow of more than 40 members. At present there
are 30 members, but seldom more than 7 attend. There are no forfeits
for non-attendance but sometimes half a guinea is collected from each
member. Dinner is ordered for 7 and by agreement Willis finds them
Port Wine & everything for 15 shillings a head. He at first doubted
being able to do it, but on an average less than a pint of port is drank
by each, so that He has little to provide. They also drink Madeira
but it is of their own providing and has nothing to do with the Bill.
Mr. Fitzgerald sd. more than once that He was no Bigot, and in that
respect might be a Roman Catholick or a Protestant ; but He was of
opinion that the religious principles of the Roman Catholicks were un
favourable to the British Constitution.
Mr. Malone expressed to me his intention to remain in town the whole
Summer except a slight excursion of a day or two. He sd. the Summer
was a Season to him very agreeable for application. Many persons could
not see a fine day witht. wishing to be abroad or in the country, but He
felt a gratification from such appearance as it gave him spirits & chear-
fulness for application, & He the more felt the benefit of it, as in contrary
weather, He is sometimes depressed and indisposed to study.
Fox and the Irish People
I noticed how Highly C. Fox had spoken of the talents of the Irish
people. Lady Sunderlint (an English woman) said that she thought
the Irish with all their blundering peculiarities had a quicker appre
hension than the English. — Malone sd. the English character was very
different from that of the Irish, more pbilosophick.—
* The Literary Club rose out of the casual meetings of the eminent men at the home
of Sir Joshua Reynolds, in Leicester Square (which is now occupied by Messrs. Puttick
and Simpson, the auctioneers, who sold the Farington Diary). Sir Joshua suggested
the formation of a regular club, and Dr. Johnson proposed as a model the Ivy Lane Club,
which he himself created some fourteen years previously, the latter association having
ceased to exist about 1757. The new Club was founded in 1764, and the members met
at the Turk's Head, Greek Street, till 1783. After that period the Club removed suc
cessively to Prince's, in Savile Street, to Baxter's, afterwards Thomas's, in Dover Street,
then, in 1792, to Parsloe's, in St. James's Street, and on February 26, 1799, to the Thatched
House Tavern in the same street.
It did not assume the name of the Literary Club until Garrick's funeral in Westminster
Abbey in January, 1779 ; at a later date it became the Johnson Club, and was housed at
the Clarendon Hotel in Bond Street, its former home having been demolished.
t Lady Sunderlin was Malone' s sister-in-law.

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CHAPTER LXX
1804
Vienna a Delightful Place
Idle Gossip
June 25. — Downman came to tea.* His Son a Boy of 14 now a
Cadet at the Military School at Great Marlow, has made such advance
in learning as to be put over the heads of 40 or 50 boys who were before
Him. — His daughter, a girl of 17 is at His Cottage at Town-Mailing in
Kent where He leaves her with 2 maid-servants. His Brother, Col1-
Downman, who is invalided upon full pay according to rule in the Artillery,
after serving a certain time, also resides there with His family. — Col1-
Downman's Son is a Captain of Artillery. — Downman complained of
Having had his drawings placed in the Plaister Academy & not in the
Council room, which He considers the Post of Honour. I recommended
to Him not to send so many in one frame. He spoke of Abbot of Exeter,
& Said He prefers His drawings before His paintings as they are done
with more spirit. He does not quite approve Abbots colouring. He
said Abbot practises as a Surgeon, and only paints by snatches, though
by choice He wd. always be so engaged. — He spoke of the Duke of
Richmondf & said He is very easy & agreeable in His manner ; but
* John Downman, A.R.A., born in Devonshire, came to London in early Ufe and
studied first under Benjamin West, afterwards at the Royal Academy schools. His work
consists mainly of portraits in oil and chalk. Those in the latter medium are very charm
ing, and command high prices in the sale-room.
t Charles Lennox, third Duke of Richmond (1735-1806), was educated at Westminster
School, and while there Cowper, the poet, saw him set fire to Vinny Bourne's " greasy
locks and box his ears to put it out again." Graduating at Leyden University, he travelled
on the Continent, and on June 18, 1753, was gazetted captain in the 20th regiment of
foot, and distinguished himself in the Battle of Minden in 1759. Succeeding his father
in 1750, he took his seat in the House of Lords six years later. The Duke's subsequent
career as a politician and soldier is well known. He was also greatly interested in the
fine arts. An F.R.S. and F.S.A., he, in March, 1758, opened a school for the free study
of painting and sculpture in a gallery in his garden at Richmond House, Whitehall.
There are portraits of him by Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Romney. The portrait
by the last-named painter was sold in the recent sale of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts'
collection. The Duke married Mary, daughter of Lord Ailesbury, in 1757, and of the pair Horace
Walpole wrote : " The Duke of Richmond has made two balls for his approaching wedding
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1804] Idle Gossip 259
with a carriage which denotes a superior person. He said Miss Le Clerc
is always with the Duke, & Her habits have rendered Her at 30 a re
semblance of Him. — Lady George Lennox, sister inlaw to the Duke, &
Sister to the Marquiss of Lothian is a most agreeable woman, as is Her
daughter married to Admiral Berkeley. — Downman spoke of His own
abstemiousness. When alone He only drinks one glass of wine or none ;
& in company very little. He spoke of the great frugality of [Francis]
Towne [the water-colour painter] who by saving had made a fortune.
Political Dinners
Dance I met to-day. He told me His Brother, Sir N. Holland, had
spoken of the Prince of Wales's Political dinners as being very superb.
Dance acknowledged that He did not feel so much as formerly inclined
to Mr. Pitt. He said Sir Nathaniel had voted against him, & had men
tioned the difference of Mr. Pitt's manner compared with that of Mr.
Addington. The former wd. scarcely acknowledge a Bow, the latter
was all civility. — He told me that Saml. Wyatt brother to James, had
informed Him that since the King went to Kew, viz : last week James
Wyatt had been over all the new building erecting there. The King
expressed that He now might live to be in it 2 or 3 years.
A Special Jury
June 28. — Before 9 was at Westminster Hall upon a Special Jury.
A cause in which Mrs. Dewy a blacksmiths widow sued Sir Andrew
Bayntun late Sheriff for the County of Wilts for the recovery of £1500
from Lord Arundel of Wardour.* The Sheriff at her instance had sent
an execution into Wardour Castle to distrain the value upon the goods
to the amount of abt. £250 and no more, all the other furniture &c. being
declared to belong to Lady Arundel who had charged upon estates, Her
own property £12000 upon condition that His Lordship made over to Her
all the personalty in Wardour Castle. This was done May 6th, 1800;
but no Inventory was made of the effects till after Dewy's execution
was sent into the House — nor was any further notice given of such a
deed of conveyance having been made, — to enable those who were to give
His Lordship credit that they could not come upon the personal property
for their debts.
to Lady Mary Bruce. It is the prettiest match in the world ; youth, beauty, riches,
alliances, and all the blood of all the kings from Robert the Bruce to Charles II. They
are the prettiest couple in England, except the father-in-law and mother." Miss Le
Clerc was the Duke of Richmond's natural daughter. See Vol. I., pp. 136-7 n.
* Henry, eighth Baron Arundell, was born in 1740, and married on May 31, 1763,
to Maria Christiana, only daughter and heiress of Benedict Conquest, of Irnham, County
Lincoln. She died in 18 13, he in 1808.
Their daughter, Mary, married James Everard, who became ninth Earl of Arundell,
and Eleanor was married in 1786 to Charles, sixth Lord Clifford.
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Eminent Counsel
Garrow & Parke were Council for Dewy, — and Erskine & Gibbs*
for the Defendant. Many witnesses were examined. Lord Ellenborough
in His charge shewed that a wife might receive such a conveyance from Her
Husband she [having] been situated as Lady Arundel was, having separate
property, but He considered the present deed to be of the nature of a
fraudulent transaction as it was not made and completed in such a manner
as such an act ought to have been. It appeared that His Lordships
debts amounted to £15000 at the time that everything was made over
to Lady Arundel for £12000. It was also stipulated that the £12000.
when raised upon Lady Arundels estates, should not be paid in equal
proportions to all the Creditors then existing, but be paid in preference
to those whom His Lordship shd. name. It also appeared that £2000 had
been paid to His Lordship for Him to use as He pleased, so that it might
not be at all applied to the extinction of any part of the debt which
existed when the deed was made. — The business was altogether of such
a complexion that Lord Ellenborough though he seemed desirous of
making allowance for human infirmity when persons are in difficulty,
considered it as a highly improper transaction, and of an immoral kind :
for He sd. " that which is not legal is immoral ". — After He had finished
His charge which took 20 minutes for Him to deliver, the Jury, of which
I -was foreman from having had my name first called, immediately found
for the Plaintiff, Mrs. Dewy. —
The Law's Delay
Erskine & Garrow both exerted themselves and spoke ably. The
trial lasted from Eleven oClock till J before 4. It appeared that Lady
Arundel was a Miss Conquest, possessed of a fortune of £4000 a year ;
that she is now 60 years old, & being past child bearing might be entitled
to make a settlement that at an earlier period of life she could not have
done, as Her estates were settled upon male Heirs, if she shd. have any
— She had only 2 daugrs. — One married to Lord Clifford, — the other to
Mr. E. Arundel. She was married to Lord Arundel in 1 763 . Lord Clifford &
Mr. Arundel were Trustees for the deed in question & which by the verdict
of the Jury was now set aside. — The first execution that was sent into
Wardour Castle was 20th of June 1800 for £13 11 — which was paid, & the
Deed not mentioned. — The Sheriffs Officers were in the House a week. —
The 2nd execution was 21st of Octr. 1800 for £1115 which was also
paid. — Officers there some days. — Another execution in 1802 for £1782
— another in the same year for £1 3 3 8 . In the same year in May, the family
* Sir Vicary Gibbs (1751-1820) was called to the Bar in 1783, and gained a large
practice. He and Erskine distinguished themselves in their joint defence of Home Tooke,
Hardy, and Thelwall for high treason. In 1805 Gibbs was appointed Solicitor-General,
Attorney-General in 1807, and a Judge of the Common Pleas five years later.
Sir William Garrow (1760-1840), Baron of the Exchequer.
James Parke (Lord Wensleydale) also became a Judge, and in 1856 he was created a
Ufe Peer, but his right to sit in the House of Lords was disputed.

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Stock was sold ; also wines &c. for £600. At the end of June 1802 Brown
the House Steward, a respectable man of 74 reed, from Lady Arundel
under the deed an Order to keep possession of all the personalty at Wardour
Castle, for Lord Clifford & Mr. Arundel Her Trustees. — Dewy had a Bond
for the debt which was granted in 1797. —
In 1803 an Inventory was regularly made of the Plate, paintings, &c.
Lord Arundels Solicitor employed a Mr. Knight to do it who was 3 weeks
at Wardour Castle. His valuation was £4679. —
Delightful Vienna
I dined with Thomson [R.A.] He spoke of Vienna as being a delightful
place to live in ;* But that lodgings are extravagantly dear in the City
much more so than in London. An English gentleman paid at the rate
of £600 a year for a suite of apartments of 7 rooms. The City of Vienna
is small & is walled & has a broad ditch, on every side but on that where
the Danube passes. The suburbs are separated from the City by a
glacis 600 yards in breadth. In the Suburbs lodgings and every article
of living is very cheap. So it is in the City in every thing but lodging.
The Palace, & the Theatres, are in the City, which occasions lodging
to be so expensive as there is not space for all who wish to be accomodated.
At Vienna a person cannot be accomodated with lodging & board as at
Inns in England. They are separate concerns. Those who do not supply
themselves must lodge at one place & eat at another. German is little
spoken at Vienna. French, & Italian, & particularly French. The
Belvedere, where Painting &c. is studied is in the Suburbs. — The
weather is exceptionally cool at Vienna at certain Seasons, but very clear.
Fuel is dearer than in London, but they have a mode of warming their
rooms well by a kind of ovens. — The Professions of Law & Physick do
not entitle persons to distinction at Vienna. The Professors of either
are not admitted at Court. Emperor and Nobility
The Emperor appeared abroad without any ostentation ; riding
in His carriage or on Horseback, with a servant or two, like a private
gentleman, & no guards or parade of any kind.
The Nobility are not as in England, Peers (pares or equals) but are
divided into classes : the higher orders such as Prince Esterhazy, — the
Prince de Lichtenstein, &c. only receiving other Classes as Inferiors. —
The Ducat is abt. 9siod. english abt. the value of a Roman Sequim
— a ducat is 5 Florins. A Florin is considered to be abt. 2s. English.
— a Florin, like a Livre, or a pound English, is only nominal. There is
no Coin that answers to it, but the value may be made by smaller coins. —
* Vienna was then confined to the old city within the inner ramparts. These were
not removed until 1856-60, when the glacis of the fortifications was transformed into
the magnificent Ring-Strasse, which is two miles long and roughly 150 feet in average
width. Within its semicircle are built in Renaissance style the imposing Art and Natural
History Museums, the Classic Houses of Parliament, the Gothic revival Rathaus, the
University, the Opera House, and other important edifices.

CHAPTER LXXI
1804
Mrs. Fox is Playful
June 28. — Opie came to us & told us that Crowe the public Orator
of Oxford, who has lately given Lectures on Civil Architecture at the
Royal Institution, dined with Him. At His last lecture West was present,
when Crowe expatiated on the merits of the New College window painted
from the designs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. — West desired Crowe to call
upon Him & spoke of His own works in that [fashion] at Windsor. When
Crowe called West supplied Him with materials to enable Him to intro
duce into His Lectures an acct. of those productions. —
Opie has advanced the whole length portrait of Charles Fox. He
measured Mr. Fox who is 5 feet 7 inches \ high. — Mrs. Fox is very playful
with Him. She calls Him Car, and calls His rotundity before, His Box,
alluding to its resemblance to a Jew's box carried before Him — " Car
with His Box." British Power in India
July 1 . — [Lestock] Wilson called in the afternoon and asked me
to dinner. I had not been there since the last summer & accepted
His invitation. — Wilson recommended to me to read as being unanswer
able the acct. sent to England by Marquiss Wellesley of the cause &
conduct of the late War in India with Scindia. — Wilson considers the
British power in India to be better established than at any former period,
& the views of Buonaparte most effectually prevented. Had the peace
with France been extended two years longer, Wilson thinks, that the
French wd. have introduced such military knowledge & means among
the native powers as wd. have exterminated the British establishments.
We have now obtained such posession of the whole circle of the Sea Coast
as will render it difficult, if not impossible for the French to make any
efforts. Kings and True Religion
This morning Wilson & His family had been to Quebec Chapel &
heard the Bishop of St. Asaph preach. His discourse went to shew
the tendency of the different monarchs and governments of Europe to
destroy all true religion. He sd. the religion established by Buonaparte
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Farington's Mother.
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was a mimickry of true religion. — Miss Wilson remarked on the Bishops
personal deportment, saying it was all pride. Every action & movement
indicated it. —
July 3. — Went to the St. Pancrass Directors meeting. Collectors
of the Poor rates were elected. — Mrs. C. Offley called on me after I
returned from the above meeting & informed me that the Dowager Lady
Salusbury, who died on Sunday the 24th. of June was buried yesterday
at Offley in Hertfordshire. She has bequeathed the whole of Her fortune
£7000 a year, to Lynch Salusbury & His Heirs and directed that they
shall assume Her maiden name, Burroughs, — L. Salusbury proposes to
resign the living of Gravely in Herts & present it to His Brother Thelwal.
July 4. — The Will was made in 1794. but she did sometime since,
not long, express a disposition to make a new Will & to leave Her property
to Dr. Reynolds, but Her mind was so deranged by a paralytic affection,
that the Dr. wrote to Her & wished Her to postpone any kind intention
to Him till she was recovered. She did apply to Her Solicitor, Mr.
Graham who refused to make a new Will & reminded Her that she had
brought the Salusbury's up with expectations & ought not to disappoint
them. — Thus it is shewn that Her regard for Lynch was not fixed. —
Farington's Forebears
In the evening I called on Lysons & met Smirke there. He [Lysons]
shewed me Prynne's account of the returns of Knights of the Shires
to Parliament at early periods. I found among them Roger de Farington
returned one of the Knights for Lancashire in the 33rd year of Edward
3rd, — and again in the 35th. year of the same reign.*
July 5. — He [Bourgeois, R.A.] told me the Duke of Cambridge
yesterday brot. to Him at Mr. Desenfans, a German artist, an Hanoverian
He supposes, of the name Rhaber [not given in Bryan's Dictionary], —
a man abt. 50 years of age, who had resided 20 years at Rome. To-day
Bourgeois called on Him & saw some pictures, but not him, The pictures
were tamely & carefully executed, — well drawn, & very passably coloured,
— but totally wanting the nerve of art, — that spirit & relish which gives
interest to pictures. He thinks, however, that He will succeed in this
country. —
• On November 24th, Farington records : " Lysons called, — He had been to the
Museum & inspected some manuscripts, and shewed me several notes which He had made
relative to my family. — It appeared that the name of Farington was first assumed by
John, the grandson of Hugo de Neoles, according to the custom of the earlier ages, from
Lands which they posessed. John de Farington, assumed that name from the township
of Farington in Lancashire, in the reign of King Edward the first, and a descendant from
him, probably His grandson, twice represented the County of Lancaster in Parliament,
in the early part of the reign of Edward the third. — Lysons had met with many other
particulars relative to the family, and promised to make out for me an account of all He
could collect. He said there were very few of the nobility that could trace their ancestry
back to so distant a period."

264 The Farington Diary [1804
In and Out of Fashion
Bourgeois spoke of the works of Old masters as well as modern being
sometimes in & sometimes out of fashion. He sd. the Father of Tassaert,
was a frame-maker at Antwerp & was acquainted with Teniers, who
at one time was so little in fashion as an artist, that He wd. have sold a
f>icture for £25. which wd. now sell for £500, — At the same time Tilburgh
Tilborsh, an inferior artist] was in the Highest fashion. Teniers, by
some means, got employed by the Elector of Saxony which immediately
raised His fame & from that period He was generally noticed. — He
farther said that when the works of Cuyp were first brot. to this country
they were sold at very low prices. — After Payne Knight went away, it
was remarked that at the end of His " Essay on Landscape gardening,"
— or His other poem, He had added a postscript that was excellent & may
be called prophetic of the issue of the French Revolution. — Nicol [the
bookseller] observed to those abt. Him that it was in consequence of a
remark of His, that Mr. Knight had written that passage. —
Where was His Hat?
July 6. — He [West] spoke of the vanity of Desenfans & His silly
pride. — Desenfans one day called on Him & asked Him in the course of
conversation if He knew Mr. Wm. Smith [probably politician and - art
collector], which West replied to in the affirmative, fie then asked him
if, when Mr. Smith called on Him He was accustomed to come into
His Room with His Hat on. — West sd. He really had not noticed anything
abt. it. Desenfans then sd. that Mr. Smith had come to His House,
Had entered it, with Hat on, & Had sat in His room witht. taking it off.
— On which Desenfans rung His Bell & ordered His Servant to bring
His Hat, & that of Sir F. Bourgeois, which they each put on. — West
asked whether in consequence of their having so done Mr. Smith took
of His Hat ? Desenfans said, No — We laughed much at the recital of
this story. — explaining character. —
The 42nd Lost 500 Men
July 8. — Captain Thomas called. He has retired on half pay from
the 42nd. Regt. — His Half pay brings in £85 a year, & He had £1000
for the difference from full pay. — The 42nd. Regiment lost abt. 500 men
in the actions in Egypt. When the regt. left Minorca it consisted of
900. Lord Hutchinson is respected as a man but is not looked up to as
an Officer. Among other things He is improperly neglectful of His
personal appearance, Hair uncombed, — Cloaths unbrushed &c. — On the
contrary Sir Ralph Abercrombie was in etiquette like the Old King of
Prussia. — Made Love to Mrs. Siddons
I went to Tea at Shee's & found many of His friends & Irish female
relations. — He spoke of R  s* and the acrimony of His remarks in the
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Exhibition room. — He told me the name of- the young Irishman who was
sd. to have made love to Mrs. Siddons is Donnellan. The fact was that
the young man, a student in the Temple, had from over application or
some cause become in some degree insane, & had a notion that Mrs.
Siddons had conceived a passion for Him. He fancied that she sent persons
after Him to drug his victuals in order to inspire Him with love for Her. —
He dined with Shee while this oppression was on His mind & refused His
food. The public prints have stated that the passion was on His side
but Shee said that was not the feeling that influenced Him. — He has
been taken to Ireland. He is a tall young man, 23 years old. —

CHAPTER LXXII
1804
Eighteenth Century Routs
Memorials
July 11. — Flaxman called to inform me He had made a model for
a monument to Sir Joshua Reynolds & wished me to see it. — A monument
has been proposed by the Club of Architects, to be erected in St. Pauls
to the memory of Sir Christopher Wren. Mylne, the Surveyor of St.
Pauls takes a lead in it, but Alexander who has the direction of the
London Docks works, has assigned reasons to Flaxman why no monu
ment shd. be erected to His memory. The building itself is a monument*
There is no monument to Wren in St. Paul's.] Flaxman sd. that Hayley
the poet] is writing the life of Romney & wishes for any materials that
can be collected. [Hayley's Life of Romney was published in 1809.]
* Mr. Wm. Woodward, F.R.I.B.A., F.S.I., Church Row, Hampstead, N.W., writing
on August 10, 1922, says : The devoted writer of the Life of Wren — James Elmes — tells
us that Sir Christopher was disgracefully treated during the latter years of his life by the
" Commissioners " in charge of the Cathedral ; partiality for the King's German friends,
corruption, cabal, and intrigue were in full swing, and were sufficiently powerful to prevent
the erection of the intended monument. The only tributes in the Cathedral to the
memory of its architect are three in number, viz. : (1) That plain slab over his tomb in
a recess on the South side of the Crypt, with the following inscription deeply cut in :
" Here lieth Sir Christopher Wren, Kt., the Builder of this Cathedral, &c, who Dyed
in the year of our Lord MDCCXXIII. And of his Age XCI." (2) On the Western
jamb of the same recess there is a marble tablet with an inscription in Latin similar to
that hereinafter mentioned. (3) Robert Milne, Architect to the fabric at that time,
was a sufficient admirer of Sir Christopher to cause to be fixed the better-seen tablet
which we now find over the marble screen to the North door of the Cathedral, with the
inscription, in Latin, composed by the great Architect's son Christopher, the concluding
words of which will appeal to the public, viz. : " Lector si monumentum requiris cir-
cumspice. Obijt XXV. Feb. An" : MDCCXXIII. Mt : XCI."
Those words must have been in the mind of Farington, and may thus be interpreted :
" Reader, if you seek his Monument, look around you."
The year 1718 witnessed the fall of Sir Christopher Wren, in the eighty-sixth year of
his age. He retired to Hampton Court, where he passed the greater part of the remaining
five years of his life, occasionally coming to London to inspect the progress of the repairs
at Westminster Abbey and to visit his great work at St. Paul's. He died in his chair,
peacefully, on February 25th, 1723.
Horace Walpole in pathetic words has said that the beginning and completion of
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Leonardo da Vinci
July 12. — Mrs. Wheatley told me that Mr. Troward purchased the
picture by Leonardo da Vinci,* & 5 others from a Mr. Hamilton of Rich
mond, who had obtained that picture from France (the Louvre) during
the troubles of the Revolution. — Troward went to Mr. Hamilton, having
heard that the pictures were to be sold, & was told by Him that Bryant
was to value them. — Troward came to London & carried Bryant back
to Richmond, & He valued the pictures at £3000. — Which satisfied Mr.
Hamilton & Troward gave Him a draft for the money, & brought away
the Leonardo in His carriage. — He is most passionately fond of pictures.
Mrs. Walker, London
C. Offley's I dined at. Mrs. Blackburne was Miss Hurleck of Ded-
ham. — Mr. Blackburne Son to Mr. B. of Liverpool, a younger son to the
Mr. B. of Orford, — He went to Lynn at 15 years of age, & is there settled. —
He was at School with the late Mr. Walker of Liverpool Husband to Mrs.
Walker who has made Herself distinguished by Her great routs in London.
— They were given at vast expense, — 5 or £6000 a night. Grapes
only have cost £500. — On some occasions the fruit £700. — When she first
came to London she sent for Her routs 20 or 30 Tickets to Mr. Black
burne the Member, but they soon became so distinguished that He could
only procure 2. — The Prince of Wales has had 20 sent to Him & afterwards
applying for more cd. not have them. — She was daughter to a Mr. James
of Liverpool, who gave Her the best London education at an expence,
it is sd. of £700 a year. — The Plans of Her entertainments are formed
by Herself, she has a talent & taste for it. — Walker was a distinguished
Scholar while at School, and had a very good understanding but
ostentatious. His income from West India property, and by Commission
on business, was very great. He purchased an estate near Liverpool
for £75,000. witht. going into an examination of it to ascertain precisely
His value, saying that 3 years profits wd. pay for it. — His plate was
valued at more than £20,000, and He removed it every season to & from
St. Paul's by Wren " are a fabric and an event which one cannot wonder left such an
impression of content on the mind of the good old man ; that being carried to see it
once a year, it seemed to recall a memory that was almost deadened to every other use."
May I conclude this letter by suggesting to the Dean and Chapter that an electric
light be placed over the tomb of Sir Christopher in the gloomy crypt similar to those
over the tombs of Wellington and Nelson, and that the concluding words in Latin over
the North doorway be set up in English. Hundreds of visitors look at the tablet without
understanding its real meaning.
* Mr. Troward, of Pall Mall, like W. Buchanan, regularly carried on a picture dealing
business. On April 1 8, 1 807, Phillip, of New Bond Street, sold bis collection, which included
"The Son of God creating the Universe " and "A Portrait of Francois I.," both ascribed
to Leonardo da Vinci. The two paintings together realised £1,680. The same two works
were apparently sold the next year by Peter Coxe, as the property of Michael Bryan, and
the "Christ" was bought in at £1,522, the Portrait at £100.

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London in a waggon He built for the purpose. — He died under the middle
age of man, occasioned by High living.* — The late Mr. Blackburne of
Orford died at the age of 93. His daughter survived Him 10 or 12 years.
* Mr. Philip C. Yorke, great-grandson of John Walker, says : " Sir J. A. Picton (' Me
morials of Liverpool' ii., 266) describes the ' site of a large mansion ' in Duke Street,
' the residence towards the end of the century of Mr. Richard Walker.' The marble
staircase, which was preserved on the destruction of the house, is now at Burton Park,
Petworth. In 1793 Mr. Pitt wrote desiring to see a deputation from Liverpool to
advise on the best methods for defending the shipping. Richard Walker and two others
had an interview with the Minister, following which vigorous measures were adopted.
My two Sisters and myself are the only surviving descendants of the Walkers, and as
none of us has children, their posterity will soon be extinct."
Humphry Repton in his "Observations on Landscape Gardening" (1803), p. 175,
thus alludes to R. Walker : " The plate of Michel Grove House had been engraved when
the death of its late possessor put a stop for the present to those extensive plans of im
provement which, from his approbation and decisive rapidity, would probably by this
time have been completed. Whatever disappointment I may feel from this melancholy
interruption in my most favourite plan, I must still more keenly regret the loss of a valuable
friend and a man of true taste, for he had more celerity of conception, more method in
decision and more punctuality and liberality in execution, than any person I ever knew."
This work contains a view of the house. Michel Grove was sold to the Duke of Norfolk
in 1829 for ,£200,000.
Mrs. Walker died on June 10, 1805, four years after her husband, who at his death
was forty-one years of age ; she at hers, only thirty-five. Both are buried at Clapham
Church, West Sussex, as well as Elizabeth, his daughter by his first marriage.
Olivia Minchin, The Copse, Lower Bourne, Farnham, writing on August 9, 1922,
states : "As the great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, of Liverpool, I may
perhaps be permitted to say that Mrs, Walker survived her husband for some years, and
continued to exercise in Stanhope Street the lavish hospitality described by Farington. She
was spoken of as ' Mrs. Walker of masquerading fame.' A miniature of Mr. Walker in my
possession, painted by Cosway (as well as one of Mrs. Walker, by an unknown artist), shows
a man certainly over forty, whose countenance exhibits neither any ravages of ' high
living ' nor any look that can be interpreted as ' ostentatious.' The expression is one
of vigour and benevolence. He cared nothing for his wife's " great routs,' which he
did not attend. In his sons' time the emancipation of the slaves lost them their West
Indian fortune. The younger of them, my grandfather, who married a daughter of
Henry Swinburne, known as ' The Traveller,' was proprietor, with the Duke of Beau
fort of those days, of a four-in-hand, which each drove on alternate days between London
and Portsmouth."
J. H. K., of Liverpool, writes : " Mrs. Walker [of the famous routs mentioned by
Farington] was Alethea, daughter of William James, of Liverpool, West India merchant.
Some of his kinsfolk have produced a huge quarto volume dealing with the widespread
ramifications of the James family, but therein do not state when Alethea died. She was
born in 1769, and was married on 1st June, 1790, to Richard Walker, being thus twenty-
one years of age. Her forename does not appear in the family before herself, but it
was used in at least half a dozen instances by various younger kinsfolk. Her husband's
father, Richard, had married a sister of Richard Watt, of Kingston, Jamaica. The latter
came home in August, 1782, and died 4th November, 1796, leaving a fortune of half
a million between histwo nephews, Richard Watt and Richard Walker. Walker himself
had a- good business inherited from his father, so when he died, 15th October, 1801,
aged forty-one, his widow would have quite a respectable amount to play with. I suppose
that in pre-war times we might multiply the above amount by 3, in these times by 5,
to ascertain the buying power.
Richard Walker is described as of Liverpool and Michelgrove, Sussex.
The above Richard Watt II. bought the historic house of Speke Hall, Lancashire,
also the estate of Bishop Burton, Beverley, Yorks."

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Even in Those Days
July 14. — Called at the Office of Steers [the lawyer] to enquire abt.
the Loyalty Loan. — James Steers mentioned the unbecoming conduct
of Ned Stephenson, Junr.* of his giving such a return to the Income
Commissioners as required explanation. He was asked how He lived, if
that was His income ? He sd. He ran in debt, & His Father wd. some
times pay & sometimes not, — & this He sd. though a partner with His
Father. — Such is Character. —
July 17. — Edridge [A.R.A.] I called on. He shewed me a picture
by Wilson, belonging to Mr. Boldero Barnard of [Cave Castle] Yorkshire.
He sd. that Mr. Barnard was desirous of having a Companion painted
to be arranged with it, and He left it to Edridge to fix upon an Artist
for that purpose. — Edridge said He applied to me from really thinking
that I was the person to be preferred. — that there was a certain fashionable
mode of painting which prevailed, but He most approved of that sober
and natural manner which He observed in my pictures. — I expressed my
acknowledgments for His favorable opinion & that it was very gratifying
to have the sanction of an Artist to what we produce. — He declared that
He thought I stood at the head of my profession & in applying to me He
had acted conscientiously. —
Pitt Found Him Useful
He shewed me a great number of drawings, portraits of persons of
rank and fashion, — one of Lord Carringtonf who He sd. is a man light
& unfixed in His general manner, but it is understood that Mr. Pitt
has found Him useful in matters of business & calculation. — He has
one Son & Eleven [Burke gives eight] daughters, one of them lately
married to Lord Mahon.J He gave her £20,000 and then signified that
He wd. give as much to each of His other daughters. Lady Carrington
is Sister to the above mentioned Mr. Barnard. — Lord Essex came in
familiarly & offered to take Edridge to a place in the Edgware Road
which He has hired for the Summer for His family.
* Edward, son of Rowland Stephenson, M.P. for Carlisle, was born about 1759, aim
matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, October 29, 1776. He was a partner in his
father's firm of Batson, Stephenson and Co., bankers, of 69, Lombard Street. The elder
Stephenson was one of Romney's earliest friends, and the artist painted portraits of him,
his wife, son, and his son's wife Mary, who was a daughter of Charles Strickland, of Sizergh,
to whom he was married at Kendal on February 27, 1786.
t Robert Smith, first Baron Carrington (1752-1838), was the third son of Abel Smith,
a member of the banking firm of Smith, Payne and Co., of Nottingham and London.
Robert Smith sat in Parliament for Nottingham from 1779 until he was raised to the
Peerage in 1797. Wraxall said that Smith's character was " without reproach and his
fortune ample," but he " possessed no Parliamentary talents." His son, Robert John,
assumed by Royal licence the name of Carrington instead of Smith, and his successor,
the present representative of the family, changed the name to Carington. He is now
Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, first Marquess of Lincolnshire.
t Lord Mahon, Philip Henry, fourth Earl Stanhope, was father of Philip, the fifth
Earl (1805-1875), historian and politician.

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Turner's Narrow Mind
. After His Lordship went away, Edridge spoke of His great good
nature & friendly disposition. — Lord Lowther has desired Edridge to
go to Lowther this Summer & to see the Lakes. — He spoke of the narrow
ness of Turners mind and sd. C. Long had mentioned that after the
Marquiss of Stafford had pd. Him £250 guineas for the " Fishing Boats "
He afterwards applied several times to have 20 guineas for the frame,
but it was not paid Him. —
July 19. — Called on Dance who sd. He cd. not go to Sir George
Beaumonts in less than a fortnight. Sir George has again altered His
mind & proposes to build on a spot not before considered. Dance
said He shd. rejoice to give £200 to have nothing more to do with it.
He sd. He never wd. take another commission of the building kind. —
July 20. — [Porden, the architect] sd. He was rapidly proceeding
with Lord Grosvenors House at Eaton. The Stone is excellent & it is
procured at 10 miles from Eaton. The pinnacles (it is a Gothic design)
are executed in Cast Iron, which He said is more desirable than stone
& He gets that for 14 shillings which wd. cost in Stone, £9. — The frames
of the windows are also of Cast Iron. He sd. the mine discovered on
Lord Grosvenor estate brings him in £30 or £40,000 a yr. — He sd. He was
building stables at Brighton for the Prince of Wales, of a Circular form
in imitation of the famous Corn Market at Paris which was burnt in 1803.
— The Prince at present takes much interest in building. [The stables
are now the Hall known as the Dome which adjoins the Brighton Art
Galleries and Library.]
July 23. — Rossi [R.A.] told me that through Copeland He had
just advanced £600 to the Duke of Clarence for an annuity on the Duke's
life to return £100 a year. Lords Moira, — Darnley & Bulkeley the guaran
tees & the annuity to be pd. quarterly at Coutts. —
July 24. — Dance mentioned to me that the late Lord Camden had
observed to Him that in England everything was open to talents &
industry, & the consequence was " that in half a century the Community
might be sd. to be turned upside down," that is that the rich became
poor & the poor rich.

CHAPTER LXXIII
1804
Society in Thanet
August 1 . — At 9 oClock left London in the Rochester Coach with
Wm. Offley, got there at ^ past 3, & dined at the Bull. The master of
it complained of the great number of Soldiers billeted upon Him, — wd.
be willing to give them is. a day each to be free of the expence & trouble,
— made out that in 15 years He had lost 750 by them. — In the even'g
we went in a Chaise to Sittingbourne, to the Bell a good House, but the
Rose is most spoken of.
August 2. — Saw Lady Curtis* & Her family, who were at our
Inn last night. They were going in a Barouche & 4 Horses to their House
lately built at Ramsgate. — At 10 we sett off for Canterbury & to Broad-
stairs, where we arrived at \ past 2, & found John Offley [wine merchant]
& His wife & Miss Glover [her sister] agreeably lodged at Barfield's
Library for four guineas a week. — We dined with them & lodged near
them. Sounds of War
August 3. — Passed the day with our friends, & in walking & reading.
We took lodgings a little removed from the Sea side, two minutes walk
from Barfields Library — at Mrs. Redmans, a small neat House for which
Wm. Offley & I agreed to pay two guineas a week for three weeks, — &
she undertook to make our beds, &c. Linen we agreed to Hire. — There
was a good deal of firing heard to-day which was judged to be at Bulogne. —
August 5. — Went to St. Peter's Church upon the Hill a mile and
quarter from Broadstairs, & heard divine service at eleven, by the Revd.
Mr. Chapman, a respectable Clergyman who has been 40 years there.
* Wife of Sir William Curtis, Bart., M.P. for the City of London, 1790-1818, and
Lord Mayor, 1795. She was Anne (born posthumously February 7, 1757, died August 7,
'^33)1 younger daughter — and co-heir with her elder sister, Mary, wife of the Rev. Thomas
Roberts — of Edward Constable, Esq., the sisters being also co-heirs of the Austens of
Tenterden, Barts., of Bexley. Her husband was the founder of the banking firm of
Robarts, Lubbock and Co., and bis portrait by Lawrence hangs in the private apartments
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The Church large, light & clean, and everything very decorous. — There
was no Sermon. —
August 9. — At 7 oClock sailed with J. & Wm. Offley in a boat to
the Downs where the homeward Indiamen were laying at anchor having
had their men pressed. Broadstairs is abt. 9 miles from the Downs. —
I saw Capn. Dance* on board the Lord Camden & spoke to him. He
told me that the French Admiral Linois had attacked them in the China
Seas but after some firing ran away. — He was in an 80 gun Ship & had
with Him 2 frigates & a Corvette & a brig. — Before 10 oClock we got on
board the Bombay Castle where we found my nephew William well.
We staid on board till \ past 4 oClock & dined with Captn. Hamilton.
On the High Sea
We found Lieut : Flindersf on board who came passenger to England
from China, after the loss of the Investigator. He told me the Inves
tigator was built by Contractors & soon proved so wrotten that she was
broke up, — after which, He, & several others sailed from Port Jackson
in a vessel which was accompanied by another, and on their passage
to England abt. 700 miles from Port Jackson ? they both struck on
Sands that were unknown, & were almost miraculously saved on a Coral
rock that rose above high water mark, the circumference of the top of
which was abt. the space that an Indiaman might be turned upon to
make a circle ; their Ship was happily so placed when on shore that, all
her provisions, & Her boats, & most other things, were saved. Captn.
Flinders who was in her, in this boat sailed for Port Jackson to procure
relief for the remainder. Marooned on a Coral Rock
On this rock they remained 6 or 8 weeks, and employed themselves
in making up 2 boats to sail to Port Jackson, but a vessel from there
* Sir Nathaniel Dance (1748-1827), nephew of Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, R.A.,
and of George Dance, junior, the architect, so often mentioned in the Diary. In 1759
he entered the East India Company's service, and in 1804 was Commodore of the com
pany's fleet of sixteen Indiamen, and eleven country vessels, which when off Pulo Aor
on February 14, 1804, on their journey home from Canton, fell in with the French
Squadron under Admiral Lunois. Lunois had with him a line-of-battle-ship, three
heavy frigates, and a brig, but did not venture to attack, he believing that Dance's vessels
included three men-of-war. Dance's courage and clever manoeuvring further misled
the enemy, and he after a few ineffective broadsides " hauled his wind and fled," and was
pursued for a time by the English merchantmen. Dance was knighted, presented with
,£5,000 by the Bombay Insurance Company, and a pension of ^500 a year given by the
East India Company.
t Captain Matthew Flinders, the celebrated explorer, sailed from Spithead on July
18, 1801, on an expedition to Australia, and William Westall, A.R.A., younger brother
of Richard Westall, R.A., was appointed, through the recommendation of Benjamin West,
to be landscape draughtsman. Flinders Petrie, the eminent Egyptologist, is a relative
of Captain Flinders.

1804] Marooned on a Coral Rock 273
rendered it unnecessary. They returned to that Place & from thence
many of them sailed to China in the Rolla in order to obtain a passage
to England. Wm. Westall was with them on the rock & sailed with
them in the Rolla. At China He was persuaded by Mr. Lance one of the
Super Cargo's to return back to India for the purpose of making drawings
in the Island of Ceylon &c. & proposed to sail for England in 12 months.
He sailed for Ceylon on the 5th. of Feby. last. William told me that
He had been privately informed that it was thought that His Head
had been affected by the accident which happened to Him at Madeira,
of losing His drawings & having narrowly escaped drowning. — Lieut :
Flinders spoke delicately, but observed that He appeared by disposition
inclined to retirement & seclusion. — William said that Captain Flinders
sailed in some other vessel & was taken prisoner by the French and
carried into the Mauritius where He was well treated till He happened
to make some sketches of the Harbour of that place which being noticed,
He was in every respect very differently treated. —

No Adventure in the Navy
From the conversation I had with William He did not appear to
be very desirous of returning to the Navy from thinking it held out very
little prospect of adventure, — & sd. that interest had in several instances
enabled Lieutenants still to continue during the war, in the India service.
— We found — Rooke, a Son of Mrs. Rooke on board, who came from a
Kings Ship on acct. of Impressed men. He is a midshipman in the
Navy & told me how difficult it is to obtain the rank of Lieutenant, there
being now 2000 who are waiting for it. The Chief Mate, was Mr. Maxwell,
— a nephew of the Duchess of Gordon.
August 10. — This morning a Mr. Green of Kensington told me that
a conveyancer had told Him that Sir Francis Burdets income is £14,000
a year, Five of which He inherited from His Father and the remainder
from a Lady of the name of Jones.
Lady Augusta Murray
August 1 1 . — I passed the morning in writing & reading & walking.
In the evening we went to Ramsgate to the Assembly room, where Madame
Bianchi* sang several songs to a Piano forte & Meyert played on the
Harp. At | past 9 the music was over. 7s. 6d. was paid by each person
for admittance. A Ball then commenced. At Eleven we came away.
* Miss Jackson, a popular singer, was married to Francesco Bianchi, the famous Italian
composer, who settled in London in 1793-
t Philip James Meyer (1732-1820), born at Strasbourg, was, in 1772, the first musician
to play the pedal harp in this country. Meyer definitely settled in England in 1784,
and died in London.
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274 The Farington Diary [1804
There was much company, and among them, Lady Augusta Murray*
& Her Son, and Sister. Lady Hamilton [Nelson's Emma] with Mrs. &
Miss Nelson, — Lord Essex & many officers of the Herefordshire Militia
which He commands, stationed here. His Lordship spoke to me &
recommended to me to go to Manton a few miles from Broadstairs as
being a very picturesque spot. He spoke of Edridge [A.R.A.] very hand
somely. — Lord Cholmondely was also there & also Lord Keith who
commands the fleet in the Downs. —
Lady Hamilton's Fat Shoulders
Lady Augusta Murray has a very singular-shaped face. The Lower
part from the Nose falling as if shaved off. Her Sister still more plain. I
thought them coarse & confident looking woemen. She has entered
Herself in the subscription book at Ramsgate Duchess of Sussex. We
* Lady Augusta Murray, second daughter of the fourth Earl of Dunmore, was
married to Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, in Rome on April, 4, 1793, and in the
following December, the ceremony was repeated in St. George's, Hanover Square, under
the names of Augustus Frederick and Augusta Murray. The King, however, in accord
ance with the Royal Marriage Act of 1772, declared the union void in August, 1794.
A bill was filed, says the " Annual Register," in January, 1804, by Lady Augusta
Murray, in the Court of Chancery, against his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and
Mr. Coutts, praying, among other things, that the defendant, Mr. Coutts, might be
restrained, by an injunction of the Court, from paying to his Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex a sum of ,£4,000 per annum, part of an annual pension of ,£12,000 settled upon
his Royal Highness ; and which sum of £4,000 had been settled by deed upon Lady
Augusta, in consideration of her educating and maintaining the children she already
had, or might have, by his Royal Highness. It also stated that Mr. Coutts received the
£12,000 under the authority of a power of attorney from the Duke of Sussex, who was
at present at Lisbon, and out of the jurisdiction of the Court. The motion was resisted
upon the ground that Mr. Coutts was merely authorised to receive this money under a
letter of attorney, and accountable to his constituent alone for the application of it.
The Lord Chancellor said that he never recollected a similar case, where the grantor
of the deed was not before the Court, and who, if present, might set up many objections,
which might perhaps be fatal to the existence of the instrument. His Lordship said it
was impossible, in this stage of the cause, to grant the injunction as prayed ; but that he
saw no objection to restrain Mr. Coutts from receiving the money at all at present ;
and, if the plaintiff chose to make any other motion, he should certainly hear it, assisted
by the judgments of the Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas. On March 19, 1806, Farington records that :
" The Duke of Sussex is on the point of making an arrangement with Lady Augusta
Murray, so as to be left untroubled hereafter. — The legal obligation now in her possession
binding Him to a certain allowance, He says, was given by Him at the instigation of Lord
Archibald Hamilton, and that He did not know how much He was committing himself
by it. — It is now to be given and a regular settlement of less amount is to be made. He
takes the Son, and proposes to place him at Winchester School ; but the daughter, which
He does not believe to be his, He leaves with Lady Augusta."
The children took the surname d'Este, warranted by the common Italian ancestry
of their parents : Lady Augusta was also of Royal descent. Ellen Augusta, the daughter,
was married to Sir Thomas Wilde, afterwards Lord Truro, and Lord Chancellor of
England ; and the son, Sir Augustus Frederick d'Este, K.C.B., died unmarried in 1848.
The mother assumed in 1806 by Royal licence the name D'Ameland instead of Murray.

Lady Augusta Murray.
By Romney.

[To lace p. 274.

1804] Lady Hamilton's Fat Shoulders 275
saw Her Son, a fine boy of II or 12 years of age seemingly, & very like
the Royal family. He is said to be called the Prince. Lady Hamilton
is grown prodigously large & exposed her fat shoulders & breast mani
festly having the appearance of one of the Bacchantes of Rubens.
August 14. — At one oClock rode to Margate, 3 miles, with J. &
Wm. Offley & saw the Library, the Assembly room & the Bathing Houses.
— Lord & Lady Cholmondely, Miss Seymour, — Lord Essex & several
other fashionable persons were there. Margate is a very public place,
I much prefer the quiet retirement of Broadstairs. — We were at Mitcheners
Hotel. He had 2 turtles in water, & Had Turtle ready dressed to be
sent any where : the price 18 shillings a quart. —

VOL. II.

18*

CHAPTER LXXIV
1804
The Marquess and His Son
August 14. — The Revd. Mr. Powel dined with us. He came yes
terday from Bransbury to Ramsgate. He has been frequently at Stowe the
Marquiss of Buckingham's who He described to be a very hospitable man,
full of conversation, but chiefly political, familiar in his manner ; has an im
pediment in His speech ; has a great income but so many expenses that His
steward told Mr. Powel their Bills cd. not be paid in less than from a year
& \ to 2 years from the time of their being contracted. — Lord Temple is not
so agreeable as His Father having great pride & a manner less pleasant.
When He spoke in the House of Commons sometime since so as to be
taken up by Fox & Sheridan, His Father was so much affected by it
that He sd. He cd. not sleep the night after He read the acct. in the
papers & condemned His Son's indiscretion. The Marchioness is very
agreeable & contributes to make the House pleasant. Mr. Holt, who
was Tutor to Lord Temple is dead & Has left a beautiful widow & 4
children. He died of intemperance & was much in debt having owed
the Marquiss £3000 and His Steward £16 or £1800. The widow now
keeps a boarding House at Eaton & Lord Temple allows Her £100 a yr. —
A Wreck
August 15. — Long the Boatman, told me that He was on board the
Mars East Indiaman soon after she struck on Margate Sands in 1787.
He sd. it was entirely owing to the inattention of the Pilot, who He
believes was attending to some smuggling business along side instead
of observing the Ship & the Company's Pilot, Captn. Piper, who brought
His vessel up, which the Pilot of the Mars ought also immediately to have
done, instead of which she got on the sand, and the Pilot in His confusion
thought it was the hind part of the sand which caused Him to force the
vessel farther upon it, instead of which He shd. have brought Her head
round if possible & cast anchor, and the next tide wd. have lifted Her off.
Long, sd. He saw the Pilot shed tears, knowing what he had done. He
did not live long after, it broke His heart. — The Mars struck upon the
fore part of the sand. — 276

1804] The Dreary Round 277
The Dreary Round
The company at Broadstairs has increased in number, but all are
in parties, there does not appear to be any association. The English
reserve is fully expressed. Card tables are set every even'g in the
Library, but as yet there are no players. — We dined and passed the
even'g as usual. We breakfast abt. I past 9, — dine at 4, — tea \ past 6, —
light supper at 9 — & retire between 10 & 11.
August 17. — Lord & Lady Wm. Gordon arrived [at Broadstairs]
& took a House having with [them] Miss Gordon & Mrs. Keane. — In
the evening the Dowager Lady Pembroke was upon the walk. The
papers today reported the liberality of the East India Company to the
Captains, Officers & men who so gallantly beat off the French Admiral
Linois in the China Seas, & saving thereby property to the amount of
8 millions. — [See entry for August 9th and footnote.]
August 19. — Lord Melville & Lord Keith took an airing and rode
through Broadstairs. Lord Melville, first Lord of the Admiralty, was
on a visit to Lord Keith.
August 21.— Met Miss Green, & Mrs. Meyer & Miss Meyer,* who
came yesterday to Broadstairs, not liking Ramsgate or Margate, the
latter Mrs. Meyer said is London, — Cheapside, Wapping. — The papers
today had the account of Buonaparte's attempt to poison the French
King & Royal family at Warsaw.
Beautiful Lady Diana
August 22. — At one oClock went in the Chaise with Miss Glover
to Dandelionf to a public breakfast. John & Wm. Offley rode. There
was much company, who breakfasted in boxes, & at long tables on one
side of a space of ground like a bowling green. A stage for dancing was
also laid and a small band of music in a circular orchestra. Several
young people and Children danced under the direction of Mr. Le Bas,
master of the Ceremonies at Margate & Ramsgate. The first dance was
led off by a beautiful girl Lady Diana Herbert daugr. of Lord Pembroke,
who with Her Brother, Lord Herbert, were there with their grandmother
the Dowager Countess of Pembroke.! Lady Diana seemed to be abt. 14
* The wife and daughter of Philip James Meyer, the musician. See entry under
August nth.
t Dentdelion, a village to the south of Westgate-on-Sea.
X The eleventh Earl of Pembroke married first Elizabeth, daughter of Topham Beau-
clerk by his wife, Lady Di Spencer, eldest daughter of the second Duke of Marlborough,
and the beautiful Lady Diana Herbert was married on May 17, 18 16, to Welb ore-Ellis,
second Earl of Normanton. A full-length portrait of her by Sir Thomas Lawrence was
shown at the Royal Academy in 1827. Her brother, who succeeded his father, was
born in September, 1791, and married in 18 14 Princess Octavia Spinelli, daughter of
the Duke of Laurino, and widow of Prince Buttera de Rubari.
The eleventh Earl of Pembroke's second wife was Catherine, only daughter of Count
Woronzow, a Russian nobleman, and their eldest son, Sidney, who became Secretary for
War, was created Lord Herbert of Lea in 1861.

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years old & Lord Herbert abt. 13. — There was much fashionable company.
— The dance was made up of a very mixed party, many Citizens Children
being of the number, & it was agreeable to see the different ranks par
taking of the amusement. — I met S. Boddington there*, who came to
Margate with S. Rogers [the banker-poet].
August 23. — Mrs. Offley & Miss Glover who were educated at
different boarding-schools, the former at Twickenham, the latter at
Worcester, both declared to me that from their experience of the bad
examples they met there, & the courses pursued by girls there which
vitiated others, they would not send a daughter to a boarding-school.
August 25. — Government appears by the papers to be in full
expectation of an attempt at Invasion. — Lord Keith sailed yesterday
from the Downs with several men of war and steered towards Bulogne. —
Duelling at Manchester
Miss Rogers! had heard of much disagreement at Manchester. S.
Philips had been twice challenged, & was, it is reported, urged by His
Wife & friends to vindicate his honor, on which fie went out, & reed.
the fire of his antagonist, after which He fired His own pistol in the air,
and thanked his opponent " for having afforded Him an opportunity
to vindicate His honor." The last challenge was sent by Philips. The
issue seems not to have been favorable for him in the minds of people.
Sharpe spoke much of warmth being the great preservation of life,
& of the mistaken notion that people should harden themselves by severe
exposure. He observed that the masses of people who are necessitated
to it prove the falacy of the principle. — Warm clothing is of the utmost
consequence to preserve health, & in this unsteady climate should be
little varied. Rogers having a feverish complaint left Margate today
for London. Different Rates To-day
August 26. — At 3 oClock I left Broadstairs with our whole party
and dined at Kidman's Hotel, Margate, where J. & Mrs. Offley left Wm.
Offley, Miss Glover & myself & returned to Broadstairs. A bed may
be had at Kidman's at the rate of 2s. 6d. a night, but it is expected that
those who lodge will also generally eat there. We went into the Assembly
room in the evening where there was a Promenade and a very large
company attended. One shilling is pd. by each person for admittance.
* Samuel Boddington, second son of Benjamin Boddington, West India merchant,
of 7, Bedford Square, was born on June 19, 1766. Member of Parliament for Tralee,
Kerry, in 1807, he collected pictures and objects of art, which were sold at Christie's in
1866, 1867, and 1881. He died on April 19, 1843. Romney painted his portrait
standing in a riding dress in 1792.
f Miss Sarah Rogers, the poet's sister and confidante, who died in 1854, a year before
her brother.

1804] Different Rates To-day 279
August 27. — Left Margate at 5 in the Coach, Miss Glover with me.
We breakfasted at Canterbury, where 2 other passengers joined us. —
We got to London at 7 in the evening. We remarked the Hop Plantations
near the road. One of our party sd. that some persons had made large
fortunes by growing Hops, but many had been ruined, by the failure of
Crops, and the great expense of cultivation. He said that on an average
of 20 years, it wd. cost £25. annually to defray the expenses of a single
acre, including the Hop poles.

CHAPTER LXXV
1804
Pitt Was Occasionally Jocose
Home Again
August 29. — Opie told us that Bourgeois yesterday called on him,
and mentioned that He had been to Hampton Court with Wyatt, & that
West's pictures, now at Windsor, are to be taken from thence & that
Wyatt on walking through the apartments at Hampton Court said that
in which Plays were formerly acted, wd. do very well for West's pictures,
but Bourgeois suggested to Him that it wd. be a good Plan to arrange the
Academy Diploma pictures there, which Wyatt agreed to, & said if the
members of the Academy approved it, He wd. speak to the King abt. it. —
August 30. — He [Northcote] sd. that He understood that the
Scriptural pictures painted by West and intended to be placed in the
Chapel at Windsor, are to be arranged in the great room at Hampton
Court, in which Cardinal Wolsey had state dinners, — but He did not know
that the subjects from the History of Edwd. 3rd. were to be removed
from Windsor. The King has also directed that all the pictures by Old
Masters which are at the Queens Palace, — Kensington, &c. shall be
arranged in Windsor Castle, — the Cartoons* are also to be removed
to Hampton Court to the room intended for them by King William. —
September 1. — This morning I passed in outlining, \ length view
of Edinburgh from Queensferry road. — 1 afterwards called on Smirke
who appears to bear His expected disappointment very calmly. He was
painting on Pannel prepared with smooth white ground of size which
He sd. He wd. never again use, as it gave him very great trouble & never
would have so rich an effect as where there was a grain or tooth of canvass
to work upon. — Customs and Corpulence
Machell, Junr. & William dined with me. — Machell told me His
Father always rises before 7 oClock & usually goes to bed at \ past 10. —
That He drinks no wine at dinner, when at home, and abt. 2 glasses after
dinner, and dines at 4 oClock. He is Inspecting Field Officer of the
• The Raphael Cartoons now at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
280

1804] Customs and Corpulence 281
Volunteers for which He has abt. 14 shillings a day & allowance for 3
or 4 Horses & also lodging money, — making the whole upwards of £300
a yr. He has lately began to paint in Oil, landscapes, & is at times,
engaged in it the whole morning & again after dinner. He has 4 Sons
and a daugr. who is 4 years old. — All the sons are educated at Appleby
School. —
Dr. Alderson* is in great practise at Hull, and makes, it is supposed
£3000 a yr. — For 3 months while the Influenza prevailed He got 14
guineas a day on an Average. He is called into Lincolnshire & far into
Yorkshire. He is of a full habit, weighing 14 stone, — never drinks wine,
& eats little meat, but chiefly subsists, especially when in exercise, on
Bohea tea & Bread & Butter or toast. Meat & wine render Him inactive ;
but He prescribes wine in many instances. — To Mrs. Machell one every
forenoon & at & after dinner 3 or 4. She is very thin. Dr. Alderson's
eldest son has a passion for drawing. He is 17 years old, & wishes to
be a painter. His Father encourages Him to draw, but fears it as a
Profession. French Soldiers and Water
September 2 . — Lieut : Coll. Carey, my old pupil, called & we had
much conversation. General Hewit hesitates to take the office of Barrack
Master General, as He will not take upon himself the responsibility of
Pecuniary accounts. General Delaney the late Barrack Master General
has left unsettled accounts to the amount of Eleven millions, which His
Heirs may hereafter be troubled abt.— General Hewit has 12 Children
& will not subject His family to the risque of such trouble. We talked
of Invasion. He sd. the French were certainly prepared, but He does
not believe the French troops are as reported, anxious for it. They
dread the water. Undoubted accts. have been reed, from Paris that
Buonaparte is detested in France & particularly in Paris, where He
has been reed, with such sullen discontent that He is as little there as
He can be.
Carey thinks very well of the Militia, and very indifferently of the
Volunteers. He sd. there was a greater difference between the Volunteers
& the Militia, than between the Militia & the Regulars.
The King did not Notice
When at Windsor West did not desire as usual to have an audience
of the King but went to the Chapel and so placed Himself that the
King must see him, so that if His Majesty desired it He might send for
him, but no message came. He also went upon the Terrace, but the King
did not notice him. The Queen & Princess Elizabeth did in a slight
manner. — The King stoops & is thin like the Duke of Gloucester. —
* Dr. John Alderson was the chief physician for Hull. In 1788 he published in that
town " An Essay on the Nature ana Origin of the Contagion of Fevers." A statue of
the doctor stands in front of the Hull Infirmary, of which he was physician. The doctor
was an uncle of Amelia Opie, the poet, who was John Opie's second wife.

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West said that whatever His Majesty's determination might be, for Him
self, He was indifferent, but He felt for His family. Should the King
withold His income He must manage His property and alter His Plan of
life so as to suit His circumstances, — & with regard to His profession He
must do like others, for the few years He had to reckon. — We agreed
that it wd. be best to be quiet at present & to wait the issue of all these
things. He sd. Braun, the Head Page, had been actually discharged.
He knew not why, & by it lost £1400 a yr. — He still resides in the House
at Windsor & the King directed him to see that all the preparations
were made in the Castle against His Majesty's return.
In the King's Way
In Beechey's large picture of the King &c. the Scarlet Coats had
lost their colour having been painted with red lead, or done in some
glazing way. Beechey went there and restored the colours. While
there He threw himself in the King's way officiously, & in consequence
reed, from His Majesty a very mortifying reprimand. — The King has
of late been treated by everybody as a humoured Child & has acted like
one. His mind being manifestly very unsteady. The only hope is,
that His nerves may be so confirmed by Sea air, and a change of scene,
that He may recover, in which case everything will probably go on as
formerly. — West has lately been finishing a family picture of Portraits
of Sir Francis Baring & His relatives. —
September 4. — Thomson [R.A.] I called on. — He told me that
Opie Had spoke to Him of the situation of the Academy, and was of the
opinion that the object of Wyatts party is to throw all possible power
into the hands of the Crown thereby to have during the present King's
life the command of everything viz : the appointment of President
Officers &c. — He supposed they wd. attempt to make Beechey President
with a Salary from the funds. — He was very indignant at their conduct.
The Princess Will Sit
September 6. — Lawrence I called on having not seen Him since
the 1 8th. of June last. Persons crowd upon him for their Portraits &
His rooms are filled with pictures begun. — The Princess of Wales is going
to sit to him again for a £ length & Mr. Pitt has promised Her to sit to
Him for Her Royal Highness.* He said that the King still continues
attached to Her, and that she was with His Majesty some hours just
before He went to Weymouth. —
* If the Princess did sit again, the portrait may be the one in the National Portrait
Gallery, which Sir Walter Armstrong in his Life of Lawrence dates c. 18 10. The size is
54m. by 44m. No portrait of her by Lawrence was exhibited at the Royal Academy
after 1802.
Pitt did not sit to Lawrence. The posthumous portrait of the great statesman begun
in 1806, and shown at the Royal Academy in 1808, was based partly on a death mask
and partly on an unfinished portrait by Hoppner.

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To shew how wastefully things are conducted He shewed me a Bill
for fi\for Turpentine, from Jany. ist. 1804 for the sole purpose of cleaning
his brushes. He asked me How I managed that matter. I told Him I
always cleaned them with Soap at scarcely any expence.
Flaxman I called on & saw His small model for a monument to Sil
Joshua Reynolds. We went to Westminster Abbey to see His Monument
to the memory of Captain Montague which [he] is now putting up. We
also looked at His Monument of Lord Mansfield erected abt. 2 years ago. —
L[awrence] mentioned to me today that W[est] had written to Mr.
Angerstein offering to dispose of to Him " His picture of Apollo "
" Phaeton ", — and " His Cicero's Villa ", — and had stated that Crowned
Heads & principal Nobility only had any of his works. — Mr. A's family
friends said He must either accept the offer or break with him, but A.
in a manly manner declined the offer, but soon after invited him to
dinner to meet some friends which he did. — He made an offer of the
same nature before He went to France which had also been declined. —
The want of due consideration was felt by all. — Lawrence proposed that
we shd. go to Taplow agreeable to Lord Thomond's invitation, & from
thence to Mr. Locke's at Norbury [Park]. —
60,000 Men for England
James Moore [General Sir John Moore's brother], I met today. He
told me Genl. Sir James Craig, told him a few days [ago] that it was
reported the French had 1200 gun boats at Bullogne & might attempt to
land 60,000 men in England, which were they to do, the English force
is now so arranged that in Twenty Four Hours an army of Soldiers con
sisting of 54,000 men, regulars and militia only could be assembled in
the County of Kent, and in addition as many Volunteers could be brought
together, — so that nothing is to be apprehended. —
Pitt's Bell -toned Voice
September 8. — Turner was to have painted 2 pictures for Mr.
Barnard at a certain price, but on hearing Daniell had that price demanded
double, & the pictures were not painted. — Edridge was a little time ago
at Cashioberry, Lord Essex's when Mr. Pitt was there. He spoke of
the deep, bell-toned, voice of Mr. Pitt, which, with his emphasis, made
common things said by him seem to have a great effect. — He was occa
sionally jocose, and it being while the Burdet & Manwaring contest for
Middlesex was depending, being offered some cowslip wine at first declined
it, but immediately after sd. He wd. drink success to Sir Francis Burdet
in Cowslip. — Every day the numbers on the Poll were brought to him.
He [Lawrence] is crowded with Commissions, but said He felt uneasy
at not being engaged in works of another nature, as Portraits are not the
highest efforts of the art. I recommended to him to be satisfied at
present & to endeavour to establish himself at the Head of that Depart
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He shall have acquired fame & fortune, there will be full time, considering
his age, only 35 to make any other effort. I observed that if He did
not proceed upon this Plan He wd. gradually feel indifferent abt. his
Portraits from a notion that it was not the way to be employed, & He
would thereby suffer in every way as an Artist. He approved my advice.
He spoke of Opie as being One who He had more pleasure in conversing
with upon art than most others, and He thought He had much modesty
about Him in respect to His professional claims. Of B.* of Berners St.
He sd. that His present manner is very submissive, but He is much
mistaken if under the circumstances of having acquired what He may
aim at, He wd. not shew a very opposite disposition. — He expressed His
confidence in me. Of Wm. L[ocke] He sd. that He can so little bear any
contradiction or difference of opinion, that it became unpleasant. It
proceeds from much pride & grows upon him & makes His intercourse
with His Father not so agreeable as it might be. His wife [the beautiful
Miss Jennings] has very good judgment, & has great ascendancy by
exercising it, with temper, & witht. any pretension. See Index, Vol. I.,
and ante.
* Probably Henry Bone, who at this period resided at 15, Berners Street. The son
of a cabinet-maker, Bone was born at Truro, and in early life apprenticed to a porcelain
manufacturer at Plymouth. Coming to London in 1778, he painted miniatures, made
lockets and other ornamental trinkets. Then he turned his attention to enamel painting,
a large example of which, a copy of Titian's " Bacchus and Ariadne," was purchased by
Mr. George Bowles, of Cavendish Square, for ,£2,200. In 1801 he was appointed enamel
painter to the Prince of Wales, and in the following year the Royal Academy elected
him an Associate, and an Academician in 1811. His success did not continue, and to
make things worse, his eyesight became feeble in 1831, and on December 17, 1834, he
died of paralysis. His enamels were masterly, and for some years they have been regaining
opularity.

CHAPTER LXXVI
1804
Impressions of Pitt and Fox
Enter the Boy Roscius
September 8. — Holman* & another actor, have seen the Boyt
so much talked of for his Theatrical powers. Their report is that His
powers are very extraordinary. When He first appears on the stage in
Richard or Hamlet &c, it excites laughter to see such disproportion
between the character & the actor, but in 5 minutes all that is overcome
by His power of representation, & He seems to be that which He assumes.
— He has performed at Birmingham & at other places. —
* John Taylor, author of " Monsieur Tonson," Dramatic Critic of the Morning Post,
and its Editor for a time, tells a story loftily characteristic of theatrical stars. " This
gentleman," (Mr. Holman), says Mr. Taylor, " was an intimate friend of mine, till I
happened to disapprove of the leading part he took in opposition to the manager and
chief proprietor of Covent Garden Theatre. Eight of the chief performers entered
into a compact, and were styled ' The Glorious Eight ' by those actors who approved
of the combination." On a previous occasion Holman had a difference with the same
proprietor, and promised Taylor that he " never would quarrel with a London manager
again." Consequently, Taylor wrote to Holman, who sent a friendly reply, and said he
would call to justify his conduct. He never went to Taylor, but " cut " him in the
street, as did all the other members of the " combination." Taylor, thus rendered
indignant, published a series of letters in a morning newspaper, of which he was pro
prietor, condemning their proceedings, and using to the best of his abilities the " weapon
of ridicule as well as of argument, against them." They appealed unsuccessfully to the
Lord Chamberlain, and this defeat made the party eager to make peace with the manager
and Taylor as well, Munden and Incledon swearing that they would not be at variance
with " Jack Taylor."
t Wilham Henry West Betty, born at St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, in 1791, was better
known as the Young Roscius. Encouraged by his clever mother, Betty learned to lisp
from Shakespeare and recite " My Name is Norval." Thus nurtured, his declamatory
powers were developed, and in 180 1, on seeing Mrs. Siddons as Elvira at Belfast, the
boy said he must become an actor or die. Two years later he appeared on the stage
at Belfast for the first time. He was then in his eleventh year. Osman in the play of
Zara was his part, and he won enthusiastic applause from a crowded house. Similar
appreciation was shown wherever he went in Ireland, Scotland, and England, where
he made his debut at Birmingham on August 13, 1804. London saw him for the first
time on December 1, 1804, at Covent Garden Theatre as Achmet in Barbarossa, and
the soldiers had to be called out to prevent disorder. In the Diary of that period
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286 The Farington Diary [1804
September 9. — Mr. Home, son in law to Paine* came in. He
spoke of their neighbour the Duke of Devonshire & His singular habits.
He passes His nights at Brooke's, till 4 or 5 in the morning & then goes
home & lets himself into the House with a Key which He carries with
Him, & has a light left burning on a table, no Servant sitting up for Him.
— Paine drank made wine only : Black Currant wine. Mrs. Paine had
2 or 3 sorts on the table, — all made by themselves. —
Art and Respectability
September 11. — Called on Banks who had twice called on me,
He said to recommend Hardwick, the Architect to be elected an Asso
ciate of the Royal Academy. He said He had built two Churches and
done many other things in the art, — had been a pupil to Sir Wm. Cham
bers, & was a very respectable man. — I told him there were only 2
vacancies to be filled, as Thomson's diploma is not signed, and that wd.
make His Chance less, & that I had always heard him spoke of in a most
respectable manner.
J. Taylor I called on at the Sun Office. Taylor mentioned that the
Boy [Roscius] who has performed on the stage at Edinburgh & Birming
ham, is engaged to perform at Covent Garden at £50 a night for 12 nights
and to appear in November. The acct. given of him to Taylor is that He
has those actions, powers, & manner, which is seen in the better actors,
which is extraordinary at His age, but He does not appear to evince any
of that sort of genius which expresses a new & different contemplation
of character. The Pittites
September 12. — Lysons called, — having come from Gloucester
shire yesterday. Various opinions are held as to the state of the King's
are given graphic descriptions of his acting, and the furore caused by the effect it had
on eminent men and women.
In the meantime, we may state that he afterwards appeared at Drury Lane on December
10 to begin a twenty-eight nights' engagement, and the gross receipts for that season
amounted to £17,210 us., an average of £614 13s. a night. His final performance as
a boy actor was on March 26, 1808, at Bath, where also he made his next appearance as
a player in February, 18 12, coming again to Covent Garden on November 3 of that
year. At intervals Betty continued to draw large audiences in the country, and finally
retired on August 9, 1824, at Southampton. He died on August 24, 1874, in Ampthill
Square, London.
* James Paine, son of James Paine, the architect (1725- 1789), was also an architect,
as well as a water-colour painter. He exhibited architectural drawings three times at
the Royal Academy, the last occasion being in 1788, his name not again appearing in the
Academy Catalogues. A large volume of his drawings and studies, dated Rome, 1774,
is at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Farington dined with the Paines on September
9, 1804, at their house at Turnham Green. Paine at one time resided at 31, Lincoln's
Inn Square, but ultimately removed to Sunning Hill, Berks. In Farington's Address
Book is entered " Grey & Freeman, Linen Drapers, Leadenhall St., bought one of Mr.
Paine's drawings.''

J. P. Kemble in " Hamlet.'
By Sir Thomas Lawrence.

[To lace p. 287.

1804] The Pittites 287
mind. The Pittites declare Him to be well, — but the Bishop of Gloucester
told Lysons that He was far from being so, & that there wd. be a Regency
before November.* The Bishop spoke of Fox as being open & man to
be depended upon, but of Pitt as having expected to make a Cat's-paw
of Mr. Addington and being disappointed broke with Him. — At Lord
Dartmouth's, at Sandwell, He saw in the Library a Burnet's History,
in which the first Lord Dartmouth, who had great experience of what
was passing at those times, had written a great number of notes, throwing
light upon many things with great temper.
Fox's Natural Daughter
Lysons dined with the Bishop of Downe at Cheltenham. The Bishop
has a Liver Complaint which Lysons apprehends will not be removed.
— Mr. & Mrs. Fox, were there, and with them Miss Willoughby, Mr.
Fox's natural daughter, very like him, is swarthy and squints. — They
talked on various subjects. Mr. Fox thinks more respectably of Wal-
pole's " Historic Doubts " than people in general do. He says that
there is such a body of evidence to prove that Perkin Warbeck was really
the Duke of York, Son to Edward the 4th. that His mind has never been
able to get over it. —
He also said that He had been fully justified in asserting that in case
of the King's illness or insanity the Prince of Wales should be Regent
of course, for it appeared from the Records in the Tower, that when
King Henry 6th. was insane as was the case, the Prince of Wales, though
an Infant, was declared Regent and a Council acted in His name. —
Lysons thinks the present Duke of Bedford a more agreeable man than
His brother, the late Duke. The Duchess is also very pleasant in Her
manner. She saw much of Buonaparte in Paris and mentioned how
very strongly He is formed though but of middle size. —
A True American
September 13.— Tom Smith, of the News, told Taylor [of the
Sun] that the King once sd. to Him that when He conversed with West,
if West set out with one opinion & discovered that the King differed
from Him, like a true American He would creep from one Shoulder to the
other behind His back & then appear to be of the same opinion with the
King. — Taylor mentioned that Bourgeois [R.A.] has broke off from
Kemble in consequence of Kemble having given Bourgeois pictures of
" Kemble in Coriolanus," to Boaden [of the Oracle], and placed in His
drawing room over the fire place Lawrence's portrait of Him. — Kemble
having heard of Bourgeois indignation called on him to explain, but
according to Bourgeois acct. on Hearing Kemble ask for Him He called
that Kemble might hear him, that- " He was not at home." — This had
* The Prince of Wales was not appointed Regent until 18 10 ; he succeeded to the
Throne in 1820.

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[1804

been preceded by Kemble having, when Bourgeois was present, expressed
a desire that a Club shd. be formed to consist of men most eminent in
every Class of liberal study, & in enumerating mentioned Lawrence
in the Painting department, on which Bourgeois asked if Kemble thought
Him the proper representative ? who replied in the affirmative, which
Bourgeois sd. He cd. not agree to.
Lysons saw the young Tragedian at Birmingham. He is abt. 13
years old — His action is very easy & good, & His general facility remark
able, on the whole His acting better than Pope or Holman &c. & next
to Kemble, but He shd. not desire to see Him more than twice, for a
change of characters, as the disproportion of His stature to that of the
men and woemen with whom He acts, cannot be got over, & all illusion
is lost. It is a curiosity. He has been trained to acting it seems from
5 years old.

INDEX

VOL. II.

19

INDEX

A., Miss. See Barclay, Mrs. George
Abbeville, 3
Abbot, Charles (afterwards Lord Col
chester), 182
Abbots and Clergy as an armed force, 249
Abbott, Mr. (Counsel in the Peltier Trial),
84 and «
 , Mr. (Son of L. F. Abbott), 134
 , John White, 108, 258
 , Lemuel Francis, 74, 134 ; his
portraits of Nelson and Cowper, 74s
 , Mrs. L. F., 134
Abercorn, Cecil, Marchioness of, 83
 , John James, Marquess of, 75, 83,
255-6 _
Abercrombie, Sir Ralph, 3, 264 ; monu
ment to, 167
 , Mrs., 172B
Aberdeen, 247
Abergavenny, 149
Abingdon, Berks, 182
Abinger, Surrey, 118
" Academic Annals of Painting," by
Prince Hoare, 190B
" Academic Correspondence," by Prince
Hoare, 190M
Academies des Sciences of Paris, ioib
Academy of Music, The, 234B
 , Royal, 1 and «., 18, 3672., 38?*., 67-8,
71. 73, 82-3, 86, 88, 92-3, 97 and «.,
99, 100, no, 112, 121-3, 137W., 139M.,
161, 162B., 167 and «., 168 and «.,
170, 177, 179B., 183, 185 and «.,
i88b., 189, 190 and »., 191B., 192,
196, 202b., 206, 208, 212, 215-6,
217B., 220, 221 and B., 222, 224,
225 and n., 226, 227 and B., 228 and
»•, Z29, 233 and «., 234, 235 and B.,
236, 237-9, 241, 242 and n., 244,
248B., 249, 252, 253 and B., 254«.,
258, 265, 277B., 280, 282 and ».,
284B., 286 and b. ; Treasurer's
salary, 66, 130; Presidency of, 67,
168, 177 and b., 179 and n. ;
George III. and, 67, 12 1-2, 130-1,

Academy, Royal — continued.
167-8, 177-80, 183, 189, 216, 249,
252-3, 282 ; Reynolds's portraits of
the King and Queen at, 68 ; Land-
seer and, 71 ; Dr. Burney elected
Professor of Ancient Literature, 73 ;
Financial Affairs of, 82-3 ; Keeper-
ship of, 177, 189, 216; Queen's
Birthday Dinner at, 183 ; proposed
history of, 185, 190 ; Pension Fund,
216 ; Prince of Wales attends Annual
Dinner, 233-4 ; music at, 234 and n.
 Club, Royal, 75, 80, 86, 167, 196, 218,
234
 , Little Royal, 88, 106, 192
 , Model, 238
 Schools, Royal, 167s., 185B., 228,
248, 258B
" Achilles, Mother of," a basso-relievo,
by Thomas Banks, R.A., 17
Achmet (a character in " Barbarossa "),
285B
Ackerman's Gallery, New Bond Street,
217B
Acropolis at Athens, The Pan from, no
Adams, Brothers, The, 180
Addington, Miss, 211
 , Henry (afterwards Viscount Sid-
mouth), 65, 105, no, 165B., 173
and s., 182, 187, 211, 231; his
relations with Pitt, 65, 94, 101, 117,
237, 287 ; his character, 80-1, 100,
112, 173, 231, 259; and the Prince
of Wales, 139-40 ; offered an Earl
dom and pension by George III.,
237 ; notice of, 237B. ; Cadell and
Davis purchase the Morning Post for,
250
 , John Hiley, M.P., 80
Addison, Miss, 80
 , Joseph, 80, 108, I38»
"Addison, The Northern." See Mac
kenzie, Henry
Adeane, General, 188
 , Mrs., 188

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292

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Admiralty, 165B., 250B., 253B
 Court, 84B. 256s
" Advice to the Privileged Orders," by
Joel Barlow, 33B
Aga, Mahomet (Principal Officer to
Mahommed Bey al-Alfi), 163B
Agnew, Messrs., 126B
Agriculture, Board of, 158B
Ailesbury, Charles, 3rd Earl of, 258s
Albano (or Albani), Francesco, 16
Albemarle Street, 225s
Aldersgate Street, 119
Alderson, Mr.(son of Dr. John Alderson),28i
 , Dr. John, 281 ; notice of, 281s
Alexander the Great, 17
Alexander I., Tsar of Russia, 35, 144
Alexander, William, 68, 266
Alexandria, 125B
Alfi, Mahommed Bey al-, 163, 174-5 ;
notice of, 163B. ; meets George III.
at Windsor, 174-5
" Allegro and Pensoroso," picture by
Mrs. Mee, 233
Allen, Samuel (Porter at the R.A.), 227
Allpress, Harry J., Letter from, 224B
Alps, The, 49
America, 31 and »., 103-4, 106, 113,
177B., 197M., 205, 245; people of,
31, 113 ; War of Independence, 31B.,
15 33»-> '78, IQ7«- ! Art in, 245
 , North-West, 199B
American novelist, The first, 33B
Amherst, Lord (afterwards Earl Amherst
of Arracan), 160 and s
Amiens, 3
 , Peace of. See France
Ampthill Square, 286s
Amsterdam, 217s
Ancaster, Peregrine, 2nd Duke of, 136B
Andover, 187s
Andreosi, General (French Ambassador),
99-100
Andrews, Rev. Mr. (of St. James's Chapel),
224
Andrieu, M. (Medal engraver), 49
 , Madame, 49
" Anecdotes of Painters," by Walpole,
Suggested continuation of, 185
" Angel Heads," by Reynolds, 126s
Angelo, Michael, 14, 161, 195 ; Richard
Duppa's " Life of," iiib
Angerstein, Miss, 96, 143
 ,.J- J-, 9°-i, "°» H3, 194, 283;
his pictures, 90 and n., 91-2, 108,
1 10 and b., 143, 195 and n., 283
Angouleme, Due d', 223
 , Duchesse d'. See Marie-Therese-
Charlotte

Annesley, Mr., 191
 , Mrs., I91
Annual Register, The, zy^n
Anson, Thomas, ist Viscount, 69
Anspach, Christian Frederick, Margrave
of, 236
Anti-Jacobin, The, 129
Antiquarian Society, The, 139
" Antiquities of Great Britain," Hearne's
drawings for, 66
Antwerp, 75, 264
Apollo, Belvedere Statue of, 13, 16, 29, 37
Appleby School, 281
Arbouin, Mr., 127
Arbuthnot, The Right Hon. Charles, 96B
Arceuil, near Paris, 101s
Architects' Club, The, 73, 123, 266
 fees, 80
Architecture, 209
 , Crowe's lectures on Civil, 262
 , Gothic, George III. and, 180
Arden, Sir R. Pepper (Chief Justice of
Common Pleas), 274B
Argyll, John, 2nd Duke of, 150s
 Street, IB
Aries, France, 64-5
Armstead, Mrs. See Fox, Mrs. C. J
Armstrong, Mr., 145
 , Miss. See Scott, Mrs
 , Sir William, his " Life of Lawrence,"
282B
Arnald, George, 72
Arne, Dr., 139
Arnold, Lathom, 142 and n
 , Miss Sarah. See Brockhurst, Mrs. B
Art, 10s. ; Napoleon and, 6 ; B. West on
French and English Schools of, 73 ;
Empress Catherine of Russia and,
191 ; spirit of commerce in, 243
" Art of the Theatre," 50B
Artist, The, 190s
Artois, Comte d', 4s
Arts and Artists, George III. and, 118,
130-1
Arundel Street, 234s
Arundell, Henry, 8th Lord, 259 and B.,
260-1
 , James Everard (afterwards 9th Earl
of Arundell), 259s., 260-1
 , Maria Christiana, Lady, 259 and «.
260-1
 , Mary, Lady, 259B
Ascot, 133
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 205M., 206
Ashburton, John, ist Lord, 89 ; Gains
borough's description of, 89B., 908
Ashford, Mr. (of Staffordshire), 196
 , Hants, 187

Index

293

Astle, Mr. (Keeper of the Tower Records),
173 .
Astley, Sir Jacob, 251-2
Astrop, Northamptonshire, 182B
Athens, Antiquities from, no; Govern
ment of, 175
Audley, James, Lord, 135B
Augereau, P. F. C, Due de Castiglione, 47
Auguste, Prince, of Prussia, 41B
"Auld Robin Gray," ballad by Lady
Anne Barnard, story of how it was
written, 23 3«
Austens of Tenterden, The, 27 ib
Australia, 272B
Austria, Coinage of, 261 ; Emperor of,
see Francis (Duke of Lorraine)
Austrians, The, and General Moreau, 198
" Autumn : The Chateau de Steen," by
Rubens. See " Chateau de Steen, The "
" Avalanche, The," by Loutherbourg, 221,
234
Avery Row, 162B
B., Dowager Lady, 133
 General. See Napoleon I
 Madame. See Josephine, Empress of
France
" Bacchus and Ariadne," by Titian, 284«
Backhuysen, Ludolf. See Bakhuisen
Bacon, John, 75
Bacton, Suffolk, 164B
Baddeley, Robert (Actor), 250B
 Mrs. Sophia (Actress), 229
Baedeker Guides, 57B
Bagenhall, Mr. (an Irish M.P.), 1 52
Baker, George, 35
 Street, 106
Bakhuisen, Ludolf, 239
Balbar [Barlborough ?], Derbyshire, 109
Balbi Palace, Genoa, 94
Balcarres, James, 5th Earl of, 233B
'  , 233«
Ball, Captain, R.N., 239, 240 and n
 , Mrs. (wife of Captain Ball). See
Hughes, Lady
 , Mr.(married to Miss Gould),239, 240B
 , Mrs. (nee Gould), 239, 240B
 , Sir Alexander (Governor of Malta),
210B
 , David, 239, 240B
 , Mrs. (wife of David Ball), 239-40
 , Edward Hughes. See Hughes,
Edward Hughes Ball
Ballyshannon, 153B
Baltic, Battle of the, 143B, 158
Bank of England, 83B., 229B
Banks, Miss, 174
 , Sir Joseph, 100-1, 174
 , Lady Joseph, 174

Banks, Thomas, R.A., 17, 45, 157, 177, 286;
his model of Cromwell, 92
Baptiste, Paul Eustache Anselme (French
actor), 51, 56
Barbarossa, a play, 28 5B
Barberini Collection, The, J. J. Anger-
stein's Claude from, 90-2, 195
Barclay, George, M.P. 142 and n
—- — , Mrs. George, 142 and n
 , Robert, 25B
 , Thomas, 142 and b
Barfield's Library, Ramsgate, 271
Barfleur, H.M.S., 73
Baring, Sir Francis, 31, in, 219, 282
Barker, Granville, 51B
Barlow, Joel, 34, 36 ; notice of, 33B
 , Mrs. Joel, 34, 36
Barnard, Miss. See Chalon, Mrs., senr
 , Lady Anne, story of her ballad
" Auld Robin Gray," 233B
 , Miss Anne. See Carrington, Lady
 , Henry Boldero, 269, 283
 , " Jacky," 229 and n
 , Miss Jane. See Temple, Hon. Mrs
 , Sir John, 229 ; notice of, 229*
 , Miss Sarah. See Hankey, Lady
Barras, P. F., Comte de, 52
Barrett, George, R.A., 120, 192
Barrie, Captain, 203B, 204 ; his part in
the Macnamara — Montgomery duel,
200B. ; his association with Lord
Camelford, 202, 203 and n
Barroneau, M., 124, 127
 , Madame(mother of M.Barroneau),i27
Barry, James, R.A., 75
Barton-on-Heath, 254B
Basle, 222
Bastille, The, Where it stood, 30
Bateman, Anne. See Western, Mrs. W
 , Elizabeth, Viscountess, 166s
 , Sir James, i66b
 , John, 2nd Viscount, 166 and b
 , William, ist Viscount, i66b
 , Wilham, ist Lord. See Hanbury,
William, M.P
 , William, 2nd Lord, i66b
" Bateman, The Loving Ballad of Lord,"
1 66b
Bath, Henrietta L., Baroness, 125B
 , William, ist Earl of, 125a
 , 65, 89 and b., 108, 112, 147, 155, 182,
190-1, 192 and b., 193, 196, 225,
230B., 233, 286b
 , Installation of Knights to the Order
of the, 100
Bathurst, Allen, ist Earl, 173B. ; Pope's
" Epistle to," 149
 , Miss Anne. See Bragge, Mrs. Charles

294

The Farington Diary

M.P.,

173"

Bathurst, Sir Benjamin,
 , Benjamin, 173 a
 , Sir Charles. See Bledisloe, Charles,
Lord
 , The Rt. Hon. Charles Bragge-, M.P.
See Bragge, The Rt. Hon. Charles, M.P
 , Henry, 2nd Earl, 238s
 , Lady Susan, 238 and n
Batson, Stephenson & Co. (Bankers), 269B
Battersbie, Mr. (Banker), 250
 , Mrs. (wife of the Banker), 250
Bavaria, 197s
" Baviad, The," by William Gifford, 128B
Baxter's, Dover Street, 257s
Bayntun, Sir Andrew, and Mrs. Dewey,
259-61
Bayonne, 213
Bearcroft, Counsellor, 152
" Beatrix," Canova's bust of, 41B
Beauclerk, Lady Di, 277B
 , Miss Elizabeth. See Pembroke,
Elizabeth, Countess of (ist wife of the
nth Earl)
 , Topham, 277s
Beaufort, Cardinal, 161
 , Henry, 5th Duke of, 155, 268B
" Beaufort Arms, The," Monmouth, 152-3
 Road, Edgbaston, 156s
Beauharnais, Josephine de. See Josephine,
Empress of France
Beaumont, Mr. (of Whitley & Paine), 79
 , Sir George (father of Sir G. H.), 182B
 , Sir George H., 92, 94-6, 101, 102B.,
104, 132, 172, 174, 181-2, 189, 201,
207, 209-n, 217, 219, 228, 235,
238, 246, 251, 270; his art, 132, 207,
221-2 ; his opinion of Coleridge and
Wordsworth, 172, 207, 211, 217-8;
notice of, 182B., his income, 246
 , Lady, 102, 182B., 210-11, 217, 219
Beckford, William (author of " Vathek "),
45, 118; his motive for the Gothic
design of Fonthill Abbey, 217 ; dis
gusted with James Wyatt, R.A., ib
Bedford, Francis, 5th Duke of, 175, 287 ;
Nolleken's bust of, 133
 , Georgiana, Duchess of, 126s., 136B.,
175, 287
 , John, 6th Duke of, 126B., 161, 175,
234, 287
 Chapel, 76
 Square, 187, 278B
Bedfordshire, 104B
Bedlam Hospital, 220
Beechey, Sir William, R.A., 73, 175, 183,
185s., 189, 192-3, 196, 234 ; his art,
74-5 ; his portrait of George III., 282
" Beggar, The," by W. Wordsworth, 207

Beggar's Opera, The, by John Gay, 51
" Beggar Boy, The," picture by William
Owen, R.A., 234
Belfast, 285s
Belgian People and Invasion of England,
128
Belgrave, Robert, Lord. See Grosvenor,
Robert, 2nd Earl
" Belisarius," by Antoine Denis Chaudet,
17
" Belisarius," by Baron F. P. S. Gerard, 17
Bell Inn, The, Gloucester, 149
 Inn, The, Sittingbourne, 270
Bellingham, John, 84B., 182B
Beloe, Rev. Wilham, 248
Belvedere, The, Vienna, 261
Bengal, 238, 244
Bennett, Miss Agnes Maria, 230 ; notice
of, 230s
 , Miss Harriet Pye. See Esten, Mrs
Bentivoglio, Cardinal, 32B. ; Vandyck's
portrait of, 32 and s
Berkeley, Admiral George Cranfield, 259
 , Hon. Mrs. 259
 Square, 96, 23 in
Berkshire, 182, 286s
Bernadotte, General Jean Baptiste-Jules.
See Charles XIV., King of Sweden
Bernard, Mdlle. J. F. J. A. See Recamier,
Madame
 , Sir Thomas, 240B
Berne, The Canton of, 222
Berners Street, 7, 195, 284 and n
Berry, Miss Mary, Horace Walpole's
letter to, 126a
Berthier, General Louis Alexandre, 53
BerthoUet, Comte Claude Louis (French
chemist), ioib
Bertie, Lady Mary. See Greatheed, Lady
Mary
Berwick, Marechal de, 4B
Bessborough, Frederick, 3rd Earl of, 234
 , Henrietta Frances, Countess of, 242
Best, Captain, 199B. ; his duel with Lord
Camelford, 199 and n., 201-4
 , Lady Emily (wife of Captain Best),
199s
Betty, Mrs. ^mother of Young Roscius),285«
 , William H. W. See Roscius, Young
Beverley, Algernon, ist Earl of (afterwards
4th Duke of Northumberland), 136B.,
i37»
 , Yorkshire, 268«
Bexley, Kent, 271s
Bianchi, Francesco, 147, 273B
 , Madame F., 273 and n
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, 41B
Biggin, Mrs. 127

Index

295

Birmingham, i88»., 285 and n., 286, 288 ;
making coins at, 65-6
"Birth and Triumph of Love," by Sir
James Bland Burges, 23 3B
Bishop Burton, Beverley, Yorks, 268B
Blackburne, Mr., junr., 267
 , Mrs. (wife of Mr. Blackburne, junr.),
267
 , Miss Anne (the great naturalist), 268
 , John, M.P. 267
 , John (of Liverpool), 267
 , John (of Orford, near Warrington),
267-8
Blackheath, 91
Black Rock, near Dublin, 148
Blagden, Sir Charles, 101 ; notice of, ib. n
 -, Sir John, 174
Blair Miss Magdalen. See Maxwell, Lady,
 , William, 126B
Blantyre, Robert Walter, nth Lord, 175
Bledisloe, Charles, Lord, 173s
Bligh, Captain, 205
Bloomsbury Parochial Corps, 114
Blues, The, 165 ; cost of a cornetcy in,
80, 165
Boaden, James (editor of The Oracle), 287
Boconnoc, Cornwall, 199B
Boddington, Benjamin, 278B
 , Samuel, 34, 37, 56, 178, 278 ; notice
of, 278B
Bodmin, 173B
Bohime, La Vrai, 5»
Bombay, 84B., 178
 Castle, The, 272
 Insurance Company, 272B
Bonaparte, Madame (mother of Napo
leon I.), 9
 , Madame (wife of Napoleon I.). See
Josephine, Empress
 , Lucien, 9, 20
 , Madame Lucien, 20, 70
 , Napoleon. See Napoleon I
Bond Street, 201, 253, 257s
Bone, Mr. (father of Henry Bone), 284B
 , Henry, 284 ; notice of, 284B
Bonmaison, Mr., 90
Bonnycastle, John (Author), 82
Bookham, Surrey, 117-8
Boringdon, John, ist Lord, 158B
 , John, 2nd Lord. See Morley, John,
1st Earl of
 , Theresa, Lady, 158M
Bossuet, Jacques Benigne (Bishop of
Meaux), his statue in the Louvre, 47
Boston (U.S.A.), 196B., 197B
Boswell, James (Df. Johnson's Biographer),
234B., 248 ; " Life of Johnson," by,
186, 255B

Boswell, James (son of Dr. Johnson's
Biographer), 248, 256; his salary as
Professor at Oxford, 248
Bosworth, Leicestershire, 242
" Botanic Garden," by Dr. Erasmus
Darwin, 209B
Botany Bay, 124 and n
Both, Jan, 157
Bott, Mr. (Page to George III.), 253
Bouillon, Frederic Maurice de La Tour
d'Auvergne, Duke of, his pictures by
Claude, 90-2
Boulogne, 157, 159B., 271, 278, 283
Boulton Matthew (Engineer), 65-6
Bourbon, Louis Henri, 2nd Duke of,
222
 , Palais de, 26
Bourgeois, Mr. (father of Sir P. F. Bour
geois), 96
 , Mr. (brother to Sir P. F. Bourgeois),
96
 , Miss, 96
 , Sir Peter Francis, R.A. (Founder of
Dulwich Art Gallery), 92, 96, 130, 183,
185, 189, 193, 196, 216, 217B., 221,
226, 235, 238, 244, 263-4, 280, 287-8 ;
threatens the Council of the R.A.,
179 ; as a pupil of Loutherbourg,
226 ; his pictures of " Kemble in
Coriolanus," 287
Bourg-La-Reine, Gaol at, 212B
Bourne, Vincent (" Vinny,"master of West
minster School), 258s
Bover, Miss, i86b
Bowles, George, 284s
 , William Lisle, 132
Bow Street Officials, 201
Box Hill, Surrey, 117, 119, 120
Boydell, Alderman John, 187
 , Josiah, 100, 187, 192
Boydells, Messrs, 64 ; George III. and a
lottery promoted by, 187
^Bradford, Orlando, 2nd Lord (afterwards
Earl of Bradford), 80
Bradwell, The Rectory of, 107
Bragge, Charles (of Clieve Hill, Gloucester
shire), 173s
 , Mrs. Charles (of Clieve Hill), 173B
 , The Rt. Hon. Charles, M.P. (after
wards Bragge-Bathurst), 80, 173 and »
Braine, Mrs. (of Sheerness), 23 1
Bransbury, 276
Braun (or Brandt), Mr. (George III.'s
Head Page), 118-9, 130,216,252-3,282
Brazil, The Prince of. See John, Don, of
Brazil, Prince Regent of Portugal
Brest, 103
Brettingham, F. (Architect), 80

296

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Bridgewater, Francis, 3rd Duke of, 72-3,
97 ; notice of, 72B, ; collection of
pictures, 72, 219
 , Earl of. See Egerton, General John
William
Bridport, 142 and «
Brigaud, M. (Hotel Keeper), 57
Brighton, 38B., 58, 60-2, 150, 159s., 186,
230B., 242B., 270 ; Old Ship Inn at,
60-1 ; Marine House, 62 ; Pavilion
at, 62, 124B. ; The Steine, 62, 242B. ;
Art Galleries and Library at, 270
Brissot, J. P., 212 and s
Brissotine Party, The, 212
Bristol, Frederick Augustus, 4th Earl of
(Bishop of Derry), 133 and n
 , 79, W; 244
British Constitution, The, 256-7
 Empire, Napoleon and, 100
 Institution, 21 IB., 240B
 Museum, 68, 263s
 Press, The, 235
Broadstairs, 271-2, 274-5, 277-8
Brockhurst, Benjamin, 142s
 , Mrs. B., 142B
 , Miss Rebecca, 142B
Bromley, Mr. (Coach Painter), 138-9
 , Rev. R. A., in
 , William, A.R.A. (Engraver), i88b
 , Kent, 145
Brompton, Richard, 35, 191 ; notice of, ib. n
 , Mrs. 191
Brooke's Club, 285B
Broughton, Mr. (of the Secretary of State
for Home Affairs Office), 84
 , Sir Brian, M.P. 135s
 , John, Lord of, 135B
 , Sir Thomas, 135
 Family, The, 135B
Brown, Mr. (House Steward at Wardour
Castle), 261
 , Charles Brockden, 33B., 34
 , Lancelot (" Capability " Brown), 112
 , Robert, 88
Browne, Mr. (father of Major Browne), 93
 , Major, 93 and n
 , Mrs. (wife of Major Browne), 62,
93 and »
Brownrigg, General, 145
Bruce, Lady Mary. See Richmond, Mary,
Duchess pf
 , Robert the, 259B
Brunton, Miss, 158
Brussels, 32s
Bryant [Bryan], Michael, 267 and n. ; his
" Dictionary of Painters," 2i6b., 225B.,
263
Buchan, David Stewart, nth Earl of, 75

Buchanan, W., 267B
Buck's School, Dublin, 148
Buckden, 164
Buckingham, Marquess of (George Nugent
Temple Grenville), 76, 276
 , Mary Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 276
 Palace, 196s
Buckinghamshire, 164B
Buda, General, 170
Bulkeley, Thomas James, Lord, 270
Bull Inn, The, Rochester, 270
Bunbury, Sir Henry Edward, 125B
Burch, Edward, R.A., 177
Burdett, Sir Francis, 273, 283
 , Sir Robert, 273
Burdett-Coutts, Baroness. See Coutts,
Baroness Burdett-
Burford, 145
 Bridge, Surrey, 119
Burges, Sir James Bland (afterwards Lamb),
233B. ; works by, ib
 , Lady Smith, 233 and b
Burgess, Mr. See Bourgeois, Mr
Burghersh, Ernest, Lord, 120B
Burke, Edmund, 78, 102B., 108, 174, 181,
235, 256
Burke's Peerage, 137B., i66b., 231M., 269
Burleigh, 71
Burnet, Gilbert, his " History of My Own
Time," 287
Burney, Dr. Charles, 75, 105, 107-8, 133,
186, 218, 248, 254 ; and the R.A. Pro
fessorship of Ancient Literature, 71, 73
 , Mrs. (wife of Dr. C. Burney), 107
 , Fanny (Mme. D'Arblay), 96».,
117B., 171s
Burrell, Sir Charles Merrick, 215
Burroughs, Mr. (a Lawyer in the Copley-
Knatchbull dispute), 196-7
 , Miss. See Salusbury, Sarah, Dowager
Lady
Burton-on-Trent, 162B
 Park, Petworth, 268s
Bussy, Lady Frances. See Ponsoriby,
Frances, Viscountess
 , George. See Jersey, George, 4th
Earl of
Bute, John, ist Marquess of, 76, 156
Butler, Hon. Miss, 83
Byng, George (father of Major G. Byng,
M.P.), i53b
 , Mrs. George (mother of Major G.
Byng, M.P.), 153B
 , Major George, M.P. 127, 153 and n
 , Mrs. George (wife of Major G.
Byng, M.P.), 127, 2oob
Byrne, William, 66, 71
Byron, Lord, 36B., 120B., 182B., 207B., 231B

Index

297

CABANIS, P. J. G., 2I2B
Cabbaras, Mons. (father of Madame
Tallien), 213
 , Mdlle. See Tallien, Madame
Cabinet, The, 129
Cade, Mr., 70
Cadell, Mr. (father of Thomas Cadell,
senr.), 79
 , Miss. See Edridge, Mrs
 , Thomas, senr. (Bookseller), 79 ; his
fortune, 71, 79
 , Thomas, junr., 71, 79
 , Mrs., jun., 79
 and Davis, Messrs., 185 ; purchase
the Morning Post for Henry Adding
ton, 250
Cadwallader, John, 31B
Caesar, H.M.S., 69
Cahier, Richard, Lord, 83
— — , Lady, 83
Cairo, 213B
Calais, 2-3, 19-20, 60, 157
" Calais Pier," picture by Turner, 72, 93,
95-7, 219, 270
"Caleb Wilhams," by William Godwin,
2iib
Calne, Wilts, 238s
Calonne, Charles A. de, 93 and s
Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, Duke of,
263
 University, 62, 72, no, 197B. ; Jesus
College, no; Pembroke College, 164B
Camden, Charles, 1st Earl, 270
 , John Jeffreys, 2nd Earl (afterwards
Marquess Camden), 159-60
Camden, The Lord, 272
Camelford, Thomas, 1st Lord, 199B. ;
"Earl of Chatham's Letters to,"
243, 246
 , Thomas, 2nd Lord, 201-4 i his duel
with Captain Best, 199 and n., 201-4 >
notice of, 199B. ; and Captain Barrie,
202-3 an(^ n
" Camilla," by Miss F. Burney, 117B
 Cottage, 117B
Campbell, Lady Charlotte, Lawrence's
portrait of, 93, 95
 , Thomas (Poet), 38B
Campion, Mr. (Wine merchant), 109
Canning, George, 158B., 197B., 256
Canova, Antonio, 41B., 67B., 160, 181
Canterbury, Archbishop of. See Moore,
Dr. John
 , 159*-, l65> 27i, 279
Canton, China, 272B
Cape of Good Hope, 114-5 and n., 199B.,
250B
Capet, Mdlle., 34

Cardington Street, 224B
Carew, Mr. Pole, no
Carey, Major (an old pupil of Farington,
and afterwards Lieut.-Col.), 166, 281
Carhampton, Henry Lawes, Earl of, 55
Carlisle, Sir Anthony, 122, 202-3 5 notice
of, 202B
 , Frederick, 5 th Earl of, 235, 242
 , 269B
Carlton House, 158, 163s
Carlyle, Dr. See Carlisle, Sir Anthony
 , Thomas, I2B., 27s
Caroline, Queen (wife of George II.), 236
 of Brunswick. See Wales, Caroline
Amelia Elizabeth, Princess of
Carpentiers (or Charpentiere), Adrien, 78
Carr, Sir John, " The Stranger in France,"
by, 195 and b
Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn-. See
Wynn-Carrington, Charles Robert
 , Robert, ist Lord, 269 ; notice of,
269B
 , Lady, 269
 , Robert John, 269B
Carysfort, John Joshua, ist Earl of, 91
Cassiobury, 283
Castlereagh, Robert, Viscount (afterwards
2nd Marquess of Londonderry), 80,
231
Castries, Marechal du, 4B
Catalani, Angelica, 125B
Cathcart, William Schaw, Lord (after
wards ist Earl), 124
Catherine II., Empress of Russia, 143B., 191
Catton, Charles, R.A., 138
Catwater Harbour, 158B
Cave Castle, Yorkshire, 269
Cavendish, Henry (Chemist), ioib
 Square, 162, 225B., 284B
Ceres of Elusis, The, 1 10
Ceylon, 273
Chairmakers' Wages, 125
Chalie, Frank (Wine merchant), 127, 165B.;
his fortune, 164-5B
 , Miss Jane. See Gartshore, Mrs.
William
Chalies, The two Miss, 127, 164
Chalk Farm, 161, 200B
Chalon, Mr. (father of H. B. Chalon), 229
 , Mrs. (mother of H. B. Chalon), 229
 , Henry Bernard, 228-9 ; notice of,
22 8b
— — , Mrs. H. B., 229
 , Miss M. A. See Mosely, Mrs. H
Chambers, Sir William, 35, 180, 286
Champneys, Rev. Weldon, 1 1 1 and n
 , Rev. William Weldon, 1 1 ib
Chancery, Court of, 81, 274B

298

The Farington Diary

Chapman, Rev. Mr., 271
" Charity," by Reynolds, 246
Charles I., King of England, 10, 155
 II., King of England, 259B
 XIV., King of Sweden (Jean-Baptiste
Jules Bernadotte), 43
Charlotte, The young Princess, 97,
220
 Sophia, Queen of George III.,
97, 100, i58«-, i7°-2, 174-5,. 179,
182-4, T94, 2I6, 252, 281 ; copies of
portrait by Reynolds, 68 ; and B.
West, 170-2 ; her income, 178 ; and
the Princesses, 184
Charlton, Staffordshire, 135B
Charon, H.M.S., 199B
Charterhouse, 199s
Chartreuse, La Grande, 44
"Chateau de Steen, The," by Rubens,
102 ands., 132, 189
Chateaubriand, Francois Auguste, Vi-
comte de, 41B
Chatham, John, 2nd Earl of, 89
 , William, ist Earl of, 190 ; " Death
of," picture by J. S. Copley, 76, 196B. ;
Brompton's portrait of, 191 ; publica
tion of " Letters to His Nephew,"
243, 246
 , 224s
Chatsworth, 109
Chaudet, Antoine Denis (Sculptor), 45 ;
" Belisarius," by, 17
Cheapside, 277
Chelsea, 38B., 64B., 96, 129 ; Court-
martial at, 193
Cheltenham, 139, 146-8, 158, 256, 287
 and Gloucester Mail Coach, 145
Chepstow, 94, 150, 153-5
 Castle, 155
 Volunteers, 155
Chertsey, 97
Cheshire, 86b., 134-5, 175
" Chess," by Richard Twiss, 183s
Chester, 128, 135B
 County, U.S.A., 103
Cheveley, Mrs., 170
Chichester, The Hon. Elizabeth. See
Hanbury, Mrs. William (afterwards
Lady Hanbury)
Child, Robert (of Osterley Park, Middle
sex), 23 is
 , Miss Sarah Anne. See Westmorland,
Anne, Countess of
 Fortune, The, 23 ib., 232
Child's Bank, Temple Bar, 23 ib
Chimney Sweepers, Apprentices to, 91
China, 272-3, 277
Chiswick, 107, 247

Cholmondeley, George James, 4th Earl
(afterwards ist Marquess), 274-5
 , Georgiana Charlotte, Countess (after
wards Marchioness), 275
Chopin, Francois Frederic, 41B
Christ Church, Cork, 124B
" Christ Healing the Sick," by Benjamin
West, 177B
Christie, James, the Elder, 147 and n., 149
 , Messrs. (Auctioneers), 38B., 217B.,
278a
Churchill, Arabella, 4B
" Cicero's Villa," by B. West, 283
Cinque Ports, Lord Warden of the, 164
Cirencester, 156s
City Light Horse, The, 160, 165
 of London Inn, 1
Clairen, Madame, 11
Clamart, near Paris, 212s
Clapham Church, West Sussex, 268b
Clarence, Wilham Henry, Duke of, 185-6,
193,270
Clarendon Hotel, Bond Street, 257s
Clarke, Dr., 77
 , Mr. (of The Sun newspaper), 234
 , Dr. Edward Daniel, no
 , Rev. James Stanier, 215 ; notice of,
215s
 , Theophilus, A.R.A., 86, 227 and n
Claude, 96 ; pictures by, 90 and n., 91-2
108, 1 17s., 195 ; his art, 98, 157, 236
Cleaver, Euseby (Bishop of Ferns), 215 ;
notice of, 215B
Clerk, Justice John, 230B
Clermont, France, 3, 4B
Clieve Hill, Gloucestershire, 173s
Cliff House, Ramsgate, 188s
Clifford, Charles, 6th Lord, 259B., 260
 , Eleanor, Lady, 259B
Clifton, Miss Elizabeth Catherine.
Seaford, Lady
 , 244
Clowes, Captain, 108
Clyde, The, 44, 139, 216
Coach and Sign Painters, 138-9
Cobbett, William, 38s., 97, 129 ;
" Weekly Political Register," 97,
Cobenzl, Count John Philip, 136B
Cobham Hall, 205
Coblenz, 93B
Cockburn, Henry Thomas, Lord, 141B
Cockburne, Rev. William, and the duel
between Lord Camelford and Captain
Best, 199B
Coins, Making of, 65-6
Coke, Thomas Wilham, of Holkham (after
wards ist Earl of Leicester), 91-2, 101,
104 and »., 142, 234, 241, 247, 251-2

See

his
129

Index

299

ColcheBter, ib., i6o
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 235
 Hall, 182B., 251
Coleridge, Mrs. (mother of S. T. Coleridge),
210
 , Samuel Taylor, 172, 182B., 207 and
b., 210, 211 and b., 217-8 ; his articles
in the Morning Post, 64 and b., 210B. ;
associations with Wordsworth, 207 ;
his metaphysical mood, 209-10 ; goes
to Malta, 210 and n
 , Mrs. (wife of S. T. Coleridge), 210
Collairnie Family, The, 142B
CoUingwood, Cuthbert, Admiral Lord,
74B
Collins, John (Poet), 78B
Colman, George, the younger, " Inkle
and Yarico," by, 236 and b
 , John, 250B
Combe, Alderman, no
 , Mr. (father of Harvey Combe), 187s
 , Harvey Christian, 187; notice of,
ib. n
 , William (author of " Dr. Syntax "),
83, 129
" Communion of St. Jerome," by Domeni
chino, 20
Como, Lake of, 120B
Compton, Mr. (Court Page), 118-9
" Concert," by Giorgione, 32B
Conde, Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince
of, 4 and b., 15, 26, 222
Condorcet, Mdlle, 213
 , J. A. N. de Caritat, Marquis de,
47, 212 ; Masquerier's story of,
212-3 ! notice of, 212B
 , Sophie, Marquise de, 212-3 i notice
of, 2I2B
Conduit Street, 108
Coningham, Cole, 62
Connecticut, 33s., 113
Conningham [Conyngham], Elizabeth,
Lady (afterwards Marchioness Con
yngham), 126
 [Conyngham], Henry, Lord (after
wards Marquess Conyngham), 126
Connoisseur, The, 38s
Conolly, Lady Anne. See Wentworth,
Lady Anne
 , Miss Anne. See Byng, Mrs.
Qeorge, senr
 , Thomas, 153 ; notice of, ib. n
 , William, M.P., 153B
Conquest, Benedict, 259B
 , Miss Maria Christiana. See Arun
dell, Maria Christiana, Lady
Constable, Miss Anne. See Curtis, Lady
 , Edward, i88b., 271

Constable, Golding (father of the Artist),
245
 , John, R.A., in, 174, 219, 245; and
Farington, 88, 90, 189 ; as a critic,
99, 189-90 ; his prices for portraits,
245
 , Miss Mary. See Roberts, Mrs
Constantine Paulovich, Grand Duke of
Russia, 143
Constantinople, 138B
Conta, Mdlle. (French Actress), 51
Conti, Louis F. J. de Bourbon, Prince of,
15
Control, The Board of, 84B
" Convent on the Rock," by R. Wilson,
R.A., 157
Cookson, Dr., 172, 230
Cooper's Court, St. Michael's, Cornwall,
I02B
Copeland, Thomas, F.R.S., 247 and ».,
248, 270
 , Rev. William, 247
Copley, Miss Georgiana Susan. See Du
Cane, Lady
 , John S., R.A., 73, 76, 92, 130, i68b.,
196, 197 and b. ; notice of, 196B. ;
dispute with Sir Edward Knatchbull,
M.P., 196, 197 and n. ; his principal
works, 196B. ; his behaviour towards
the R.A. female model, 218 ; snubbed
by the Marquess of Stafford, 244
 -, John S., the younger (afterwards
Lord Lyndhurst) ; his part in the
Copley-Knatchbuli dispute, 197 ;
notice of, 197B
Coppet, Switzerland, 41B
Cordeliers' Club, The, 214B
Cork, 124 and n
 Historical and Archaeological Society,
The, 124B
Corneille, Pierre, Statue of, 47
Cornwall, 66, 102B., 194
Cornwalhs, Charles, ist Marquess, Bacon's
statue of, 75
 , Charles, 2nd Marquess, 126B
 , Louisa, Marchioness, 126B
Correggio, 14, 136
Corry, Edward (Merchant in Newry),
152B
 , Isaac (Surveyor-General of the
Ordnance, afterwards Chancellor of
the Irish Exchequer), 80, 152, 196 ;
notice of, 152B
Cort, Hendrick de, 67B
Corunna, 1
Cosway, Richard, R.A., 196, 225, 268s
 , Mrs. R., 35
Coterell, Rev. Mr., 127

300

The Farington Diary

240B
Maria.

See

Cotten, Mr., 245
Cottin, Lieutenant-Colonel,
 , Miss Georgiana
Leicester, Lady
Cottle, Joseph, 207B
Country Banks, The run on, 244
Courier, The, 92
Coutts, Baroness Burdett-, Sale of her
Collection, 38B., 74B., 258B
 , Thomas (Banker), 239, 274B
Coutts' Bank, 270
Covent Garden, 253
 Garden Opera House, 23, 51, 70,
120, 158, 186, 230B., 236, 285B., 286b
Coventry, Lady Maria, 72s
Cowper, Mr. (Actor), 31
 , William (Poet), 74B., 103, 108, 258B. ;
Hayley's " Life of," 99, 103 ; his
translation of Homer, 103, 105
 , William, ist Earl, 24B
Coxe, Peter (Auctioneer), 267B
Cozens, J. R., 182B., 192
 , Miss Sophia, 192
Craggs, General Sir J. See Craig, General
Sir James H
Craig, Mr., 93
 , Mrs., 93
 , Gordon, 51B
 , General Sir James H., 160, 283
Craven Street, Strand, 250B
Crawford, Colonel, 117
Crewe, Miss Anne. See Offley, Mrs. John
 , Miss Emma, 96
 , Henrietta Maria Anne, Lady (wife
of 2nd Lord), 238s
 , Hungerford, 3rd Lord, 96B., 238B
 , John (father of Mrs. John Offley),
13 5B
 , John (son of John Offley, who took
name of Crewe), 135B
 , John, M.P. (afterwards ist Lord
CreWe), 96B., 135, 238 ; notice of, 135s
 , Mrs. John (afterwards Lady Crewe,
wife of ist Lord), 96 ; notice of, ib. n
 , John (afterwards 2nd Lord Crewe),
238 ; notice of, ib. n
 Robert Offley Ashburton, Marquess
of, 96B., 13 5B., 238B
"Cries of London," by F. Wheatley, R.A.,
. 75«
Criminals, The punishment of, 81
Cripps, John Marten, no
Crispin Medicios (French play), 51
Cromwell, Oliver, Bank's model of, 92
Crookshank, Justice Alexander, 255B
Cross, Mr. (of Bath), '89
 , Mr. (Brewer), 244-5
 , Mrs. (wife of the Brewer), 245

Crowe, WiUiam (public orator at Oxford),
217, 262
" Crown and Anchor," Arundel Street,
183, 234 ; notice of, 234s
Culland's Grove, Southgate, i88b
Cumberland, Ernest Augustus, ist Duke of,
170 ; Mrs. John Serres' claim to be
his legitimate daughter, 253B., 254B
Cumberland, Olive, Princess of. See
Serres, Mrs. John
 , 86b., 138
Cunningham, Allan, 177s
 , Sir John, 148
" Cursory remarks upon state of parties,"
145
Curtis, Miss, i88b
 , Rev. Charles, i88b
 , George, i88b
 , Henry, i88b
 , James (the Brewer), 187, 188 and n. ;
Lawrence's portrait of, 187-8, 246
 , Timothy, 188s
 , Sir Wilham, 188, 271B..; notice of,
i88b
 , Lady, i88b., 271 ; notice of, 271s
Customs, The Board of, 197B
Cuyp, 92, 157, 264
D'aeth, Captain, R.N. See Hughes,
Captain, R.N
 , Sir Harborough (of Kent), 200B
"Dales Cotton Works, A View of," by
WiUiam DanieU, 216
Dalkeith, CaroUne, Dowager Countess of,
1 50 and b ;
 , Charles WiUiam Henry, Earl of
(afterwards 4th Duke of Buccleuch),
165s
Dallas, Robert (father of Sir Robert
DaUas), 102B
 , Sir Robert, 102 ; notice of, ib. n
Dallaway, James, 138, 155
Dalrymple, Alexander, 174
 , Sir John, 25
Dalton, Rev. Dr. John, 76
 , Richard (Artist), 76
 , Mrs. (wife of Richard Dalton), 76
 HaU, Westmorland, 172B
Damer, Mrs. A. S., 20, 235-6
D'Ameland, Lady Augusta. See Murray,
Lady Augusta
Dance, George, R.A., 69, 112, 139, 141,
'45, J59> '68, 186, 209-10, 218-9,
225, 238, 246, 251, 259, 270, 272s
 , Giles, 159
 , Love, 159
 , Nathaniel, R.A. (afterwards Sir
Nathaniel Dance-Holland), 159-60,
259,272»

Index

301

Dance, Captain Sir Nathaniel, 272 ; notice
of, 272B
 , WiUiam, 159-60
Dandelion. See Dentdelion
DanieU, Mr. (brother to W. Daniell, R.A.),
114
 , Thomas, R.A., 63, 74, 79, 82, 88,
97, 100, 121-2, 138, 168, 191, 215,
218, 283 ; Farington's opinion of
pictures by, 216 ; his Indian views,
229 ; his art, 243
 , WiUiam, R.A., 80, 89, 114, 139, 216
Danish Consul, The, 226
Danton, G. J., Masquerier's story of,
214-5 ; notice of, 214B
Danube, The, 261
D'Arblay, General, 117 and n
 , Madame. See Burney, Fanny
Darnley, Elizabeth, Countess of, 205
 , John, 4th Earl of, 201, 205, 270
Dartmouth, George, 3rd Earl of, 173-4,
238, 287 ; appointed Lord Chamber
lain, 238, 241
 , WiUiam, ist Earl of, i28«., 287
Darwin, Charles R., 209
 , Dr. Erasmus, 103, 209 and n. ;
Coleridge's opinion of, 209
" Dash," favourite dog of James Ward,
R.A., 64B
D'Augeseau. See Augereau, P. F. C, Due
de Castiglione
David, Jacque Louis, 32-3, 41B., 45 and n.,
46, 49, 73 ; his art, 17, 46 ; his part
in the Revolution, 26, 27 and »., 50 ;
portrait of Napoleon by, 49-50, 73
 , Madame (wife of the Artist), 45-6
Davis, Richard Barrett, 185 ; notice of,
185B
Day, Mr., 62
Dayes, Edward, 119, 242 and it.; death of,
242
" Daylight," picture by R. Wilson, 159
Deal, 159
"Death of Cardinal Beaufort," by Rey
nolds, 161
" Death of David Rizzio," picture by Wm.
Lock, 120
" Death of Eloisa," by Thomas Banks, R.A.,
«7
De Boffe, Mr. (Publisher), 84
"Decade Egyptienne," edited by Tallien,
213B
Dedham, 88, 267
Defence Bill, Pitt's General, Division on
249
Delaney, General, 281
" DeUa Cruscan " School, 136M
Delves, Miss Elizabeth, 135B

Delves, Sir Henry, 135B
 , Sir John, 135B
 , Sir Thomas, 135B
 Family, The, 135 and n
— Hall, 13 5B
Demosthenes, Bust of, 35
Denmark, 143B
Denon, Dominique Vivant, 34-5
Dentdelion, 277 and n
De Quincey, Thomas, 21 ib
Derby, Edward, 12th Earl of, 172 and B.,
246
 , Countess of. See Farren, Miss
Elizabeth
 , The, 23 ib
Derbyshire, 109
Descartes, Rene, Statue of, 47
Desenfans, Noel Joseph, 179, 183, 196,
226, 263-4
 , Mrs., 226
Des Genet, Dr. See Desgenettes, N. R. D.
(French Military Dr)
Desgenettes, N. R. D. (French Military
Dr.), 130
Desmoulins, Camille, 214B
Despard, Colonel Edward Marcus, 83 ;
notice of, 83B
Despard, Mrs., 83
Devereux, Mr. (Lord Camelford's second
in his duel with Captain Best), 201-2
Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of, 36B
 , Georgiana, Duchess, 67B., 83, 109,
162,237, 242
 , William, 5th Duke of, 83, 91, 109,
286
 , 90B., 158s., 195 and B., 258s
Dewey, Mrs., and Sir Andrew Bayntun,
259-61
Diamond Necklace, The, 35
" Diana of Ephesus," Statue of, 13
Dickson, William (Bishop of Down), 287
Dictionary of Music, Grove's, 125B
 of National Biography, ib., 24B.,
133B., 137B., 182B., 2I2B., 216s., 23 is.,
233B., 240B
Dieppe, 57-61
Dijon, 19
Discovery, The, 199B
Dodington, Cheshire, 135s
" Dogs, Portraits of, the property of Miss
Thrale," a picture by H. B. Chalon,
228B
Domenichino, 20
Donnellan, Mr., and Mrs. Siddons, 265
Donoughmore, John, 2nd Earl of. See
Hutchinson, John, Lord (afterwards
2nd Earl of Donoughmore)
 , Richard, ist Earl of, 125s

302

The Farington Diary

Dorking, Surrey, 118, 120
Dorset, Arabella Diana, Duchess of, 107,
136s., 137B
Doughty, Mrs. Janet Hunter, Letter from,
1 26b
Douglas, Anne. See Rossmore, Lady
Dover, 1, 20, 59, 159, 174
 Street, 257s
Down, Bishop of. See Dickson, WiUiam
(Bishop of Down)
Downman, Master (son of John Downman),
258
 , Miss, 258
 , Lieutenant-Colonel Francis, 258
 , John, A.R.A., 258-9 ; notice of,
258s
 , Captain Thomas (afterwards Lieut.-
General Sir T. Downman), 258
Downs, The, 272, 274, 278
D'Oyley, Sir John, 146
 , Lady, 146
Drake, Mr. (British Minister at Munich),
227
" Dream of Eve, The," by Henry Fuseli,
R.A., 195
Drummond, Mr. (father of Samuel), 248B
¦  , Samuel, A.R.A., 67B., i88b., 247-8 ;
notice of, 248B
Drury Lane Theatre, 31, 136a., 186, 223,
286b
Dryden, John, 78B., 122, 211
Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Gomard de
Vaubernier, Comtesse, I2B
Dublin, 146, 152, 191, 196, 215B., 255B. ;
Insurrection in, 127 ; Black Rock,
near, 148 ; Custom House and Four
Courts, 191B
Du Cane, Sir Charles, 197B
 , Lady, 197s
Duckworth, Admiral, 205
Ducro, Mr. (Innkeeper), 2
Dudley, Sir Henry Bate, 107
¦  , WilUam, 3rd Viscount, 245
 , Staffordshire, 245
Duke Street, Liverpool, 268b
Dulwich, 93
 Art Gallery, 96
Dumfriesshire, 125«
" Duncan, Admiral, receiving the sword of
Admiral de Winter," picture by S.
Drummond, 248/2
Duncannon, Colonel John WiUiam, Lord,
162
Dundas, General Francis, 114, 115B
 , Henry. See MelviUe, Henry, ist
Viscount
 , Robert (Lord Chief Baron of the
Exchequer in Scotland, 1801-19), 230B

Dundas, Robert Saunders (afterwards 2nd
Viscount MelviUe), Sir Walter Scott's
letter to about the Edinburgh Theatre,
23 OB
 , Thomas, ist Lord, 256
Dunkeld, 77
Dunmore, John, 4th Earl of, 274B
Dunmow, Essex, 182B., 201, 207
Dunning, John. See Ashburton, John,
Lord
Duppa, Rev. John Wood, in
 , Richard, in and n
Durer, Albert, 17
Durham, 139
Dutch, English and Hottentots, 114
 Masters, 95, 236
Dutetre, M. (Artist), 18, 34
Du Verrier, M., 206
Dyce, Alexander, " Table Talk of Samuel
Rogers," by, 105
Eastbourne, Sussex, 125B
East India Company, 272s., 277
 • Indies, 194, 239
Eaton, Chester, cost of building, 128,
270
Edgware Road, 269
Edinburgh, 44, 77, 126B., 139, 141 and 8.,
207B., 229, 230s., 235B., 253s., 286 ;
Castle, 44 ; Farington's picture of, 206,
222, 225-6, 234, 239, 252 ; Farington's
view of the city from Queensferry
Road, 280 ; University of, 101s., 135B. ;
Sir Walter Scott and the theatre at,
230B
 Review, 135
Edmonton, i88b
Edridge, Rev. Mr., 79
 , Mrs. (wife of Rev. Mr. Edridge),
7i, 79
 , Henry, A.R.A., 63, 74, 117-8, 184-5,
219, 269-70, 274, 283
Edward I., King of England, 263B
 III., King of England, 263, 280
 IV., King of England, 287
 , the Black Prince, 135s
 Street, Cavendish Square, 225
 Street, Portman Square, i«
Edwards, James (Bookseller), 71, 185
Egerton, General John WilUam (afterwards
Earl of Bridgewater), 73
 , Francis. See Bridgewater, 3rd Duke
of
 , Lady Louisa. See Stafford, Louisa,
Marchioness of
Eglinton, Countess of, 126B
Egmont, John, 2nd Earl of, 182B
Egremont, George, 3rd Earl of, 159, 215
 , Countess of. See Wyndham, Mrs

Index

303

Egypt, 34-5, 93, i25«-, 163B. ; EngUsh
campaign in, 3, 77, 125B., 163B., 264;
French campaign in, 3, 39, 77, 130,
213B. ; antiquities of, 68
Eldon, John, ist Earl of, 81, 256B., 274B
Elfi, Bey. See Alfi, Mahommed Bey al-
Elgin, Martha, Countess of, 97, 220
Elizabeth, Princess, 156B., 173, 183, 233B.,
252, 281
 , Queen of England, 27
EUenborough, Anne, Lady, 62
 , Edward, ist Lord, 62, 83, 260 ; and
the Peltier trial, 84-5
Eliot, Edward, ist Lord, 194
Elhs, Charles, 133
 , Charles Rose, M.P. (afterwards ist
Lord Seaford), 133B
 , Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth (afterwards
Lady Seaford), 13 3B
 , George, M.P., 133 and n
Elmes, James, " Life of Sir Christopher
Wren," 266b
" Elvira," Mrs. Siddons as, 285B
" Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba," by
Claude, 90 and n., 92 and b., 108, 195
Emery, John (Actor), 158
" Encyclopaedia Britannica," I2B
Enghien, L. A. H., due d', 222
England, 2, 14, 32, 35, 38B., 58, 60-1,
64B., 72B., 78, 90B., 93 and b., 94,
103-4, 106, 109, 134, 136B., 137B.,
138B., 142, 150, 163B., 165, 177B., 178,
187, 191, 196B., 197B., 199B., 206,
212, 2I3«., 214-5, 226, 239, 245,
248B., 259B., 261-2, 270, 272-3, 285B. ;
character and costume of the people
of, 2, 8, 10, 15, 20, 28-9, 31, 35, 43, 59,
61, 64-5, 153, 215, 223, 257, 277 ; cam
paign in Egypt, 3, 77, 125B., 163B.,
264 ; art in, 7, 16-7, 43, 63, 72-3, 88,
95, 107, 130-1, 243 ; women of, 8,
21-3, 163, 223 ; theatres in, 20, 23-4,
50; an American's opinion of, 61-2;
relations with France, 65 and n., 70, 78,
84B., 87-8, 93, 96, 99, 100, 103-4, 109,
114, 136 and b., 142, 147, 155, 159B.,
161, 199B., 2iOB., 262 ; Government
of, 85, 114, 160, 175 ; heavy taxation,
1 10-1 ; Government form a nucleus
of a National GaUery, 1 iob ; French
project of invasion, 114, 117, 125B.,
128, 142, 157-60, 166-7, :94, 206, 278,
281, 283 ; campaign at Cape of Good
Hope, 1 14-5 ; Farington's dream of
invasion, 122-3 i arming of the
people, 124 ; French refugees in, 84B.,
85, 127 ; critical situation of, 133 ;
Government and neutral vessels,

Engla nd — con tinned.
143s; Irish Volunteers in, 152;
union with Ireland, 153, 255 ; Army
of Reserve, 166 ; Volunteer system,
175 ; discontent among Volunteers,
182, 186 ; a coalition of parties, 192,
231, 237, 247 ; Royal MarriageAct,274«
English Channel, 206
Engravers, Committee of, and Farington's
" Edinburgh Castle," 252
Engraving, Landseer's proposals to the
R.A. on, 71
Erard & Co., Messrs., 90
Erskine, David Montagu, 31, 33B., 34, 37,
56, 58 ; notice of, 3 IB
 , Thomas (afterwards ist Lord
Erskine), 23-4, 31B., 33B., 34, 36, 56,
58-9, 83, 85, 260 and b. ; and Napo
leon, 32, 56-7 ; and Pitt, 101
Esdailes, The (Bankers), 109
" Essay on Landscape Gardening," by R.
Payne Knight, 264
" Essay on the Nature and Origin of the
Contagion of Fevers," by Dr. J.
Alderson, 28 IB
Essex, George, 5th Earl of, 269, 274-5, 283
 , in, 182B., 239
Essling, Prince d'. See Massena, Andre
(afterwards Prince d'Essling)
Este, Mr. (Paris Banker), 24
 , Mrs. (wife of Banker), 24
 , Miss. See Wells, Mrs
 , Sir Augustus Frederick d', 274B., 275
 , Rev. Charles, 24, 94 ; notice of, 24B
 , Miss EUen Augusta d'. See Wilde,
Lady
Esten, Mr. (husband of Mrs. Esten), 230
 , Mrs. (Actress), The Duke of Hamil
ton's bequest to, 230 ; notice of, 230s
Esterhazy, Prince, 261
Eton, 81, i66«., 182B., 276
Euclid, The Sepulchral PiUar of, no
Europe, 13, 16, 35, 84B., 101, 106, 136B.,
143B., 165B., 217 ; Governments of,
and religion, 262
European Magazine, The, i88b., 248B
EustonRoad, n is
Evans, Mr., senr. (an Irishman), 148, 150,
152-3, 162 and B
¦  , Mr., junr. (son of above), 148, 151
 , Mr. (City Merchant), 142
 , Mr. (father of the PrintseUer), 181
 , Mr. (PrintseUer), 181
 , Mr. (of Wenlock Abbey), 64
 , WiUiam (of Eton), 185s
Evelyn, John, 57»
" Evening," picture by Sir George Beau,
mont, 207

304

Exeter, Elizabeth, Marchioness (Dowager
Duchess of Hamilton), 71
 , Henry, ist Marquess of, 71
 , 89"-, 139, 258
 , Bishop of. See Fisher, Dr
— ' — Change, 29
 , Dean and Chapter of, IB
" Extracts from a Correspondence with
the Academies of Vienna and S.
Petersbourg," by Prince Hoare, 190
and B
Eyre Street HiU, Sponging house in, 221B
Fagan, J. Bernard, 51s
" Faith," by Reynolds, 246
Fane, Lady Susan. See VilUers, Sarah
Sophia, Lady (afterwards Countess of
. Jersey)
Farington, Henry, 146
 , Mrs. Henry, 146
 , John de, 263B
 , Joseph, R.A., ib., 4B., 5B., 33B., 36B.,
45B., 57s., 61-2, 64 and B., 67, 70, 76,
79, 84B,, 86, 88, 90, 94, 96, 98-160,
101, 102B., 104-5, iiib., 114, 121,
124B., 125, 126B., 127, 129, 132 and
«., 134, 137B., 138B., 142s., 156B., 158,
161-2, 165, i66b., 170, 172s., 174-5,
176B., 179B., 182 and b., 185-7, I9°,
192, 194-6, 199B., 200M., 2o6b., 209-
n, 216, 219, 221B., 223, 224 and «.,
225B, 228B., 229 and b., 234B., 238-9,
242, 246-8, 254, 257 and s., 260, 262,
266b., 268b., 274B., 280, 283-4, 286
and b. ; goes to Paris with Fuseli, 1 ; his
notes of the journey, 1-5 ; incidents
during his visit, 5-56 ; his description
of Napoleon, 7, 53-5, 63, 73, 87 ; his
features as given on his passport, 49 ;
leaves Paris, 57 ; arrives in England,
60 ; grateful to be an Englishman,
61 ; and the Royal Academy, 66-7,
73, 82, 97, 100, 122, 179, 183, 185,
190, 220-2, 225-6, 228-9, 233, 234,
and b., 235-6, 238, 242, 252-3, 286 ;
conversations with Admiral Lord
Gardner, 65, 69, 87r8 ; and Samuel
Lane, 67, 121, 134, 145, 198, 206,
242 ; one of the jury at the Peltier
Trial, 83-5 ; anniversary of his wife's
death, 86, 193 ; on the BouiUon and
Angerstein Claudes, 90-2 ; describes
Fulton's submarine, 103-4 ; describes
a mammoth skeleton, 106 ; and Mar
chioness of Thomond, 115-6, 246 ; his
description and diagram of " The
Invisible Girl," 116; visits Norbury
Park, 117, 120; dreams of French
invasion, 122-3 > has a new feeling

The Farington Diary

F aringto n — con tinued.
within him, 145 ; leaves for a tour in
the Wye district, 145 ; incidents of
the tour, 146-156; arrives home,
156 ; his opinion on varnishing pictures,
176 ; goes to Windsor with B. West,
178 ; George III. and, 179 ; his
" Memoirs of the Life of Reynolds,"
179s. ; and Smirke's candidature for
the Keepership of the R.A., 189, 216 ;
his advice to Constable, 189 ; and
Prince Hoare's suggested History of
the R.A., 190 ; and the beautiful Miss
Jennings, 194 ; a view of Edinburgh
Castle by, 206, 222, 225-6, 234, 239,
252 ; first exhibit at the R.A. for four
years, 206 ; on Coleridge's abiUty,
210 ; Masquerier talks of great figures
in French history, 212-15 ; ani^ Mrs.
Noel's appeal, 224-5 an(i "¦ i removes
a picture by James Ward from the
R.A., 225-6 ; and the R.A. Secretary,
227 ; and Turner's presumption,
238 ; and his wife's belongings, 248 ;
on special jury in the Dewy-Bayntun
case, 259-60 ; his ancestors, 263 and
8. ; Edridge on the art of, 269 ; his
tour in Thanet, 271-9 ; " Edinburgh
from Queensferry Road," by, 280 ;
and cleaning of brushes, 283 ; advice
to Lawrence, 283-4
 , Mrs. Joseph (wife of the Diarist),
86, 193, 248
 , Mrs. Marianne, 146
 , Roger de, 263
 , WiUiam (nephew of Diarist), 272-3,
280
 , Lancashire, 263B
Farnborough, Lord. See Long, Charles
Farquhar, Sir Walter, 186
Farren, Miss Ehzabeth (Countess of
Derby), 172, 246
Farrington Thomas. Letter from, 124B
Fausse Infidelites (Play), 56
Felix, Mdlle. Genevieve, 6b
FeUowes, Robert, M.P., 80-1
Fenelon, F. de S. de la Mothe, Statue
of, 47 .
Fergusson, Mr. (Counsel at Peltier Trial),
84
Ferns, The Bishop of. See Cleaver,
Euseby
Ferrers, Catherine, Countess (mother of
7th Earl), 249
 , Elizabeth, Countess (first wife of the
7th Earl), 249 and n
 , Ehzabeth, Countess (second wife of
the 7th Earl), 249 and n

Ferrers, Robert Shirley, 7th Earl, 249;
notice of, 249s
 , Washington, 8th Earl, 249B
Ferrol, Spain, 125 and n
Fesch, Cardinal, 41 b
Fetcham, Surrey, 117, 120
Field, Mr., 253
Fiezenger, Mr., 90
Fifeshire, 142s
" Fingal Assaulting the Spirit of Loda," a
picture by J. Halls, ib
First Consul. See Napoleon I
Fisher, Dr. (Bishop of Exeter), 163-4,
226
 , Mrs. (wife of Dr. Fisher), 163
Fitzclarence, Name of, 185
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 37, 1488
 , James (Prime Sergeant of Ireland),
255-7
 , Lord Robert, 159
Fitzherbert, Thomas, 242s
 , Mrs., 62, 242 ; notice of, 2428
Fitz-James, Edouard, Due de, 4 ; notice
of, 48
Fitzpatrick, General Richard, 55-6, 104 ;
notice of, 1048
Fitzroy Chapel, in and 8., 162
 Square, iiib
Fitzwilliam, William, 4th Earl, 255
Flanders, 93B., 238B
Flaxman, John, R.A., 13-4, 16-7, 45, 73,
82-3, 105, 107, no, 115, 161, 168-9,
189, 266, 283 ; and the statue of
Reynolds, 115-6, 248-9, 266, 283
 , Mrs. (wife of R.A.), 6, 17, 161
Fleet Street, 88, iiib
Fleetwood, Sir Hesketh, 648
Flemish Masters, 95, 236
" Fleurus, The Battle of," picture by A. F.
Van der Meulen, 19
Flinders, Captain Matthew, 272-3 ; notice
of, 272B
Flood, Henry, 152
Floras, M. (French Actor), 50
Florence, 368. ; Pitti Palace at, 32s
Foldstone, Miss Anne. See Mee, Mrs
Fonblanque, Counsellor, 127
— ¦—, Madame, 127
FonthiU, 118, 217
 Abbey, 180, 217
Forbes, Sir William, 134
Fordyce, Alexander, 233B
 , Lady Margaret. See Lindsay, Lady
Margaret (afterwards Lady Burges)
Forty-Second Regiment, 77, 264
Foubert, Mons., 34
Foundling Hospital, 76 ; Chapel of, 161
Fountaine, Mr., 92
VOL. II.

Index Fox.

305

Charles James, 16, 25, 27, 56, 81,
96B., 102, 104 and 8.; 107, 114, 132,
142, 191-2, 231, 234 and «., 235-6,
246-7, 250 and b., 252, 256-7, 262,
276, 287 ; feted in Paris, 6 ; and
Napoleon, 6, 24, 31, 43, 82, 104;
Napoleon's bust of, 20 ; news of his
marriage to Mrs. Armstead, 24 and
B. ; Coleridge's letters to, 64 and n. ;
and the French Constitution, 65 ;
and war, 100 ; Nollekens' busts of,
133 ; considers invasion improbable,
142 ; death of his son, 191 ; and
Coleridge's articles in the Morning
Post, 2iob. ; George III. decides
against, 237 ; Opie's portrait of, 241,
247, 262 ; his opinion of Walpole's
" Historic Doubts," 287
 , Mrs. C. J., 24 and b., 247, 262, 287
 , Justice Luke, 255 and s
Foxhall, Mr. (the Carver), 217
Foxites, The, 237
Fragonard, Jean Honore, 222
France, 3, 4«., 10 and n., I2B., 13, 15, 21,
29, 3°, 33«-, 35, 37-8, 42, 44-5, 49,
56, 58, 60-1, 63, 66, 69, 84-5, 87, 90,
93B., 99, 100, 103, 118, 128, 130, 134,
135B., 136B., 137B., i43«., 159B., 183B.,
191, 195, 212, 213 and n., 215, 222,
226, 267 ; character and costume of
the people, 2, 3, 6b., 8, 10-3, 15, 17,
19-22, 24, 26-31, 388., 43, 50, 56-7, 59,
61, 65 ; the Revolution, 2-4 and n., 12
and b., 14-5, 18, 21, 25-7 and b., 30,
33«-, 46-7, 5°, 58, 85, 9°, 93«-, »7»->
127, 183B., 212 and b., 213-5, 264,
267; campaign in Egypt, 3, 39, 77,
130, 213B ; Mounted National Guard,
4b. ; the Monarchy, 4«., 11, 93B., 134,
223 ; National Institute, 6, 15, 29,
46-7, 578., 74, 178 ; appearance of the
soldiers, 6, 14, 20, 53 ; art in, 7, 13-17,
29, 43, 46, 63, 73, Io6"7 ! the Salon,
7-8, 37, 5°, 73 i women of, 8, 10,
23 ; theatres in, 8, 10-1, 20, 23-4,
50; Fete of the Supreme Being, i2b.,
27 ; allowances to Generals, 14 ;
music of, 27 ; the Vendemiaire Fete,
30 ; campaign in Poland, 33«. ;
Academy of Painting, 35, 214 ; Coun
cil of State, 38 ; agriculture in, 43, 60 ;
seduction in, 50 ; Gallery of Pictures,
55, III ; relations with England, 65 and
n., 70, 78, 848., 87-8, 93, 96, 99, 100,
103-4, 109, 114, 136 and s., 142, 147,
155, 1598., 161, 1998., 2108., 262; Peace
of Amiens, 65B., 87, 210B. ; coinage of,
66 ; experiment with Fulton's sub-
30

306 France — continued.
marine, 102-4 ; invasion of Italy, 109 ;
and Portugal, 99, 109, 159 ; projected
invasion of England, 114, 117, 122-3,
1258., 128, 142, 157-60, 166-7, 194,
206, 278, 281, 283 ; Government of,
134, 212 and 8., 214 ; war with rest
of Europe, 1438. ; the army and
General Moreau, 198 ; Nobility of,
205, 222 ; troops in America, 205 ;
gunboats, 206 ; massacres in, ib. ;
Masquerier talks of great figures in the
history of, 212-5 > Legislative As
sembly, 2128., 214 ; National Con
vention, 212B., 213B., 214; Commune
Insurrectionelie, 2138. ; Napoleon
proclaimed Emperor, 245
Francis (Duke of Lorraine), Emperor of
Austria, 261
Francois, a Valet, 57
Francois I., portrait of, ascribed to da
Vinci, 267s
Frankland, Mr., 17, 82
 , Sir Thomas, 17
Frascati, Italy, 64
Fraser, Lovat, 518
Frederick the Great, 418
French, Miss, 19
 Revolution. See France
Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed, A,
play by D. O'Bryen, 2508
" Fry, Mrs., Visiting the Prisoners in New
gate," by Mrs. E. M. Ward, 64s
Fulham, 97, 122, 1288., 157
 Church, 132
Fulton, Robert, his submarine invention,
102-4
Fuseli, Mr. (father of Henry Fuseli), 46
¦  , Mr. (brother of Henry Fuseli), 46
 , Henry, R.A., 61, 72, 74, 82, 95, 103,
1208., 133, 135, 177, 181, 189, 195-6,
220, 246 ; goes to Paris with Faring
ton, 1-5 ; incidents during the visit,
5-60 ; story of his infancy, 46 ; his
physiognomy, 48 ; undertakes to make
a new Dictionary of Painters, 72 ;
his art, 98, 237 ; on Napoleon, 103,
194 ; Gainsborough on his " Mac
beth," 192 ; " The Dream of Eve "
and " Lycidas," by, 195 ; as a literary
critic, 211
Gainsborough, Thomas, R.A., 78B., 79,
139B., 243 ; " Shepherd's Boy," by,
79 ; his description of the first Lord
Ashburton, 898., 908. ; his art, 158-9,
162 ; opinion of Fuseli's picture of
" Macbeth," 192 ; his portrait of the
3rd Duke of Richmond, 2588

The Farington Diary

GaUoway, The Flower of, 1268
Gambetta, Leon, 41s
Gamble, Dr. (Dean of Exeter), ib
 , Rev. Mr., 107
Gandon, Mr. (son of James Gandon), 191
 , Miss, see Mrs. Annesley
 , James, 191 ; notice of, ib. n
Gandy, Joseph, A.R.A., 167-9 ; notice of,
1678
Gardiner, Mr. (BookseUer in Pall MaU), 250
Gardner, Admiral Lord Alan., 68 ; con
versations with Farington, 65, 69, 87-8
 , Lady, 87
 , Colonel Henry, Stuart's portrait of,
68-9
Garrard, George, A.R.A., 196
Garrick, David, 223, 2578. ; his vanity, 91,
229
 , Mrs. David, 229
Garrow, Sir WiUiam, 84 and 8., 260 and s
Garth, Miss, 91
Gartshore, Dr. MaxweU, 165, 174 ; notice
of, 1658
 , WilUam, M.P., 164 ; notice of, 1658
 , Mrs. WiUiam, 164, 1658
Garvey, Edmund, R.A.,64, 95, 174, 181, 192
Gatton, Borough of, 94, 154
Gay, John, 51, 2348
Gazette, The, 157
Geary, Sir WiUiam, 118
Genoa, 32 and b., 60 ; character of the
people, 229 and s., 230B
George III., King of England, 68, 72s.,
76, 79, 838., 84, 94, 100-1, 115, 119,
1268., 152, 158s., 160, 162, 175-6,
178, 180, 182, 184-5, T9^, 226, 2378.,
241, 2428., 252, 253B., 254, 259, 266B.,
2748., 280, 282 ; and Masquerier,
388. ; and the R.A., 67, 121-2, 130-1,
167-8, 177-80, 183, 189, 216, 249, 252-3,
282; sits for Edridge, 74, 118; his
message to the House of Commons
on preparations for war, 87-8, 99 ;
and Art and Artists, 118, 130-1 ; and
B. West, 118, 121-2, 130-2, 134,
167-8, 170-2, 1778., 178-9, 192-3, 197,
216, 243, 281-2, 287; his principles,
1 3 1-2; and the Prince of Wales'
offer of mihtary service, 139-40 ;
his health, 170-1 and n., 1778., 192-4,
206, 216, 232, 243, 250, 252-3, 259,
281-2, 286-7; meets Mahommed
Bey al-Alfi, 174-5 ; his income, 178 ;
and Farington, 179 ; and Boydell's
lottery, 187; decides against Fox,
237 ; offers Addington an Earldom,
ib. and s. ; and a monument to Dr.
Johnson, 249 ; and Beechey, 282

Index

307

George IV., King of England, 124B., 126B.,
i88b., 228B., 2428., 287 and n. See
also Wales, George Augustus Frederick,
Prince of
Geraldines, Family of the, 148B
Gerard, Baron Francois P. S., 15, 34, 41B. ;
" Belisarius," by, 17
 , Madame, 34-5, 50
Gerard Street, Soho, 84
Germains, Bucks, 164B
German character, The, 223
Germany, 62, 198
Ghent, 4s
Giardini, Felice, 89B
Gibbon, Edward, 41B., 71, 73
Gibbs, Sir Vicary, 85, 102s., 260 ; notice
of, ib. n
Gibraltar, Duke of Kent's conduct at,
102 ; " Siege and Relief of," by J. S.
Copley, R.A., 196s
 pencil, 216
Gibson, Edmund (Bishop of London),
2348
Giffard, John, 97
Gifford, WiUiam (author of "The
Baviad"), 128 and n., 129-30, 133,
. '35, 157
Gilpin, Sawrey, R.A., 175, 217 and n., 252
Giorgione, " Concert," by, 328
Girodet-Trioson, A. L. Girodet de
Roussy, 15
Girondists, 3 38
Girtin, Mrs. (mother of Tom Girtin), 119
 , Tom, 75, 119
Glasgow, 139
" Glorious Eight, The," 285B
Gloucester, WiUiam Henry, Duke of, 281
 , 148-9, 155-6 and b
 , Bishop of. See Huntingford, Dr
 Cathedral, 156s
 Coffee House, Piccadilly, 15 6b
 Mail, 145
Gloucestershire, 155, 1738., 175, 286;
" History of," by Lysons, 177
Glover, Mr. (father to Mrs. John Offley),
244 ; story of how he lost his
fortune, ib
 , Mrs., 244
 , Mr., junr., 244-5
 , Miss, 245, 271, 277-9
 , John (Artist), 242-3
Goderich, Frederick John, Viscount (after
wards ist Earl of Ripon), 1978
Godwin, William (Author), 31, 211 and n
" Golden Ball, The." See Hughes, Edward
Hughes Ball
Goldsmid, Mr., 109
Goldsworthy, Miss, 170
VOL. II.

Gordon, Alexander, 4th Duke of, 1268
 , Lady Charlotte. See Richmond,
Charlotte, Duchess of
 , Lady Frances, 126B., 277
 , Miss Frances, 277
 , George, 5th Duke of. See Huntly,
George, Marquess of
 , Lord George, 102s., 126B., 2248
 , Lady Georgiana. See Bedford,
Georgiana, Duchess of
 , Jane, Duchess of, 114, 126-7, 1368.,
273 ; notice of, 126V2
 , Lady Louisa. See Cornwallis,
Louisa, Marchioness
 , Lady Susan. See Manchester,Susan,
Duchess of
 , Lord WiUiam, 277
 Highlanders, 126B
 Riots, 126B
Gough Square, Fleet Street, 88
Gould, Miss. See Ball, Mrs. (wife of
Lady Hughes' eldest son)
 , Sir Charles, 239
Gouiue, La, 58
Gower, George Granville, Lord. See
Stafford, George Granville, 2nd Mar
quess of
Graham, Mr. (a Solicitor), 263
Grant, Dr., 235
 , Sir William, 81, 274s
Grantham, Thomas, ist Lord, 1588
Grasmere, 172
Grattan, Mr. (son of Henry Grattan), 152
 , Henry, 152
Grave, General Marquis de, 50
Gravely, Herts, 263
" Gray, Robin." See " Auld Robin
Gray "
Greatheed, Miss Anne Coroline. See Percy,
Lady Charles
 , Bertie, 136 and «., 137 and n
 , Mrs. Bertie, 136 and n., 137 and n
 , Bertie, junr., 136 and n., 137s
 , Mrs. Bertie, junr., 136B
 , Lady Mary, 13 6b
 , Samuel, 1368
Great Marlborough Street, ib
 Marlow, Bucks, 258
Greece, no
Greek Street, 1678., 2578
Green, Mr. (of Kensington), 273
 , James (Portrait Painter), 207
 , Miss, 277
Greene, Gardiner, 197B
Greenwich, 107, 248, 254
 Hospital, 248B. ; Chapel of, 196
 Park, 89 43 20*

308

The Farington Diary

Grenville, Anne, Lady, 203 and 8.,
Hoppner's portrait of, 66
 , WiUiam Wyndham, ist Lord, 66,
145, 203 ; and Captain Barrie, 203
and n. ; publishes " Lord Chatham's
Letters," 243, 246 ; refuses to join
Pitt's Administration, 250
 Family, The, 202
 Party, The, 117, 125B., 128, 192, 237,
247
Gretna Green, 23 ib
Greuze, Jean Baptiste, 33
Greville, Mr., 83
 , Miss. See Crewe, Mrs. John
 , The Honourable Charles, 228
 , Fulke, 96B
 , Robert, 170
Grey, Charles (afterwards 2nd Earl), 81,
84B., 107, 247
 , Thomas de. See Walsingham, Lord
 & Freeman (Linen Drapers), 286s
Grindelwald, 44
Grose, Mr. (a Governor of Botany Bay), 124
 , Mrs., 124
Grosvenor, Richard, ist Earl, 128
 , Robert, 2nd Earl, 128
 Square, 1288., 172 and n
Grouchy, General de, 2128
 , Madame Sophie. See Condorcet,
Marquise de
Grundy, Mrs., The Edinburgh, 126s
Guardian, H.M.S., 199B
Guerin, Pierre Narcisse, 15, 17, 73, 92
Guiard, MademoiseUe. See Vincent,
Madame
Guido, R., 96
Guildhall, London, 1968
Guilford, Francis, 4th Earl of, 186
" GuiUotine pendant la Revolution, La,"
by M. Lenotre, 12s
Gunnings, Miss. See Hamilton, Elizabeth,
Duchess of
Guy's CUffe, near Warwick, 136 and n.,
137 and 8
 Hospital, 149
H., Letter from, 1978
Hadley Church, 127
" Hagar and Ishmael " picture by B. West,
92, 168 and »., 216, 226
Haileybury CoUege, 84s
Halls, Mr. (father of J. HaUs), 160
 , Mrs. (mother of J. Halls), 160
 "¦, J-, 1, 9, 20, 23, 28, 458., 49, 56, 58,
61, 74, 160 ; notice of, i«
Hamburg, Stoppage of intercourse with,
147
Hamilton, Captain, 272
 , Mr. (of Richmond), 267

HamHton, Miss. See Rossmore, Lady
 , Archibald, 9th Duke of, 230s
 , Lord Archibald, 274B
 , Douglas, 8th Duke of, 230 and n. ;
portrait by Reynolds, 230B
 , Elizabeth, Duchess of, 728
 , Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess. See
Exeter, Elizabeth, Marchioness of
 , Emma, Lady, 215, 274-5 ; Mas-
querier's portrait of, 215
 , Hugh, 196
 , Sir William, 83
 , WiUiam, R.A., 138
 , N. B., 139
 Palace, 2308
Hamlet, Young Roscius as, 285s
Hammersmith, 518. ; society of, 236
Hamond, Captain (Master of a Cross-
Channel Packet), 1
 , Mr. (father of P. Hamond), 165
 , H. 68-9, 248
 , Mrs. H., 248
 , Philip, 8o, 165, 251
Hampstead, 105, 208
 Road, 224s
Hampton Court, 266b. ; pictures at, 280
Hanbury, William, senr. (of Kelmarsh), i66b
 , WiUiam, junr., 166 and s
 , Mrs. WiUiam {nee Packe), 166 and 8
 , Mrs. WiUiam {nee Western), i66b
 , WiUiam, M.P. (afterwards ist Baron
Hanbury), i66b
 , Mrs. WiUiam (afterwards Lady
Hanbury), i66s
Handel, George Frederick, 69 ; his music,
126b. ; portrait by William Hoare,
R.A., 190
Hanger, George, 138
Hankey, Sir Richard, 187
 , Lady Sarah, 2298
 , Alderman Sir Thomas, 2298
 , Thomas, 117
Hannibal, Napoleon and bust of, 29
" Hannibal and Princess, Portraits of,
the property of the Duke of York,"
picture by H. B. Chalon, 2288
Hanover, 178
 Square Rooms, 125s
Harcourt, George Simon, 2nd Earl, 86,
234, 253
 , General WiUiam (afterwards Field-
Marshal and 3rd Earl Harcourt), 164
Harding, Mr. (Bookseller), 129
Hardwicke, Ehzabeth, Lady, 2338
Hardy, Thomas (Shoemaker), 2608
Hare, James, 122
Harley Field, 162
 Street, 175

Index

309

Harlow, George Henry, 67 and n
Harris, Thomas (of Covent Garden
Theatre), 230B
Harrison, Captain, 108
 , Thomas (Architect), 167
Harrow, 207s
" Hartford Wits," 33s
Harwich, 173s
Hastings, Warren, 102B. ; trial of, 1268.,
235
Haughton, Moses, the younger, 195
Havre, 70
Hawaii, 1998
Hawker, Mr., 155
 , Mrs., 155
Hawkesbury, Lord Robert (afterwards 2nd
Earl of Liverpool), 80, 99, 105, 117,
2378. ; his Government form nucleus
for National Gallery, iiob
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 2358
Hayes, Dr., 193, 199, 200
 , Atwell, 1248
 , Sir Horace (or Henry), 124 and n
Hayley, WiUiam (Poet), 99, 103, 141 ; his,
" Life of William Cowper," 99, 103 ;
his " Life of Romney," 141, 266
Hayman, Miss (Keeper of the Princess of
Wales's Privy Purse), 96-7, 220,
242-3
 , Francis, 88
Haymarket, 96, 174
 Theatre, 250B
" Head of a Girl," by Reynolds, 239
Hearne, Thomas, 66, 153, 219
Heath, Colonel, 147
 , James, 75, 186
 , John (Judge), 2008
Heathcote, Mrs. Anne, 155
Heaviside, Dr. (Surgeon), 200M
" Hell," subject of Stothard's work at
Burleigh, 71
Hely-Hutchinson, John. See Hutchinson,
John, Lord (afterwards 2nd Earl
Donoughmore)
Hempstead, 155-6
 Court, 156s
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I.,
King of England, 10
Henry IV., King of England, 16, 47
 VI., King of England, 13 58., 287
 VIIL, John Crewe, junr., as, por
trait by Reynolds, 238 and s
 , Mr., 1998
Herbert, Lady Diana, 277 and 8
 , Lord George, 277 and n., 278
 , Sidney, ist Lord, of Lea, 277s
Hercules, 126s
Herefordshire, 149, 166

Herefordshire Militia, 274
Heriot, John, 89, 234
Hertford, Isabella Anne, Marchioness of,
250
Hervey, Mrs., 938
Hewett, General Sir George, 166, 281
Heyman, Miss (Keeper of the Princess of
Wales's Privy Purse). See Hayman,
Miss
Hibbert, Alderman George, no
Hide, Mr. (a German), 88
Highland Society, The, 77
Hill, Mr. (Captain of Cross-Channel
Packet Boat), 58, 59
 , Thomas, 89
 Street, 228
Hills, Robert (Drawing Master), 207
" Historic Doubts," by H. Walpole, 287
" History of My Own Time," by Gilbert
Burnet, 287
Hither, 165
Hoare, Prince (Secretary for Foreign
Correspondence of the R.A.), 190
and b., 193, 211 ; a few of the works
published by, 190B. ; a musical farce
by, 219
 , Sir Richard, 218
 , William, R.A., 190
Hobart, Mrs., 1268
Hogarth, WiUiam, 4, 788., 88, 2178., 234s.,
243,253
Holbein, 86
Holcroft, Thomas (Author), 10, 63, 99
Holford & Co., Lisbon, 142
Holkham, Norfolk, 104B
Holland, Mr. (father of the Architect), 112
 , Henry, Lord, 191
 , Henry (the Architect), 112
 , Mrs. Henry, 112
 , Sir N. Dance. See Dance, Nathaniel,
R.A
 , 128, 1368., 183B., 1988
 House, 191, 201
Hollo way, Admiral, 87
Holman, Joseph George, 285, 288 ; notice
of, 2858
Holt, Mr. (a Tutor), 276
 , Mrs., 276
Holworthy, James (Teacher of Drawing),
242
" Holy Family," by Turner, 95
Holylands Coffee House, Strand, 221, 222
Home, John, 141B
 ¦, Dr. Pitcairne-, 174
Homer, WiUiam Cowper's translation of
103, 105
Hone, Miss, 191
 , Horace, A.R.A., 191, 196, 220

310

The Farington Diary

Hone, Mrs., 191
 , Nathaniel, R.A., 45, 196, 220
" Hop Pickers," picture by Miss North,
234 . ,
" Hope," Lady Leicester as, portrait by
Lawrence, 240B
Hope, Henry (Merchant and Art Collector),
196-7
 , Thomas (Merchant and Art Col
lector), 217 and B., 235, 239 ; his
pamphlet against James Wyatt, 207,
218-9 i his fortune, 235
 , Thomas, Mrs., 218
Hopes, of Amsterdam, The, 21 78
Hoppner, John, R.A., 388., 66, 79, 83, 92-4,
97, 100-1, 114, 1 17-8, 120-2, 129,
132-3, 146-9, 1 5 1-2, 157-9, l62-3,
174-5, 186, 189, 196, 215, 224B., 241,
246, 2828. ; in Paris, 4-55 ; his
portrait of Countess of Oxford, 3 6b. ;
his physiognomy, 48 ; his art, 64,
74, 95-6, 98, 219, 241 ; presents
Lord Grenville with portrait of
Lady Grenville, 66 ; his portrait
of Windham, 78, 101,1 117, 132,
162
 , Mrs. (wife of the Artist), 19, 458
Horn, Frederic, Comte de, 17
Hornby, Lady Charlotte, 172 ; notice of,
ib. s
 , Edmund, 172 and n
Home, Mr. (son-in-law to James Paine),
286
Horns, The, Kennington Common, 230B
Horrocks, John, 146-7
Horsley, Heneage, 164
 , Dr. Samuel (Bishop of St. Asaph),
164, 262-3
Hottentots, 114, 174
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 17, 34
House of Commons, 65, 80, 848., 87, 99-
101, 105, 114, 117, 122, 128-9, l82
and 8., 256, 276 ; general Defence
Bill in, 249. See also Parliament
 of Lords, 99-100, 158a., 255-6, 258s.,
2608
Howard, Henry, R.A., 246
 , John (Philanthropist), Monument of,
117, 181
 de Walden, Charles Augustus, 6th
Lord, 1338
 de Walden, Thomas Evelyn, 8th
Lord, 5 ib
Howe, Richard, Earl, Admiral, story of
his Squadron on May 20, 1794, 69
" Hubert," by Northcote, 79
Hudson School in England, The, 43
Hughes, Captain, R.N., 200B. 202B

Hughes, Admiral Sir Edward, 239, 240
and s
 , Lady, 239, 240 and 8
 , Edward Hughes Ball, 2408
 , Mrs. Edward Hughes Ball, 240s
 , Rev. Dr. John (Canon of St. Paul's),
100, 164, 222, 226
 , Miss Maria (Mrs. Scott-Waring),
230B
Hull, 281 and s
 Infirmary, 28 IB
Hume, Sir Abraham, 234
 , David, 141B
Humphrey, Ozias, R.A., 92, 99, 139, 141,
158-160, 167, 189
Humphry, Sam (of Penydarran, Glamorgan
shire), 2408
 , Mrs. Sam. See Ball, Mrs. (nee
Gould)
Hundred Days, The, 4s
Hungerford, George Walker-, 238s
" Hunter, Portrait of an Old," by R. B.
Davis, 1 8 58
" Hunting," by Titian, 157
Huntingford, Dr. (Bishop of Gloucester),
105,287
Huntly, George, Marquess of (afterwards
5th Duke of Gordon), 1 13-4, 126s
 Family, The, 1268
Hurleck, Miss (of Dedham). See Black
burne, Mrs. (wife of Mr. Blackburne,
junr.)
Hutchinson, John, Lord (afterwards 2nd
Earl of Donoughmore), 125, 130, 264 ;
notice of, 125B
Hutt, Captain John, R.N., 69
Hyde Park, 162, 2008
Hymen, 3 6b
Hyott, Mr., 142
Ibbetson, JuUus Caesar, 86b
Imley Park, 245
Inchbald, Mrs., 2508
Inchiquin, Earl of. See Thomond, Mar
quess of
 , Countess of. See Thomond, Mar
chioness of
Income Tax Commissioners, 269
India, 62, 94, 125B., 139, 188, 208, 2733
British power in, 262
Inkle, Thomas, 236B
" Inkle and Yarico," by George Colman,
the younger, 236 and s
Inland Navigation, The Founder of, 728
Investigator, The, 272
Invisible Girl, The, 116
Iphigene, The Opera, 23
Ireland, WiUiam Henry (the Shakespearian
Forger), 255s

Index

311

Ireland, 45B., 127, 146, 148-9, 153, 166,
187, 191-2, 2008., 239, 265, 285 ;
Parliament of, 88, 152; Napoleon
and, 101 ; Volunteer Corps of, 152,
163 ; Character of the people, 153,
257; Union with England, 153, 255 ;
" Tour in," by R. Twiss, 183 and n. ;
power of the Pope in, 255
Irnham, Lincolnshire, 259B
Isabey, Jean Baptiste, 73
Isle of Dogs Docks, 80
Italy, 21, 35, 60, 62, 69, 75, 99, 123, 141,
1778., 180-1, 187, 189, 222, 229 and 8.,
253 ; Army of, 52 ;-best time to travel
in, 64 ; music of, 69 ; French Cam
paign in, 109
ItaUan Story of Two Dogs, 229 and s.,
230B
Ivy Lane Club, 2578
Jackson, Mr. (of Keswick), 172, 207
 , Miss. See Bianchi, Madame F
 , John, R.A., 235 and n
 , Remus, 139
 , Romulus, 139
 , WiUiam, 139 and n. ; letter from
Gainsborough to, 89B and 90B
Jacobin, Parisians and the word, 11
Jamaica, 205
James II., King of England, 4«
 1., King of Scotland, Opie's picture
of the Assassination of, 79
 II., King of Scotland, 25
 , Miss Alethea. See Walker, Mrs. R
 , WiUiam (of Liverpool), 267, 268b
JauUie, Mdlle. (pupil to David). See
JuUa, Mdlle
Jay, John (Special American Ambassador),
134
Jenner, Dr. Edward, 146
Jennings, Miss EUzabeth. See Locke,
. Mrs. William
" Jephtha's Daughter," by Opie, 79
Jermyn Street, ib
Jerningham, Ned (Edward), 121 and n
Jerrold, Douglas, 2348
Jersey, Frances, Countess of, and the Prince
of Wales, 120-1, 2428
 , George, 4th Earl of, 120B., 175 and 8
Jesuit School, Rheims, 21 28
John, Don, of Brazil, Prince Regent of
Portugal, 159
Johnson, Joseph (bookseUer in St. Paul's
Churchyard), 195, 211
 , Dr. Samuel, 50-1, 72B., ioib., 103,
108, 122, 2348., 257s ; his twenty-
one cups of tea, 107 ; monument to,
115, 117, 249; BosweU's Life of, 18 6,
255s

Johnson Club, 257B
Johnstone-Pulteney, Sir William. See
Pulteney, Sir WiUiam Johnstone-
Jones, Miss, 273
 , Miss. See Adeane, Mrs
 , Robin (of Vigo Lane), 188
¦  , Sir WilUam, 117
Jordans, Mrs., 20 ; and the French, 56 ;
and the Duke of Clarence, 185 ; and
Sheridan, 193
Josephine, Empress (wife of Napoleon I.),
8, 19-20, 418., 70, 1368
Jude, Mrs., 124s
Julia, Mdlle. (pupil to David), 45 and ».,
49
"JuUa," Novel by Miss H. M. WiUiams
33»
" Julia de Roubigne," by Henry Mackenzie,
141B
" Junius, Letters of," 24B., 254B
" Jupiter Osiris, or Pluto," Bust of, 17
" Justice," by Reynolds, 246
K., J. H., Letter from, 2688
Keane, Mrs., 277
Keddington, Mr., 62
Keir, Sir WiUiam (Colonel Montgomery's
second in the duel with Captain
Macnamara), 200s
Keith, George, Viscount, Admiral, 274,
277-8
Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, 166 and n
Kemble, Fanny, 183B
 , John Philip, 24B., 34, 37-8, 50, 55,
1368., 158, 186, 254, 288; Lawrence's
portrait of, 222, 287 ; Bourgeois'
picture of, 287
Kendal, 269B
Kensington, 280
 , South, 5 ib
Kent, Edward, Duke of, conduct at
Gibraltar, 102 ; his dispute with
Duke of York, 193
 , WiUiam, 23 48
 , I96> 258, 283
 , Hop plantations in, 279
Kenton, Benjamin, 145
Keswick, 172, 207, 219
Kew, 170-1, 180, 253, 259
Kidman's Hotel, Ramsgate, 278
Kildare, Robert, 19th Earl of, 1488
Kilrush Estates, 148B
Kilwarden, Arthur, ist Viscount, 127
King, Thomas (Actor), 238
" King's Arms, The," Ross, 149
King's Bench, 80, 83, 129, 191, 221, 2538.,
254B
Kingston, Evelyn, Duke of, 13 8b
 , Jamaica, 2688

312

The Farington Diary

Kirby, Mr. (of Brighton), 62
Kirkcudbright, 1658
Kit-Cat Club, 1388
Knatchbull, Sir Edward, M.P., 196 ;
dispute with J. S. Copley, R.A., 196-7
Knight, Mr., 261
 , Charles, 1208
— — , R. Payne, 83 ; " Essay on Land
scape Gardening," by, 264
Kosciuszko, Thadee (Polish General), 143B
Kyrle, John, 149
L' Abbaye-aux-Bois, 418
Lachaniage, Madame (French Actress), 51
" Lacoon, The " (Piece of Sculpture), 13, 63
" Lady as Hebe, A," portrait by Shee, 227
Lady of Lyons, The, play by Lord Lytton,
33» .
La Fontaine, Statue of, 47
La Harpe, Frederic Cesar de, 34-5
 , Madame, 34, 36
Lake, Mr. (brother of General Lake), 194
 , General Gerard (afterwards ist
Viscount Lake), 194
 District, The, 139, 270
Lamb, George, 83
 , P, 83
 , WiUiam (afterwards 2nd Viscount
Melbourne), 242 and 8
Lambert, Mr. (Artist), 158
L'Ambigu, 84 and n
L'Ami des Citoyens (a broadsheet issued
by TaUien), 213s
Lanark, 139
Lancashire, 147, 263 and 8. ; loyalty of, 175
Lancaster Castle, 167
Lance, Mr., 273
Landseer, John, A.E., 71
Lane, Mrs. EUzabeth, 121
 \ Samuel, senr., 121
 , Samuel, junr., 67, 121, 134, 145,
198, 206, 242
Langham HaU, Dedham, 1 1 1
Langton, Bennet, 73
Lannes, Jean (French Ambassador in Portu-
gal), 159
Lansdowne, WiUiam, ist Marquess of (2nd
Earl of Shelburne), 898., 115, 181, 250a
Laporte, John, 119
Larcan, near Dublin, 191
LarocheUe, H. J. (French Actor), 51
Larousse, Dictionnaire, 128., 2128
Lasnes, General. See Lannes, Jean (French
Ambassador in Portugal)
" Last Moments of Cardinal Wolsey,"
picture by WiUiam Locke, 1208
Lauderdale, James, 8th Earl of, 247 ;
pamphlet on pohtical parties, by, 256
Launceston, 1658

Laurino, Duke of, 2778
La VaUee (Joseph de ?), 34
Lavoisier, Mme. See Rumford, Countess
 , Antoine Laurent, 47, 1978
Lawless (Valentine Browne ?), 37
Lawrence, Miss Mary, Farington and her
pictures, 228
 , Sir Thomas, R.A., 67 and n., 68, 70,
73, 82-3, 86, 89-91, 94, 98, 108,
121-2, 135, 138, 145, 158, 170, 174-5,
187, i88b., 220, 225-6, 231-2, 235-7,
241-2, 245-6, 254-5, 283, 288 ; his
art, 74-5, 95-6, 100, 219, 221, 242,
245 ; as an actor, 75, 83 ; portrait
of Lord Thurlow, 83, 89, 94-6, 100,
158, 246 ; on several of his characters,
89 ; portrait of Lady Charlotte
CampbeU, 93, 95 ; portrait of Miss
Lamb, 95 ; and Windham, 101 ;
portrait of Sir WiUiam Forbes, 134 ;
criticism of the pictures belonging to
Count Truchesis, 137-8 ; conversation
with General Sublakoof, 143-4 ; to
paint Pitt's portrait for the Princess
of Wales, 158, 282 and n. ; portrait of
James Curtis, 187, 246 ; portrait of
Sir WiUiam Curtis, 1888., 2718. ;
portrait of Mrs. Siddons, 198, 206,
221 and b., 222, 226 ; portraits of
Colonel Stanley, J.P., Kemble and
Mrs. John WiUiams, 221-2 ; portraits
of Mrs. C. TheUuson and Lady Tem-
pletown, 222 ; portrait of Mrs.
Esten, 230s. ; portrait of Lord Mul
grave, 237 ; portrait of Lady Leicester
as " Hope," 240B. ; portrait of the
Marchioness Thomond, 246 ; and
Mrs. Siddons, 254 ; portrait of Lady
Diana Herbert, 277s. ; Princess of
Wales to sit for her portrait, 282 and s.;
Armstrong's Life of, 2828. ; crowded
with commissions, 282-3 i portrait of
Kemble, 287-8
 , WiUiam (brother to the Artist), 89
Lea, River, 124
LeadenhaU Street, 286s
Le Bas, Mr., 277
Le Brun, Charles Francois, 34, 57
 , Mme. Vigee, 34, 36, 93, 99, 238 ; her
art, 35, 106-7, 219 ; price of her
portraits, 104
Le Clerc, Miss, 259 and s
Leclerc, General Charles V. E., 2058
Leeds, George W. F., 6th Duke of, 80
Leefs (a Foreign Soldier), 77
Leekin, Mr. See Lukin, Robert
 , Mrs. See Lukin, Mrs
Legge, Mr. (Colourman), 236

Index

313

Legge, Heneage, senr., 1288
 , Mrs. Heneage, 1288
 , Heneage, junr., 128 ; notice of, ib. n
Leghorn, 210B
Legislative Assembly, The Palace of, 26
L'Eglise, M., 127
Leicester, Georgiana, Lady, 240B. ; Law
rence's portrait of, as " Hope," ib
 , Sir John Fleming (afterwards Baron
de Tabley), 241 ; and Emily St.
Clair, 240 ; notice of, ib, n
 , Sir Peter, 240B
 , Thomas, Earl of. See Coke, Thomas
WiUiam
 Square, 788., 116, 25 78
Leigh, Miss Clara Maria. See Wheatley,
Mrs
Leinster, EmiUa Mary, Duchess of, 148
and 8., 149
¦  , James, ist Duke of, 148- and 8., 149
 , WiUiam Robert, 2nd Duke of, 149
Leipzig, 2058
Le Jeune, Colonel (St. Pancras Volunteers),
141, 162
Le Marchant, Colonel John Gaspard (after
wards Major-General), 68
Lennox, Lady George, 259
Lenoir, Marie Alexandre, 16
 , Madame, 16
Lenotre, M., " La GuiUotine pendant la
Revolution," by, 128
LeRoy, Mons., 34, 35
" Letters containing a sketch of the Politics
of France," by Miss H. M. WiUiams
33"
" Letters written in France," by Miss
H. M. WiUiams, 33s
" Letters written by the late Earl of
Chatham to his nephew . . . then at
Cambridge," 243, 246
" Lettres sur la Sympathie," by Marquise
de Condorcet, 21 28
Lewis, Mr., 72-3
¦  , Mr. (son of the above), 73
 , Mr. (of Essex), 239
Lewisham Church, 17
Leyden University, 2588
L'H6pital, Michael de, Statue of, 47
Lichfield, Dean of. See Champneys, Rev.
WilUam Weldon
Lichtenstein, Prince de, 261
Liege, 2388
Lincoln, Bishop of. See Prettyman, Dr
Lincoln's Inn, 172B
 Inn Square, 286B
Lincolnshire, Charles Robert, ist Marquess
of, 2698
 , 164 and «., 281

Lindo, Mr., 142
Lindsay, Lady Anne. See Barnard, Lady
Anne
 , Lady EUzabeth. See Hardwicke, Lady
 , Lady Margaret (afterwards Lady
Burges), 233B
Linley, Miss EUzabeth Ann. See Sheridan,
Mrs
Linois, Admiral. See Lunois, Admiral
Lisbon, 142, 159, 2748
Literary Club, 257 ; , story of its founda
tion, 2578
Lithuania, 222
Liverpool, Robert, 2nd Earl of. See
Hawkesbury, Lord Robert
 , 1258., 139, 191, 267; "Memorials
of," by Sir J. A. Picton, 268s. ;
shipping of, ib
Lloyd, Mrs. See Moser, Mary, R.A
Loch Lomond, 139
 Long, 139
Lock, Captain, 205-6
Locke, Miss Augusta, 1208
 , WilUam, 117 and s., 120 and 8., 195,
284
 , WilUam, the younger, 120 and ».,
283-4
 , Mrs. WiUiam (nee Miss EUzabeth
Jennings), 1208., 194, 284
 , Captain WiUiam, 120B
 , Mrs. (wife of Captain WiUiam Locke),
1208
Lombard Street, 1, 2698
London, 1 and n., 8-9, 23, 25, 27, 33B.,
38B., 61, 678., 71, 74, 83B., 93B.,
104, 106, 108-9, in, 114, 119, 125 and
«., 126B., 138-9, 141B., 142B., 145-7,
156, 160, 164, 165B., 174-5, 178, 187-8
and 8., 191, 192B., 195, 199B., 203 and
8., 206, 2078., 217B., 2288., 229s.,
231B., 233B., 235 and b., 244, 2488.,
255B., 258B., 261, 266b., 267, 268 and n.,
2698., 271 and 8., 2738., 278-9, 2848.,
285B. ; streets of, 18, 21 ; people of, 21 ;
Lord Mayor of, 99, no, 1878., i88b.,
2298., 241 ; plan of defence of, 124 ;
bankruptcies in, 142 ; address to
George III., 178
 , Bishop of. See Porteous, Beilby
 Docks, 266
 Institution, The, 1058
 Society of Constitutional Information,
33»
 Tavern, 188
Long, Mr. (Boatman), 276
 , Charles (afterwards Lord Farn
borough), 13-4, i59i 27°
 Acre, 78s., 236

314

The Farington Diary

Longman, Thomas N. (PubUsher), 82,
207 and 8
" Long Stone, The," 152
Lonsdale, James, ist Earl of, 230
Loring, Captain, 205
Lothian, WiUiam John, 5th Marquess of,
259
Loughborough, Alexander, Lord (Chancel
lor), 248
Louis XIV., King of France, 19
 XVI., King of France, n, 128., 14,
18, 27, 93B., 134, 2128., 2148., 223
 XVIII., King of France, 48., 277
" Lounger, The," 141 and n
Loutherbourg, Mr. (father of the R.A.), 222
 , Mrs. (wife of the R.A.), 236
 , P. J., R.A., 167, 185, 221-2, 225-8,
22g and n., 236 ; tells the story of
his life, 222-3 ;~ " The Avalanche," by,
234; on the process in painting, 236 ;
his art, 237, 239
Louvre, The, Paris, 27, 37, 418., 45B., 46,
50, 1378., 267 ; artists' apartments in,
15, 45, 49; pictures in the, 32;
statues in the, 47 ; spot where Henry IV.
died, 47
Loveden, Mrs. See Simmonds, Mrs
" Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, The,"
1 66s
Lower Grosvenor Street, 238
Lowther, WiUiam, 2nd Viscount (after
wards ist Earl of Lonsdale, 2nd
creation), 230, 270
 , 270
Loyalty Loan, 269
Lucan, Margaret, Countess of, 126s
Lucchesini, M., 136B
Ludlow, 68
Lukin, Mrs. See Windham, Mrs. Sarah
 , Robert, 81
Lulworth Castle, 242B
Lunois, Admiral, 272 and b., 277
Luxborough, Devonshire, 240s
Luxembourg, Francois H. de M. BouteviUe,
Due de, 19
" Lycidas," by Henry FuseU, R.A., 195
Lynn, 267
Lyons, 418., 43, 44, 78 ; Archbishop of,
, 8-9, 57 ; picture of, by Rubens, 228,
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 51B
" Lyrical BaUads," by Coleridge and Words
worth, 207 and b
Lysons, Mrs. (of Bath), 225
 , Miss. See Trye, Mrs
 , Rev. Daniel, 134-135, 1568., 178;
his fortune, 225
 , Rev. Daniel George,Letter from, 156B
 , Colonel Lorenzo George, 156s

Lysons, Samuel, 66, 79, 83, 100-1, 104, 134-6,
138-9, 156B., 173 and b., 174-7, 185,
222, 249, 252, 254, 263 and 8., 286-8 ;
and George III., 175-6, 178 ; appointed
Keeper of the Records, 173-4, 182 ;
his income, 225
 , Rev. S., senr., 156 and n. ; his will, 225
 , Rev. Samuel, junr., 156s
Lytton, Edward George, ist Lord, 338
M., C. H., Letter from, 1568
McArthur, John, LL.D., 215s
"Macbeth," FuseU's picture of the
character, 192 ; a discussion on the
play, 211
MacheU, Mr., senr., 88, 280-1
 , Mrs., 281
 , Mr., junr., 88, 280
Mackenzie, Henry [" The Northern Addi
son "], 141 ; notice of, ib. n
Mackintosh, Sir James, 84 and b., 85, 104,
133, 135, 142, 178; speech at trial
of Peltier, 84-5
MacMahon, John, 121 ; notice of, ib. n
Macnamara, Captain, 127, 199, 200 ;
story of his duel with Colonel Mont
gomery, 2008
Maddock, Mr., 83
Madeira, 273
Madeley Manor, Staffordshire, 1358
" Maecenas' Villa," picture by R. Wilson,
R.A., 90
Maestricht, Van der Meulen's picture of
the Siege of, 19
Magpye Ale House, Whitechapel, 145
Mahon, Catherine Lucy, Lady, 269 and n
 , PhiUp Henry, Lord (afterwards 4th
Earl Stanhope), 26g and n
Maidenhead, 145
" Maid of Loch Lomond, The," by Words
worth, 210
Maidstone, 36
Mainwaring, Mr. (Chairman of the Middle
sex Quarter Sessions), 283
Majendie, Dr. (Bishop of Chester), 226
Malaga, 188
Malesherbes, C. G. Lamoignon de (Minister
of Louis XVI.), 47
Malone, Edmund, 115, 186 and 8., 255-6,
257 and 8. ; notice of, 2558
Malta, io28., 136s., 210 and s
Malton, Thomas, 208
Maltby, Edward (Bishop of Durham),
1058
 , Miss EUzabeth. See Tomline, Lady
Pretyman
 , George, 105B
 , Thomas (of Germains, Bucks), 1648
 , WilUam, 105 and b

Index

815

Mameluke Chief, The. See Alfi, Mahom
med Bey al-
Mamelukes, The, army in Egypt, 39 ;
the horsemanship of, 1638
Mammoth Skeleton, 106
Manchester, Susan, Duchess of, 1268
 , WiUiam, 5th Duke of, 1268
 , 728., 104, 278
Manners, General, 164, 185
Manningham, Miss. See Yorke, Mrs. C. P
" Man of FeeUng," by H. Mackenzie,
141 and n
" Man of the World, The," by H. Mac
kenzie, 14 1 8
Mansfield, David WiUiam, 3rd Earl of, 89
 , WiUiam, ist Earl of, Monument of,
283
Manton, near Broadstairs, 274
Marat, J. P., 13, 2148
Marata, Carlo, 247
Marchant, Nathaniel, R.A., 123, 157, 181
Marchi, G. F. L., 74
Marcoff, M. (of the Corps Diplomatique),
136s
"Mares and Foals of the Royal Stud,"
picture by R. B. Davis, 185B
Margate, 2508., 275-9
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 128.,
15, 27 and b., 35 ; her portrait by
E. M.Ward, 64B
 Feodorovna, Empress (wife of Paul I.,
Emperor of Russia), 144
Marie - Therese - Charlotte, Duchesse
d'Angouleme, 223
Marigny, H6tel de, Paris, 6
Marlborough, Charles, 2nd [3rd according
to Burke] Duke of, 277s
 , George, 4th Duke of, 156
 , John, ist Duke of, 4s., 82
 Family, The, 156
 Street, 90
Marlow, WiUiam, 192
 , Buckinghamshire, 68
" Marriage a la Mode," by Hogarth, 4
Marriage of Thomasine, a Ballet, 23
Mars, East Indian vessel, 276
Marshall, Ben, 216, 217; notice of, 2i6b.,
. 217B. ; the Morning Post and his
picture at the R.A., 2178
Martin, Rev. Mr., 219
 , Henry, 155
Marylebone Road, 137
 Volunteer Corps, 162
" Mary Sophia and AmeUa, The Princesses,"
by J. S. Copley, R.A., 1968
Masquerier, Mr. (father of the Artist), 215
 , Mrs. (mother of the Artist), 388., 213,
215

Masquerier, John James, 52, 92-3, 212,
213B. ; talks to Farington about great
figures in French history, 38-40, 43,
212-5 i notice of, 38B. ; his portraits of
Mme. TaUien and Lady Hamilton, 215
Massachusetts, 33«., 1978
Massena, Andr6 (afterwards Prince d'Ess-
ling), 43
Masson, Mons. (Sculptor), 34
Masteer, Mr. (father of the Shipbuilder),
142
 , Mr. (Shipbuilder), 142
Mathews, Charles, his duel with Sheridan,
193-4
Matlock, 152
Matthews, Mr. (son of Rev. Mr. Matthews),
114
 , Rev. Mr., 114, 162
 , John (M.P. for Herefordshire),
his opinion of various politicians, 231
Mauritius, 273
Maxwell, Mr. (nephew of the Duchess of
Gordon), 273
 , Mr. (Coach Painter), 138
 , Sir Herbert, 126b
 , Jean. See Gordon, Duchess of
 , Lady Magdalen, 126B
 , Sir WiUiam, 126B
Mazarie, Mademoiselle, 56
Meda, Charles Andre. See Merda, Charles
Andre
Medici, Cardinal Hippolyte de, Titian's
portrait of, 32s
Mediterranean, 73
Medland, Mr. (son of the Engraver), 252
 , Thomas (Engraver), 252
Mee, Mrs. Anne (Miniature Painter),
233 ; notice of, ib. n
— ¦ — , Joseph, 233
Meeke, Mr. (a Tutor), 156
Melbourne, EUzabeth, Viscountess, 242
 , Peniston, ist Viscount, 242
 , WilUam, 2nd Viscount. See Lamb, ,
WiUiam
Melbury Road, 201
MelviUe, Henry, ist Viscount, 1658., 256,
277 ; and the Edinburgh Theatre,
2308
Mengs, Raphael, 1918
Menou, General Jacques Francois, 3, 2138
Mercandotti, MUe. See Hughes, Mrs.
Edward Hughes BaU
Merda, Charles Andre, 2138
Merry, Mr., 56
Metcalfe, PhiUp, 188, 248, 257
Meux, Mr., junr. (Brewer), 122
Meyer, P. J., 273 and 8., 2778
 , Mrs., 273 and n

316

Meyer, Miss, 273 and n
Michel Grove House, Sussex, 268b
Mickleham, Surrey, 117 and s., 1208
Middlesex, 124, 127, 153 and n., 231B., 283
Middleton, Mr. (Colourman of Long Acre),
236
 Park, 23 ib
Milan, 64
MiUtary CoUege, Marlow, 68
Milne, Robert, 266 and n
Milton, John, 195 ; various opinions on
his disposition and his works, 211
Minchin, OUve, Letter from, 268b
Minden, Battle of, 258B
Minerva, 45 ; the Temple of, no
Minet, Joseph, 112, 142
Minia, Egypt, 1638
Minorca, 264
Minto, Gilbert, ist Lord (afterwards ist
Earl of), 117
Mirabeau, H. G., Comte de, 13, 41B., 214B
 , Madame, 41B
Mirror, The, 141 n
Misanthrope, play by MoHere, 56
Mitchener's Hotel, Margate, 275
Mitford, Mrs. Frances, 174
 , Miss Frances, 174
 , Colonel WiUiam, 174
Moira, Francis, 2nd Earl of, 105, 270 ;
Shee's portrait of, 22p, 222, 227
Moitte, Jean GuiUaume, 34-5, 45
Mole, Mathieu, Statue of, 47
MoUere, 56 ; Statue of, 47
MoUoy, Captain, R.N., 69, 174
 -, Miss. See Mitford, Mrs
Moniteur (the official newspaper of the
French Government), 198
Monmouth, 150, 152-3, 173B
Monreith, Wigtownshire, 1268
Monro, Dr. John, 119
 , Dr. Thomas, 69, 70, 74, 117-9, 163
 , Mrs. (wife of Dr. Thomas Monro),
69, 70
Monsieur Tonson, play by John Taylor,
2858
Montagne, La, 69
Montagu, Capt., Flaxman's monument to,
283
Montagu, Edward Wortley, senr., 138B.,
'55
 , Edward Wortley, junr., 138s
 , Lady Mary Wortley, her " Letters,"
138 and 8., 155-6; notice of, 138s
 House, Blackheath, 91
Montausier, Due de, Statue of, 47
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Statue
of, 47
Montferrand, Mons., 11-2, 14

The Farington Diary

Montgomery, Colonel, 127, 199, 2008. ;
story of his duel with Captain Mac
namara, 200B
 , Miss. See Byng, Mrs. (wife of
Major George Byng)
 , Miss Anne. See Townshend, Anne,
Marchioness
 , Sir Robert, 2008
Monthly Mirror, 89
Montmartre, 5 and n., 6s., 9, 10 and s
Montreuil-sur-Mer, 2, 3
Moon, Mr. (Artist), 191
" Moonlight," by Sir George Beaumont,
221-2
Moore, Colonel (Interpreter to Mahommed
Bey al-Alfi), 163B., 175
 , Mr. (uncle of Dr. John Moore), 156
 , James, 1, 3, 8-10, 16, 48, 159, 283
 , Rev. James, 76
 , Dr. John (Archbishop of Canter
bury), 156
 , Dr. John (father of General Sir
John Moore), 1
 , General Sir John, 1, 3, 1258., 130,
159 and b., 283
 , Thomas (father of Dr. John
Moore), 156
 , Tom, 2078
Moray, David, Bishop of, 258
More, Hannah, 1018
 , Sir Thomas, portrait by Holbein,
86
Moreau, General J. V., 15, 43, 198
Morgan, Sir Charles Gould-. See Gould,
Sir Charles
Morice, Humphrey, 154
Morland, George, 72, 86s., 217B., 2248.,
229, 242B. ; his art, 93-4, 220-1 ;
notice of, 221s
 , Mrs. (wife of the Artist), 229
Morley, John, ist Earl of (and 2nd Lord
Boringdon), 158; notice of, 158s
Morning Chronicle, 38, 75, 237, 250
 Herald, 176 and n., 230s
 Post, 57B., 75, 84B., 89, 92, 107, 1718.,
172B., 176, 1788., 183, i88b., 250B.,
285B. ; Coleridge's letters to Fox in,
64 and b. ; Government purchase,
158, 250 ; Coleridge's articles during
the Peace of Amiens, 210B. ; and Ben
MarshaU's picture at the R.A., 217s
Morpeth, George, Lord (afterwards 6th
Earl of CarUsle), 242
Morrice, Humphry. See Morice,
Humphrey
Morris, Miss (of Swansea). See Desen
fans, Mrs
 , Charles, 254

Index

317

Mosely, Mrs. H., 2288
Moser, George M., R.A., 88, 177
 , Mary, R.A. (Mrs. Lloyd), 88
" Mother of AchiUes rising to Comfort
her Son," by Banks, 17
Mount Street, 242
Mulgrave, Henry, ist Earl of (2nd creation),
117, 2198., 237
Munden, Joseph, (Actor), 158, 2858
Mundy, Mr. (of Morton), 249
 , Miss Elizabeth. See Ferrars, Coun
tess (second wife of the 7th Earl)
 , Wrightson (of Markeaton, Derby
shire), 2498
Munich, 227
Munnings, A. J., 2178
Murat, CaroUne Maria (nee Buonaparte),
43
 , Joachim, King of Naples, Marshal
of France, 14, 38-9, 43, 53
" Murder of the Children in the Tower,"
by Northcote, 79
Murray, Mr. (Bookbinder), 251
 , Hon. Miss (sister to Lady Augusta
Murray), 274
 , Lady Augusta, 274 ; story of her
marriage with the Duke of Sussex,
274B
 , Sir James. See Pulteney, Sir James
Musgrave, Miss Elizabeth. See Legge,
Mrs. Heneage
 , Sir Philip, 128 s
Myers, Lindo S., Letter from, 97B
Mylne, Robert. See Milne, Robert
N., A Supporter of Napoleon, 160
Nandot, M. (French Actor), 50
Naples, 64 ; King of. See Murat, Joa
chim, Marshal of France
Napoleon I., Emperor of the French, 6, 8-9,
16, 19-20, 24, 29-30, 32 and 8., 37-40,
4i«-, 43, 45, 48-57, 63-5, 70, 73,
77, 82, 87-8, 92, 938., 101, 103-4,
112, 130, 137 and b., 143B., 158, 160,
198, 205B., 2138., 215, 227, 262, 287 ;
and Art, 6, 29; and Fox, 6, 24, 31,
43, 82, 104 ; Farington's description
of, 7, 53-5, 57»-, 63, 73, 87 ; reviews
his troops, 7, 53, 56 ; escape from the
" Infernal Machine," 17-8 ; busts of
Fox and Nelson, 20 ; and B. West,
31, 178 ; and Thomas Erskine, 32,
56-7 ; disposition of, 38 ; " Dis
tributing Medals to the Army of
Tilsit " and " Reviewing the Consular
Guards in the Tuileries," pictures
by J. J. Masquerier, 38B. ; and
Murat, 38-9 ; his manoeuvring for
¦ power, 39-40 ; Pitt and, 43, 66 ;

Napoleon I. — continued.
David's portrait of, 49-50, 73 ;
seeks employment, 52 ; eBtabUshes
his character with the French
Government, 52 ; his height, 54, 63 ;
Peltier's Ubel on, 83, 84 and n., 85 ;
and Lord Whitworth, 87, 100, 136
and 8., 1378. ; and the British Empire,
100; and Ireland, 10 1 ; his disposi
tion of troops in war with England,
114; and French troops in hospital
in Egypt, 130 ; has courage, but not
comprehension, 194 ; a conspiracy
against his life, 198 ; and Coleridge,
2108. ; Masquerier on the Govern
ment of, 215 ; proclaimed Emperor
of the French, 245 ; religion estab-
Ushed by, 262-3 i attempts to poison
Louis XVIIL, 277 ; detested in
France, 281
 III., Emperor of the French, 58
Narbonne, 195s
Nares, Rev. Mr., 248
National Gallery, 908., 928., 1028., 1178.,
I32, I77»-, '828., 189, 195, 2218.,
234B. ; nucleus of, 1 10s
 Portrait GaUery, 2488., 282s
Nattes, John C. (Drawing Master), 207-8
NeapoUtans, Character of, 229 and s.,
230B
Necker, Madame, 418
Nelson, Mrs., 274
 , Miss, 274
 , Horatio, Viscount, 83 and 8., 215,
2678., 274 ; Napoleon's bust of, 20 ;
Abbott's portrait of, 748. ; Life of,
by Rev. J. S. Clarke and J. McArthur,
LL.D., 215B
Neoles, Hugo de, 2638
Nettleton, Chaff, 118
New Bond Street, ib., 217B., 267B
Newcastle, 135B. ; WilUam Darnell's view
of, 216
Newcome, Mr., 93
 , Rev.' Mr. (of Grassington), 251
New England, 1978
 Inn, 187s
Newman Street, 64
Newmarket, 217B
Newport Street, 78B., 196
New Road. See Marylebone Road
Newry, 152B
New South Wales, 1998
 Weir, 152
 York, 31, 106, 245
News, The, 287
Ney, Marechal, 48
Nicholson, Mr., 204

318

The Farington Diary

Nicholson, Francis, 88
Nicol, George (BookseUer), 187, 264
Nield, Mr., 34
Nimrod, 231 8
Nini-Patte-en-1'air, 5s
Nismes, 64-5
Nixon, Rev. Robert, 73
Noel, Mr., 225
 Mrs. A., 224 and n., 225 and n
 , Miss F., 224-5
NoUekens, Jean Baptiste (grandfather of
the R.A.), 75
 , Joseph, R.A., 75, 78, 82, 115, 124,
134, 170, 187, 189, 190-1, 2248., 241 ;
his early Ufe, 74-5 ; busts of Francis,
Duke of Bedford, and Fox, 133 ;
models a head of George III., 254
 , Mrs. Joseph, 170, 187
 , Joseph F. (father of R.A.), 75
Norbury Park, 117, 120 and 8., 283
Norfolk, Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of,
268b
 , Charles, nth Duke of, iog, I4g, 155,
186, 234-5
 , Frances, Duchess of, I4g, 155
 , 81, 92, 247
Normanton, Welbore EUis, 2nd Earl of,
2778
North, Miss, " Hop Pickers " by, 234
 , Brownlow (Bishop of Winchester),
234
Northampton, 166s
Northamptonshire, 108
Northcote, James, R.A., 74, 79, 82, 86,
94-5, 139, l6°;h 175, 1.92-3, 220,
240-1, 280 ; prices for his pictures,
206 ; portrait of Coleridge, 210 ;
his opinion of Milton, 211
" Northern Addison, The," See Mac
kenzie, Henry
Northern Meeting, The, 126B
North Leach, 156
 Molton, Devonshire, 158s
Northumberland, Frances JuUa, Duchess
of, 252
 , Hugh, 2nd Duke of, 72, 252
 ,251
Norwich, 80, 101, 105B., 132, 162, 234
Nottingham, 269B
Notts County, i88b
Nova Scotia, 164s
Oaks, The, 172
O'Bryen, Dennis (a former Editor of the
Morning Post), 250 ; notice of, ib. n
" Observations on Landscape Gardening,"
by Humphry Repton, 268b
O'Connor, 'Arthur, 33B., 34, 36 and s.,
37, 239

Octagon Chapel, Norwich, 1058
Offley, Charles, 109, 170, 218-9, 267 ; as
an Art Critic, 239
 , Mrs. Charles, 170, 206, 218, 263 ;
and Farington, 219
 , John (of Madeley Manor), 135s
 , Mrs. John (nee Crewe), 135s
 , John, 61, 159, 239, 244-5, 251, 271-2,
275, 277-8
 , Mrs. John, 245, 271, 278
 , WiUiam, 271-2, 275, 277-8
 , Hertfordshire, 263
Ogg, Captain, 147
Ogilvie, Mrs. See Leinster, EmiUa Mary,
Duchess of
 , William, 148 and 8., 149
Ohio, 106
Old Bailey, The, 1828., 2008
 Court, The, 108
 Palace Yard, 100
 Ship Inn, Brighton. See under
Brighton
" OUvia's Letters to her Daughter," by
Mrs. John Serres, 254B
" Omais Head," Sketch of, by Reynolds,
J59 .
One Tree Hill, Greenwich Park, DameU's
picture of a view from, 89
Opie, Mrs. Amelia, 10, 86, 95, 104, 2818
- — , John, R.A., 6-10, 14, 72, 91, 93-5,
102, 104, 139, 175, 178, 211, 220, 240,
246-7, 262, 280, 28 18., 282, 284; his
art, 4, 79, 86, 237, 241 ; his physiog
nomy, 48 ; and the art of Mme. Le
Brun, 106-7 > prices of his portraits,
175 ; portrait of Fox, 241, 247
Oporto, 109
Oracle, The, 234, 287
Orange, County of, New York State, 106
Orchardson, Sir W. Q., 41s
Orchard Street, 215
Ordnance, Board of, 79
 Office, Ireland, 196
Orleans, Louis PhiUppe Joseph, Due d',
12s., 30^
 CoUection of Pictures, 195s
Osman, a character in Zara, 285s
" Our British Ancestors," by Rev. Samuel
Lysons, junr., 1568
Owen, WiUiam, R.A., 174, 222 ; " The
Beggar Boy," by, 234
 , Mrs. (wife of R.A.), 174
Oxendon Street, 94
Oxford, Edward, 5th Earl of, 36s
 , Jane EUzabeth, Countess of, 24, 34,
36-7 ; notice of, 368
 , H5, J56, 191
 Street, London, is., 7, 76

Index

319

Oxford University, 80, i66b., 171s., 217,
248, 262; Pembroke College, 156;
Christ Church College, 1658., New
College, 182s., 246, 262 ; Queen's
CoUege, 269B
Packe, Miss Charlotte. See Hanbury,
Mrs. WiUiam
 , Charles James, i66b
Paestum, The Temple at, 209
Paine, James, senr., 28 6b
 , James, jnr., 123, 286 ; notice of, ib. n
 , Mrs. James, junr., 286
 , Tom (Author), 174
Painting by Candle-light, 134, 22 is
 by LampUght, 190, 198
 , Process in, 236
" Paita, The Burning of " (Picture), 69
Pakenham, Mr. (son of Hon. Thomas
Pakenham), 153
 , Hon. Thomas, 153
Palais Royal, Paris, 9, 17, 27, 29, 33
Pall Mall, 129, 163, 250
Palmer, Mrs., 207
 , John (Actor), 2508
 , John, M.P., 112
 , Joseph (Dean of Cashel), 187
Palmerston, Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount,
2298
Pan, The, from the AcropoUs at Athens, no
Paper made of Straw, 251
Pargraph, The, a musical farce, by Prince
Hoare, 219
Paris, 48., 5-6 and s., 14, 17, 19, 23, 25,
28, 31-2, 338., 36B., 38 and b., 40, 41B.,
42-3, 45, 47-9, 52, 57»-> 6l> 64-7, 7°,
74, 79, 93, 99, 10I> I04, i°7, "8,
1208., 126, 137s., 190, 1978., 212 and
8., 213 and 8., 214 and «., 222, 227,
240s., 246, 287 ; Farington's visit to,
1-57 ; Tivoli Gardens in, 58., 22 and
b; Opera House, 6, 8, 16, 19, 23-4,
27 ; Place de Carrousel, 7, 17, 53 ;
The Salon, 7, 32 ; women of, 7, 9,
21-3 ; people of, 8, 21 ; passports of
security in, 9, 10 and 8 ; comparative
size of London and, 9 ; Conciergerie,
iob., 27B., 47 ; Revolutionary changes
in, 1 1-2 ; dirty appearance of the
houses in, 12 ; Place du Tr6ne, 12s. ;
Place de la Revolution, 12s., 278.;
Place de la Greve, 12b. ; Palais
Bourbon, 12b., 26 ; Place de la Nation,
1 28., 48 ; The Pantheon, 13 ; mas
sacres in, 14 ; Museum of National
Monuments, 16-7 ; Terrasse des
FeuiUants, 17; Very's Restaurant,
17-8, 25 ; where the " Infernal
Machine " was fired, 17-8 ; condition

Paris — continued.
of the streets of, 18 ; massacre of the
Swiss Guards, 18, 38s. ; Savary's
Restaurant, 22 ; civil power in, 23 ;
The Scotch College in, 25 and n. ;
Hoppner disgusted with, 25 ; Chamber
of Deputies, 26 ; exhibition of manu
factures in, 27, 31, 73 ; H6tel Necker,
41B., 70 ; Pailliard Restaurant, 41s ;
H6tel d'Antin, ib. ; Palais de Justice,
47 ; coach charges in, 48 ; Theatre
Francais, 50 ; Society morals, ib. ;
Notre Dame, 578. ; Farington on
the art seen in, 63 ; H6tel de Circle,
68-9 ; Roger's visit to, 70 ; Allied
forces in, ioib. ; Convention of 1789
assembled in, 134 ; College of Na
varre in, 2128. ; Corn Market, 270.
See also under Bastille, Bibliotheque
Nationale, Louvre, Palais Royal and
Tuileries
Parisians and invasion of England, 128
 and the word Jacobin, 1 1
Parke, James (afterwards Lord Wensley-
dale), 259 and n
Parker, Admiral Sir Peter, 133
Parhament, 81, 83s., 91, 1258., 135s.,
1388., 147, 149, 165B., 1828., 197s.,
229B., 237B., 2408., 263 and 8. See
also House of Commons and House of
Lords
Parochial Corps, 114
Parr, Dr. Samuel, 71, 133, 235
Parry, John, 78B., 1258
Parsloe's, St. James' Street, 2578
Parsons, WiUiam (Actor), 250B
Pascal, Blaise, Statue of, 47
Patten, Colonel, M.P., 105
Paul, Emperor of Russia, 143-4 ; notice of,
143s
PaviUon, The, Brighton. See under
Brighton
Payne, Admiral John WiUett, 62
" Pearce, N., Life and Adventures of," by
J. Halls, ib
Pearson's Wharf, Southwark, 1 10
Peel, Sir Robert, 1978
Peele, Rembrant, 106
Pelegrine, M., 99
Pelletier, Bertrand, 13
Peltier, Jean G., his libel on Napoleon, 83,
84 and b., 85
Pembroke, Catherine, Countess of (second
wife of the 1 ith Earl), 277B
 , EUzabeth, Dowager Countess of,
277
 , EUzabeth, Countess of (first wife of
the nth Earl), 277B

320

The Farington Diary

Pembroke, George Augustus, nth Earl of,
277 and s
Penn, WiUiam, portrait by West, 220
Penwortham, near Preston, 147
Penydarran, Glamorganshire, 2408
Pepys, Sir Lucas, 117
Percier, Charles, 16
Percival, Hon. Spencer, 84 and «., 85,
182 ; notice of, ib. n
Percy, Lord Algernon, 1378
 , Hon. Anne CaroUne Isabel, 1378
 , Lord Charles, 136s., 1378
 , Lady Charles, 1368., 1378
 , Hugh, Earl, 252
 Chapel, 70, 76
Perry, James (of the Morning Chronicle),
75, 237-8
Peter III., Emperor of Russia, 1438
Peters, WiUiam, R.A., 76
Peterson, Lieutenant Charles, 1998
Petrie, Sir W. M. FUnders, 272B
" Phaedre and Hippolytus," by Guerin, 92
" Phaeton," picture by West, 227
Philadelphia, 31 and n., 88, 129, 245;
Quakers of, 113
 Museum, 106
Philippe-EgaUte. See Orleans, Louis
PhiUppe Joseph, Due d'
PhiUps, S., 278
 , Mrs. S., 278
PhiUimore, Miss C. M., Letter from, 648
PhiUips, Mr. (Auctioneer of New Bond
Street), 2678
 , Sir Richard, 155-6
 , Thomas, R.A., 8, 252
" Philosophic Sketches of the Principles of
Society and Government," by Dr.
Robert Darling WiUis, 1718
Phipps, Hon. Mrs., 219 and s
 , Hon. Augustine, 2198
Piccadilly, 38B., 160, 191
Pichegru, General C, 198 ; death of,
198s., 227
Pic-nic, 83
Picton, Sir J. A., " Memorials of Liver
pool," by, 268s
Pierce Field, Chepstow, 94, 155
 Field House, 154
Pierrepont, Lady Mary. See Montague,
Lady Mary Wortley
" Pierson, The Death of Major," by J. S.
Copley, R.A., 196B
Pike, Miss, 1248
Pilkington, Sir Thomas (of Stanley, Yorks),
251
 , William, 251
Piombo, Sebastian Del, his " Raising of
Lazarus," 195

Piper, Captain (East India Company's
pilot), 276
Pisa, 60
Pitcairne-Home. Dr. See Home, Dr.
Pitcairne-
" Pitlessie Fair," by Sir Davis Wilkie, 235s
Pitt, Thomas. See Camelford, Lord
 , WiUiam, 78, 80-1, 101, 107, 132,
133 and s., 145, 158 and n., 164 and b.,
175, 181, 192, 202, 236, 2378., 247-8,
251-2, 259, 268s., 269, 282 and s.,
283, 287 ; and Napoleon, 43, 66 ; his
health, 63, 65, 117; and Addington,
65, 94, IOI> »7i 237, 287; and war,
100 ; George III. and, 101 ; his
hostile manner towards the Govern
ment, 105 ; and the Volunteers, 159,
175; his extraordinary powers, 231,
241 ; division on his Defence Bill,
249 ; GrenviUe refuses to join his
Administration, 250
 , Sir WiUiam, 164
Pittites, The, 287
" Pleasures of Memory," by Samuel
Rogers, 132s
Plymouth, 175, 187, 284B
Poggi, Mr. (Picture dealer), 74
Poitiers, Battle of, 1358
Poland, 33s
Political Parties, Earl of Lauderdale's
Pamphlet on, 256
PoUesdon, Surrey, 117-8
Pomona, H.M. Frigate, 203s
Ponsonby, John, Viscount, 1758
 , Frances, Viscountess, 175 and s
Pope, Alexander (Poet), ioib., 122, 138s.,
211 ; portait by WiUiam Hoare, R.A.,
190 ; his deformity, ib. ; his Epistle
to Lord Bathurst, 149
 , Alexander (Actor-Artist), 758., 226s.,
288
 , Mrs. Clara (third wife of Alexander
Pope). See Wheatley, Mrs
 , Mrs. EUzabeth (first wife of Alexander
Pope), Shee's portrait of, 226-7, 237
 , The, 153 ; his power in Ireland, 255
Porcupine, Peter. See Cobbett, WiUiam
Porden, WiUiam, 128, 270
Porson, Richard, 71-2
" Porsoniana," 105s
Port Jackson, 272
Porteous, Beilby (Bishop of London, 107,
132-3 ; and kneeUng at prayer, 247
 , Mrs. Margaret, 133
Portland, WiUiam Henry Cavendish, 3rd
Duke of, 109
 Chapel, 76
 Place, 240

Index

321

" Portrait of a Foreign Nobleman and his
Horses," by Ben Marshall, 2178
Portsmouth, 87, 2038., 268s
Portugal, 142, 159; France and, 99, 109,
159 ; alarm in London about, 109
Poussin, Gaspar, 14, 90 and n., 239
Powel, Rev. Mr., 276
Poype, General, 206
Praed, Mr. (M.P. for St. Ives), 80
Prentise, Miss EUzabeth. See Ferrers,
Countess (first wife of the ist Earl)
 , John, 249s
Preston, Lancashire, 146-7
— — Volunteer Corps, 147
Prestwold, Leicestershire, i66b
Prettyman, Dr. (Bishop of Lincoln). See
TomUne, The Right Rev. Sir George
Pretyman
 , Mrs. See TomUne, Lady Pretyman
Price, Mr. (son of Sir Uvedale Price), 238
 , Sir Uvedale, 368., 238, 251
Primrose HiU, 2008
Prince's, Savile Street, 257B
Princes Street, London, 250-1
Privy Council, The, 2428
" Progress of Maritime Discovery, The,"
by the Rev. J. S. Clarke, 215 and n
Prosser, G. Letter from, ins
Provoked Husband, a play, 158
Prussia, The Old King of, 264
Prynne, WilUam, " Returns of Knights of
the Shires to ParUament," by, 263
Public Advertiser, The, 248
Pulo Aor, 2728
Pulteney, Daniel, 1258
 , Henrietta L. See Bath, Baroness
 , Sir James, 125 ; notice of, ib. n
 , Sir WiUiam, 3 1
 , Sir WiUiam Johnstone-, 125s
 , Lady WilUam Johnstone-, 125s
Putney, 128
Puttick & Simpson, Messrs. (Auctioneers),
257s
Pyne, WiUiam Henry (Designer), 207-8
Quarterly Review, 157
Quebec Chapel, 262
Queen, H.M.S., 69
 Anne Street, East London, 228
Queen's Palace, 167, 173, 178, 250, 280
Queensberry, WilUam, 4th Duke of, 15
Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, 280
Quixote, Don, 23, 211
Racine, Jean Baptiste, Statue of, 47
Radstock, WiUiam, ist Lord, Admiral, 73
Raeburn, Sir Henry, ib
"Raising of Lazarus," by Sebastian Del
Piombo, 195
Ramsgate, 271, 273-4, 276
VOL. II.

Ramus, 118
Randal, Miss. See Randies, Miss EUzabeth
Randies, Mr. (father of Miss EUzabeth
Randies), 125 and n
 , Miss Elizabeth, 125 ; notice of, ib. n
Ranelagh, 126s
Raphael, 14, 20, 32s ; " The Transfigura
tion," by, 195 and s., 246 ; Cartoons
by, 280 and b
Rathbone, John, 86 ; notice of, ib. n
Ravaillac, Francois, 47
Reading, 182
" Reasons in Favour of a New Translation
of the Scriptures," by Sir James
Bland Burges, 233s
Recamier, Jacques, 418-42
— — , Madame, 42, 70 ; Farington's
description of her Salon, 41-2 ; notice
of, 418
" Recluse, The," by Wordsworth, 207 j
Records, Office of Keeper of the, 173
Redesdale, John, ist Lord, 149, 174
Redman, Mrs., 271
Reeves, John, 97
Reform Bill, The, 848
Regent, Prince. See George IV
Regent, The, a play by S. Greatheed, 1368
Rejane, Madame, 41s
Rembrandt's self-portrait, 32B
Repton, Humphry, " Observations on
Landscape Gardening," by, 268s
" Republican France," allegorical bas-
reUef by Moitte, 45
" Returns of Knights of the Shires to
ParUament," by WiUiam Prynne, 263
Revely* Mr. (of Yorkshire), 174
 , WiUey (Architect), 174
 , WilUam (father of the Architect), 174
Revolutionary Tribune, 2148
Reynolds, Miss Frances, 187
— — , Dr. Henry Revell, 206, 251, 263
 , Sir Joshua, 4,73,83,92, 107, 115,
118, 161, 170, 177s., 192, 241, 246,
257B., 2588., 262 ; copies of his por
traits of the King and Queen, 68 ;
his observation of Garrick, 91 ; his art,
74, 95-6 ; monument to, 11 5-6, '248-9,
266, 283 ; his " Angel Heads," 126s ;
and the " Painter's province," 139 ;
his sketch of Omais Head, 159;
Farington and his Presidency of the
R.A., 179 and n. ; Farington's Life
of, 1798. ; and his sister, 187 ; portrait
of the 8th Duke of Hamilton, 230s. ;
portrait of John Crewe, junr., as
Henry VIIL, 238 and n. ; " Head of
a GirL" by, 239 ; _" Charity," " Faith "
and " Justice," pictures by, 246
21

322

The Farington Diary

Reynolds, J. R., 162
 , S. W., 119, 174
Rhaber (a German Artist), 263
Rhodes, Miss Anna Cecilia, 2248
 , Cecil, 2248
 , Christopher (of Chatham), 224s
— ¦ — , Ebenezer, 109
RhSne, The, 43
Riby Grove, Lincolnshire, 1648
Richards, Mr. (father of the R.A. Secre
tary), 253
 , John Inigo, R.A. (Secretary to R.A.),
130, 167-8, 179, 189, 242, 252-3, 264
and s. ; sends a rude letter to Faring
ton, 227
Richardson, Mr., 31
Richmond, Charles, 2nd Duke of, 1488.,
2588
 , Charles, 3rd Duke of, 149, 258-g ;
notice of, 258B
 , Charles, 4th Duke of, 1268
 , Charlotte, Duchess of, 126s
 , Mary, Duchess of, 2588., 25gs
 , 267 (6S
 House, 258B., 259B
 Park, 237
Riddell, Mrs., 135
Rigaud, John Francis, R.A., 177, 189
" Rights of Man, The," by Tom Paine, 174
Riou, Lieutenant Edward, 1998
Rivals, The, by Sheridan, 51s
RivenhaU, Essex, i66b
Robarts, Lubbock & Co. (Bankers), i88b.,
'¦"I 27 1 8
Robert (Lawrence's servant), 242
Roberts, Rev. Thomas, i88b., 271B
 , Mrs. T., i88b., 271s
Robespierre, MaximiUen Francois, 30,
33B., 38s., 198, 212-3, 215; Carlyle's
description of his execution, 12s. ;
David, the artist, and, 26-7 and 8. ;
Masquerier's story of the death of,
213s., 214 ; and Madame TaUien, ib
Rochambeau, D. M. J. de Vimeur, Vis-
comte de, 205-6 ; notice of, 205s
 , J. B. D. de Vimeur, Comte de, 205
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 253
 , 271
Rodmarton, near Cirencester, 156s
Rogers, Samuel, 33B., 34, 36S.-7, 50, 52-56,
70, 105s., 117, 125, 132 and n., 239,
•246, 278 and b. ; " Table Talk of,"
by Dyce, 1058
 , Miss Sarah, 246, 278 and n
Roland, Madame, 12b., 33s., '418
Rolla, The, 273
" RoUiad, The," 938., 133 and n
RoUin, Charles, Statue of, 47

Rome, 14, 29, 32s., 64, 67s., 76, 120B.,
141, 158, 161, 167W., 181, 191, 1958.,
1968., 2108., 263, 274s., 286B. ;
women of, 223
Romney, George, 105, 2588. ; Hayley's
poem addressed to, 99 ; his art, 141 ;
Hayley's " Life of," ib., 266 ; portraits
of the Stephenson Family, 269s. ;
portrait of S. Boddington, 278,2
 , Rev. John, 105
Rooke, Mr. (of Langham HaU), in
 , Mr. (a Midshipman), 273
 , Mrs., 273
Roscius, Young (W. H. W. Betty), 285-6,
288 ; notice of 2858., 2868
Rose, Dr. (of Chiswick), 107
 , Mrs. (wife of Dr. Rose), 107
 Inn, Sittingbourne, 271
Rosemary Topping, 151
Ross, near Gloucester, 149-51
Rossi, John C. F., R.A., 80, 92, 157, 270
Rossini, Gioacchino, 418
Rossmore, Henry Robert, 3rd Lord, 2308
 , Lady, 230 and n
Rotterdam, 183B
RoubiUac, Louis Francois, 78 and 8
Rouen, 48., 11, 57-8, 92
Rousseau, Theodore, 13
Royal Academy. See Academy, Royal
 Exchange, 229B
 Institution, 197 and s., 262
 Society, 101s., 1588., 2348., 254
 Society of Arts, 158s
Rubari, Prince Buttera de, 277B
Rubens, Peter Paul, 94, 225, 275 ; " The
Chateau de Steen," by, 102 and n., 132,
189 ; picture of Lyons, by, 228
Rumford, Benjamin Thomson, Count, 197 ;
notice of, ib. n
 , Countess, 197B
Russell, John, R.A., 73
 Square, 75s
Russia, 191
Ruysdael, Picture by, 139
Ryder, Thomas, 181
Ryves, Anthony Thomas, 254B
 , Mrs., 254s
" Sabine Women," picture by David, 17
Sadler's Wells, 70
St. Anne's Church, Soho, 1998
 Anne's HiU, 24s
 Asaph, Bishop of. See Horsley, Dr.
Samuel
" St. Athanasius's Creed Explained for
the Advantage of Youth," by Mrs.
John Serres, 254s
 Bride's, Fleet Street, 11 is
 CeciUa, 234s

Index

323

St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, 2858
 Clair [or Sinclair], Miss Emily, 240
 Clement Danes Church, 234s
 Cloud, 70
 David's, Bishop of. See Squire, Dr.
Samuel
 Denis, Paris, 5
 Domingo, 205 and b., 206
 Fal, M. (French Actor), 50
 George's Chapel, Windsor, 1628., 172,
243, 281 ; West's pictures in, 170,
243, 280 ; Wyatt and the alterations
to, 243
 George's, Hanover Square, Church,
2748
 George's Parochial Corps, 1 14
 Germains, near Paris, 2408
 Ives, 80
 James' Chapel, 219, 224, 247 ; story
of, 224s
 James's Church, Piccadilly, 224B
 James's Gardens, Hampstead Road,
2248
 James's Park, 179
 James's Place, 2258
 James's Square, 80
 James's Volunteers, 114, 160
" St. Jerome," by Corregio, 136
" St. JuUan," a Novel by Mrs. John
Serres, 2548
 Leonard's, Shoreditch, 2498
 Luke's Academy, Rome, 678
 Martin's Church, Birmingham, i88b
 Martin's Lane, 78 and 8. ; an Acad
emy in, 88
 Michael's, CornwaU, 1028
 Pancras, 1 1 1 and n., 263
 Pancras Volunteers, 141, 161-2
 Paul's Cathedral, 115, 116, 120, 157,
266 and b., 267B
 Paul's Church Yard, 35, 195
 Peter's, near Broadstairs, 1328
 Peter's Church, near Broadstairs, 271
" St. Peter Martyr," by Titian, 23, 63, 79
 Petersburg, 143-4
 Saviour's, Fitzroy Square, iiib
 Saviour's, Southwark, no
" St. Ursula," by Claude, 117*
 Vincent, John Earl, 87
SaUsbury, Emily Mary, Marchioness of, 242
 , 239
 Cathedral, 217
Salt, Henry, F.R.S., "Life of," by J.
HaUs, 18
Saltram, Devon, 158 and n
Salusbury, Rev. Lynch, 251, 263
 , Sarah, Dowager Lady, 251, 263
 , Thelwal, 263
VOL. II.

Salvator Rosa, 14
Samson (Robespierre's Executioner), 12b
Sandwell, 287
Sandwich, Edward, 2nd Earl of, 138s
Sanford, Rev. J., Letter from, 136s
Sadne, The River, 43
Saunders, George, 82
Savoyard Girl, A, 3
Saxony, The Elector of, 264
Schaffhausen, 44, 88
Scheemakers, Peter, 75
Scindia, 262
Scotland, 44, 49, 77, 126s., 141B., 148,
188s., 219, 2858
 , Highlands of, yy, 139
 Yard, 93
Scott, Mr. (son of Claude Scott), 145
 , Mrs. (nee Armstrong), 145
 , Claude, 145
 , John. See Eldon, John, ist Earl of
 , Sir Walter, 1268., 141s., 182B., 207s.,
2338. ; his letter to R. Dundas about
the Edinburgh Theatre, 230B
 , Sir WiUiam (afterwards Lord StoweU),
256 and s
Scott-Waring, Major John. See Waring,
Major John Scott-
Scott-Waring, Mrs. (third wife of Major
Scott-Waring). See Esten, Mrs
Scott-Waring, Mrs. (second wife of Major
Scott-Waring). See Hughes, Miss
Maria
Scudamore, Miss Frances. See Norfolk,
Frances, Duchess of
 Estates, Gloucestershire, 155
Sculpture, Tax on Foreign, no
Seaford, Charles, ist Lord. See EUis,
Charles Rose, M.P
 , Lady. See EUis, Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth
See, R. R. M. " Masquerier and his Circle,"
by, 38s
Seine, Washing on the, 17
Senior, L. H., Letter from, 12s
" Serpent Attacking an Arab on Horse
back," by James Ward, R.A., 207, 225
Serres, Dominic, R.A. 2538
 , John Thomas, 72, 253 ; notice of,
253B
 , Mrs. John, 253 ; notice of, 253B.,
254s
 , Miss Lavinia. See Ryves, Mrs
Seyes [Sieyes], L'Abbe, 39, 40
Seymour, Miss, 275
Shaddick, J. G., Ben MarshaU's portrait
of, 2 1 78
Shakespeare, 50, 72, 211, 255s., 285s
Sharp, William, 178, 196, 278
Sharpe, Sutton, 17, 21, 34-5, 61, 71, 74, 175
21*

324

The Farington Diary

Shee, Sir Martin Archer, P.R.A., 28, 31,
33»-> 34, 48, 5°, 63, 66, 69, 73, 79, 92,
94, 97, io5, 122, 127, 168, 245-6,
264-5 i his art, 96, 222, 225-6, 237 ;
portrait of Earl of Moira, 220, 222,
227 ; portrait of Earl Spencer, 220,
222 ; portrait of Mrs. Pope as " Ophe
lia," 226-7, 237 ; portrait of " A
Lady as Hebe," 227
Shelburne, WiUiam, 2nd Earl of. See
Lansdowne, WiUiam, ist Marquess of
SheUey, Samuel (Miniature painter), 207-8
" Shepherd's Boy," by Gainsborough, 79
Sherbrooke, Colonel John C. (afterwards
General Sir John C. Sherbrooke), 210
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 75, 81, 83, 88,
101, 105, 107, 118, 186, 193, 235, 256,
276 ; his receipts from Drury Lane
Theatre, 186 ; and Mrs. Jordan, 193 ;
his duel with Matthews, 193-4 ;
appointed receiver of the Revenues of
CornwaU, 194
 , Mrs. (wife of R. B. Sheridan), 118,
193-4
 , Tom (son of R. B. Sheridan), 186
Sheriff Court, London, 1998
Sheriff's Expenses while in office, no
Ship Tavern, Greenwich, 254
Shirley, Miss, 249
Shobdon Court, Herefordshire, 166 and s
Shoreditch, 249B
Shum, George (of Bedford Square), 187-8
Siberia, 144
Siddons, Mrs., 136s., 186, 2078., 221s.,
z35, 2858. ; Lawrence's portrait of,
198, 206, 221 and s., 222, 226 ; her
husband's settlement, 254 ; and
Lawrence, ib. ; and a young Irish
man, 265
 , WiUiam, 186, 254
 , The two Miss, 254
Sidmouth, Viscount. See Addington,
Henry
Sime, Sidney, 5 is
Simmonds, Mr. (a West Indian), 201
 , Mrs. 201
Simmons, Dr. Samuel Foart, 252
Simpkin, Mr. (of the Crown and Anchor),
. 2?4"5
Sinclair, Major, 77
Sittingbourne, 271
Sizergh, 269s
Slaughter, Thomas, 788
Slaughter's Coffee House, Old, 78 and n
SmaU-pox, Inoculation for, 138s
Smart, Sir George, 125B., 2248
Smelt, Mr., 171
Smirke, Mr. (father of Robert), 138

Smirke, Miss Mary, 68
 , Richard, 63
 , Robert, R.A., 32, 68, 73-4, 75, 79-80,
82-3, 97, '22, 168, 177, 181, 192,
220-1, 226, 229, 238-9, 263, 280 ;
his early Ufe, 138-9 ; elected to the
Keepership of the R.A., 189, 216 ;
his opinion of Farington's work, 206,
225 ; and the R.A. Dinners, 239
 , Sir Robert, R.A, 21-3, 30, 46, 578.,
64-5
Smith, Mr. (an Under Equerry), 235
 , Mr. (of Pierce-field House), 154
 , Mr. (SoUcitor to the Board of
Ordnance), 79
 , Miss. See CadeU, Mrs., junr
 , Miss. See Este, Mrs
 , Abel, 269B
 , Adam, 212s
 , Hon. Catherine Lucy. See Mahon,
Lady
 , George, 66, 115
 , G. Barnett, 2338
 , Sir Robert, 24
 , Robert John. See Carrington,
Robert John
 , Robert. See Carrington, Robert,
ist Lord
 , Tom (of The News), 287
 , WiUiam, M.P., 234, 264
— ¦ — , Payne & Co., 2698
Smith's Boarding House, Cheltenham,
146-7
Smythe, Miss Maria Anne. See Fitz
herbert, Mrs
Soane, Mr. (brother of Sir John Soane), 97
 , Sir John, R.A., 80, g2, 97, 107,
167B., 168-9, '79, 2°o, 218-9
 , Lady, 225
Sobieski, Princess, 2348
Society of Artists, igi«, 248s
Socrates, no, 214
Soho, 84, 199B
 Square, 75, 204
Solihull, Warwickshire, i88b
Somerset House, 221, 225B, 228s
Somers Town, London, 183s
" Son of God creating a Universe,"
ascribed to da Vinci, 267B $
Soot collected in London, Value of, 91
Sophia Matilda, Princess (daughter of
2nd Duke of Gloucester), 63
 , Princess (daughter of George III.),
184
Sotheby, WilUam, 132, 207 ; notice of, ib. n
Southampton, 286s
Southey, Robert, 207s., 210
Spain, 125s., 138s

Index

325

Spanish Main, The, 838, 236s
Spectator, The, 236s
" Speech of Adam to his Creator," by
John Milton, 211
Speke Hall, Lancashire, 268s
Spencer, Lord Charles, 156
 ; Lady Di. See Beauclerk, Lady EH
 , George John, 2nd Earl, portrait by
Shee, 220, 222
 ,• Lord Robert, 82
Spitalfields, 76
Spithead, 272
Sporting Magazine, The, 2178
Squire, Samuel (son of Bishop of St.
David's), 158
 , Dr., Samuel, Bishop of St. David's,
158
Stael, Madame de, 41s., 84s., 117B
Stafford, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 242
 , George Granville, 2nd Marquess of,
(afterwards ist Duke of Sutherland),
72, 97, 241, 244, 270
 , Louisa, Marchioness of, 72
 Street, 253
Staffordshire, 135s., 181, 196, 245
Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl, 102
 , PhiUp, 5th Earl, 2698
 , PhiUp Henry, 4th Earl. See Mahon,
PhiUp Henry, Lord
 Street, 2688
Stanmore Priory, 83
Stanley, Colonel Edward Smith, M.P.
(afterwards 13th Earl of Derby),
2218. ; Lawrence's portrait of, 221-2
 , Hon. James Smith, drawing of, by
Westall, 246
 , Yorkshire, 251
Steele, Sir Richard, 108, 2368
Steers, James (Lawyer), 158, 269
Stephenson, Edward, 269 ; notice of, ib. n
 , Mrs. Edward, 269B
 , Rowland, M.P., 269 and n
 , Mrs. Rowland, 269s
Stern, Ernst, 51s
Stevens, Rev. Mr., 219
StirUng, Sergeant, 77
" Stoke Park," picture by Farington, 206
" Stonbyers Lynn, A view of," by WilUam
Daniell, R.A., 216
Stone, John Hurlford, 33B., 34
Stonehenge, 209
Store Street, 758
Stothard, Thomas, R.A., 71
Stoughton Grange, Leicestershire, 1828
Stowe House, 276
Strafford, Alice, Countess,Letter from, 1378
 , Thomas, ist Earl of, 153B
Strand, The, 79, 250B

" Stranger in France, The ; or, a Tour
from Devonshire to Paris," by Sir
John Carr, 195s
Strasbourg, 44, 222, 2738
Strickland, Charles, 2698
 , Miss Mary. See Stephenson, Mrs.
Edward
Strype, John, 2348
Stuart, Prince Charles Edward, 248s
 , Dan (of the Morning Post), 84s. ;
sells the Morning Post to the Govern
ment, 158, 250
 Gilbert (Portrait Painter), 68
Stubbs, George, A.R.A., 186, 196, 217s
Sublakoof, General, 143-4
Submarine, Robert Fulton's invention,
102-3, 104
Suffolk, 188
SuUy, M. de B., Due de, Statue of, 47
Sun, The, 89, 234-5, 286B., 287
SunderUn, Lady, 257 and s
Sunning-Hill, near Ascot, 133, 286s
Surrey, 120s, 154
Sussex, Augusta, Duchess of. See Murray,
Lady Augusta
 , Augustus Frederick, Duke of, his
marriage to Lady Augusta Murray,
274s
 , 1258
Swansea, 226
Sweden, 143s
Swinburne, Mr. (brother to Sir John
Swinburne), 251
 , Miss, 268s
 , A. C. (the Poet), 251
 , Henry (" The Traveller "), 268b
 , Sir John (grandfather to the Poet),
. 25J
Swiss Guards, Massacre of the, 18, 38B
Switzerland, 43-4, 64, 87-8, 96, 99, 1998.,
203 ; Government of, 175
Sydney Street, 64B
Table Bay, 199s
" Table Talk of Samue 1 Rogers," by
A. Dyce, 1058
Tabley, John B. L., 3rd Lord de, 240B
 , John Fleming, ist Lord de. See
Leicester, Sir John Fleming
Taddy, Mr. (of the Temple), 172 and 8
" Taking of the Galleon by Lord Anson's
Squadron " (picture), 69
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de,
87, 1 1 78
TalUen, J. L., 39, 52 ; Masquerier's story
of, 213-4; notice of, 213s
 , Madame, 213-4
Talma, Francois Joseph (French Actor),
8, n, 50-1

326

The Farington Diary

Talma, Madame, 41B
Tamworth, Robert SewaUis, Viscount,
249 and 8
TankervUle Family, The, 55
Taplow, 246, 283
Tassaert, M. (father of P. J. Tassaert),
264
 , PhiUp Joseph, 264
Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 253
Taylor, John (formerly an Editor of the
Morning Post), 89, 235, 286-7 i con
versation with Farington, 183 ; his
share in the Sun newspaper, 234 ; his
criticism of the R.A. Exhibition, 236 ;
his story of star actors, 2858
 , John (Marine and Landscape Painter),
192 and b
Telamaque in Calypso, Ballet, 16
Tempest, John, 150B
 , Mrs. John. See Townshend, Miss
Anne
Temple, Hon. Mrs., 2298
 , Lord Richard (afterwards ist Duke
of Buckingham), 276
 , The, 108, 172, 265
Templemore, Arthur, ist Lord, i66s
Templetown, Lady, Lawrence's portrait
of, 222
Teniers, 264
Tenth Dragoons, 207B
Teodoro, Duca di San, 120B
Thatched House Tavern, 257 and 8
Theatre, Art of, 50s., 5 is
TheUuson, Charles (Banker), 222
 , Mrs. C, Lawrence's portrait of,
222
TheUusson, Peter, 127
Thellussons, The, in, 127
Thelwall, John, 260B
Theocritus, 132 and n
" Theory of Moral Sentiments," by
Adam Smith, 2128
Thomas, Captain, 264
Thomas's, Dover Street, 2578
Thomlinson, Mr., 135
Thomond, Marchioness of, 116, 186-7, 238,
246 ; and a statue of Reynolds, 115-6,
248-9
 , Marquess of, 125, 186-8, 238-9,
24«, 257, 283 _
Thompson, Benjamin. See Rumford,
Count
Thomson, Mr. (PrintseUer), 196
 , Henry, R.A., 95, 175, 198, 205, 222,
251, 261, 282, 286 ; portrait of Emily
St. Clair [or Sinclair], 240
Thrale, Miss, 228s
Thurlow, Miss. See Browne, Mrs

Thurlow, Edward, Lord, 62, 83, 89, 93,
108 ; Lawrence's portrait of, 83, 89,
94-6, 100, 158, 246 ; notice of, 93B
Thurston, John, 72
Tierney, George, 80-1, 231
Tilburgh [Tilborsh], E., 264
Times, The, 38, 176
Tintern, 153
 Abbey, 153 ; poem on, by Words
worth, 207
Tintoretto, 14
Tippoo Sahib, 1268
Titchfield, WiUiam Henry, Marquess of
(afterwards 4th Duke of Portland),
109, 124
Titian, 14, 20, 32, 157,159; "St. Peter
Martyr," by, 23, 63, 79 ; " Portrait
of His Mistress," 32s. ; portrait of
Cardinal Hippolyte de Medici, ib. ;
" Bacchus and Ariadne," by, 284
TivoU, Italy, 64
Tollemache, Admiral, 120B
 , Miss Selina. See Locke, Mrs.
(wife of Captain WilUam Locke) - •-><
Tomkins, Peltro WilUam (Engraver), 233s j
TomUne, Right Rev. Sir George Pretyman,
164 ; notice of, ib. n
 , Marmaduke, 164 and b
 , Lady Pretyman, 164 and n
Tooke, Home, 260B
Topham, Captain Edward, 24s, 236
 , John (Antiquary), 139
Torbay, 93
Torcia, Signor, 34-5
Tottenham Court Road, iiib
Toulmin, Mr. See TomUne, Marmaduke
Tower of London, 838., 173 ; " Murder
of the Children in the," picture by
Northcote, 79 ; records in the, 1 568.,
173-4, 182, 249, 287
Towne, Francis, 108, 259
Town MaUing, 258
Townshend, Anne, Marchioness of, 200B
 , Miss Anne, 150 and s
 , Charles, 3rd Viscount, 150B
 , Right Honourable Charles, 1 50 ;
notice of, 150B
 , George, 1st Marquess, 79
Trafalgar Square, 22 is
" Tragedy and Comedy," Reynolds' pic
ture, 91
Tralee, Kerry, 278s
" Transfiguration, The," by Raphael, 195
and s., 246
" Traveller, The." See Swinburne, Henry
" Travels through Portugal and Spain,"
by Richard Twiss, 183s
Treasury, The, 99, no, 173

Index

327

Tresham, Henry, R.A., 73, 99, 167, 196
Trevies, Mr., 62
Trianon, Great, 27
 , Petit, 27
" Trip to Paris in July and August, 1792,"
by Richard Twiss, 183s
" Trivia," by John Gay, 2348
Troward, Mr. (Picture Dealer), 267 and s
Truchesis, Count, his Collection of Pic
tures, 137-8
True Briton, The, 89, 234
Trumbull, John (Secretary to John Jay,
American Ambassador), 134, 245
Truro, Thomas, Lord. See Wilde, Sir
Thomas
 , 2848
Trye, Dr. Charles Brandon, F.R.S., 156
and 8
 , Mrs. (nee Lysons), 156, 225
Tuffin, Mr., 175
Tuileries, 8, 17, 19, 28, 30, 38s., 70, 1368.,
2138. ; Napoleon reviews troops at
the, 7, 52-5 ; King's escape from, 18 ;
Palace of the Tribunate at, ib. ;
Napoleon's apartments in, 19-20
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne,
Vicomte de, 16
Turk's Head, Greek Street, 2578
Turks, The Massacre of the, 130
Turner, J. M. W., R.A., 43, 45, 49-50,
63, 65, 67, 74, 92, 94, 98, 119, 122,
174, 189, 221, 225-7, 229, 238, 283 ;
and Switzerland, 43-4 ; " Calais Pier,"
72, 93, 95-7, 219, 270 ; his art, 75,
86, 93-7, 97"-, 99"IO°, I57> 216, 219,
225, 236, 239 ; to exhibit in his own
house, 208, 229 ; prices for his pic
tures, 240
 , Colonel Tomkyns Hilgrove (after
wards General Sir T. H. Turner), 123
Twentieth Regiment, 2588
Twenty-eighth Regiment, 166
Twickenham, 278
Twiss, Francis, 1838
 , Richard, 183 ; notice of, ib. n
 , Mrs. Richard. See Kemble, Fanny
Tyler William, R.A., 179 and n
Tyrol, The, 157
Tyrrell, Lieutenant-General F. H., Letter
from, 229B.-2308
United States. See America
Unwin, Mrs. Mary, 108
Upper Ossory, John, ist Earl of, 1048
Vancouver, Captain George, 199M
Vandeput, Captain (R.N.), 119
Van der Meulen, Adam Frans, his pic
tures in the Tuileries, 19
Vanderneer, 236

Vandevelde, W., 72, 219, 239
Vandyck, 32 and s., 170; portrait of
Cardinal Bentivoglio, 32 and 8
Vanhove, Charles Joseph, 50
Vanlo, Carlo, 222
Vansittart, Mr. (Secretary to the Treasury),
?9, V0
Vasari, Giorgio, 74
Vatican GaUery, The, 246
Vauxhall Gardens, 22
Venice, 181 ; Bank of, 160
" Venus," by James Barry, R.A., 75
 , Cruel sports of, 36B
" Venus soUciting Armour for her Son,"
picture by Mrs. A. Noel, 224-5 and n
 de Medici (Statue), 29, 37
Verdun, 137s
Vernet, Carlo, 73
 , Claude Joseph, 73
— ¦ — , Madame, 212s
Veronese, Paul, 246
Verrio, Antonio, 71
Versailles, 48., 70
Vevey, Lake of, Switzerland, 203-4
Vicenza, 136-78
" Vicissitudes Abroad, or the Ghost of
My Father," a novel by Miss A. M.
Bennett, 230s
Victoria, Queen, 23 IB
 and Albert Museum, 50s., 518., 280B.,
2868
Vienna, 138, 175 ; description of, 261
and s
Vienne [Viennet], Jean P. G., 29, 3 5
Vigo Lane, 188
VilUers, George Child, Lord (afterwards
5th Earl of Jersey), 232 ; notice of, 2318
 , Sarah Sophia, Lady (afterwards
Countess of Jersey), 231-2; notice
of, 23 18
Vincent, Francois Andre, 29, 34-5, 38s.,
74, 178
 , Madame, 29, 34-5, 43
Vinci, Leonardo da, 267 ; pictures
ascribed to, ib. n
Vine Street, 75
Visconti, Ennio Q., 16
" Vision of Columbus," by Joel Barlow,
33»
Volney, Mademoiselle, 50-1
Voltaire, Francois M. A., 13
Wade Mr. (of Dunmow), 201-2
Wakefield, Daniell, 175
Wales, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Princess
of, 91, 97, 158, 220, 242 and s., 282
and s
 , Edward, Prince'of (Henry VI.'s son),
287

328

The Farington Diary

Wales, George Augustus Frederick, Prince
of (afterwards George IV.), 56, 62,
83, 96s., 97, 121B., 124B., 126, 158,
171, 174, 176s., 186, 194, 202, 234,
238, 242, 248, 255-6, 259, 270, 284B.,
287 and b. ; and Mrs. Fitzherbert,
62, 242s. ; and Lady Jersey, 120-1,
2428. ; offers himself for military
service, 139-40 ; entertains Ma
hommed Bey al-Alfi, 163s. ; attends
R.A. dinner, 233-4 ; and Mrs. John
Serres, 254B ; and Mrs. Walker's
Routs, 267. See also George IV
 , North, 64
 , South, 64
Wales's, Prince of, Coffee House, 108
Walker, Mrs. Alethia (wife of Richard
Walker, junr.), her great London
Routs, 267 ; notice of, 268s
 , Miss Elizabeth, 268s
 , John, 268s
•  , Richard, senr., 268b
 , Mrs. Richard, senr., 268b
 , Richard, junr. (of Liverpool), 267-8 ;
notice of, 268s
 , WilUam (Artist), 32-3
Walker-Hungerford, George. See Hunger-
ford, George Walker-
Walker-Hungerford, Miss Henrietta Maria
Anne. See Crewe, Mrs. John, junr
Walmer Castle, 159
Walpole, Horace, 115s., 2588., 2598.,
266s. ; Letter fb'Tvfiss Mary Berry,
126s ; " Historic Doubts," by, 287
Walsingham, Thomas, 6th Lord, 120B
Walton, Mr., 104
 , Mrs., 104
Wapping, 1 88s., 277
 Dock Committee, 80
War, The Great, iob., 242s
Warbeck, Perkin, 287
Ward, Miss. See Chalon, Mrs. H. B
 , Miss. See Morland, Mrs
 , E. M., R.A., 64s
 , Mrs. E. M., 64B
 , James, R.A., 64 and b., 174, 189-90,
207-8, 225 and s., 226, 229 ; his pic
ture " A Serpent attacking an Arab
on Horseback," 207, 225 ; his process
of painting, 218 ; Farington removes
from the R.A. a landscape by, 225
and 8
 , Sir Leslie, 648
Wardour Castle, 259-61
Wardrop, J. C, an extract from his
Grandfather's Diary, 97s
Wards, The Miss, 64s
Waring, Major John Scott-, 230s

War Office, 173
Warsaw, 277
Warwick, George, 2nd Earl of, 228, 253
 , 136, 253s
 Castle, 228
Warwickshire, i88b
Washington, George, 31B
" Watery Eye, A," West's observation on,
184
Watson, Henry (Surgeon), 2028
 and Miers, of Preston, 146-7
Watt, Richard, 268b
 , Richard (nephew of above), 2688
Watteau, Jean A., 75
" Wealth of Nations, The," by Adam
Smith, 2 1 2s
Webb, George, 238
Webber, Mr., 159
Welbeck, 109
Weld, Edward (of Lulworth Castle), 242s
 , Mrs. See Fitzherbert, Mrs
WeUesley, Richard, Marquess, 262
WeUington, Arthur, ist Duke of, 197s.,
267B
WeUs, Mr. (a West Indian Merchant),
94, 154
 , Mrs., 94, 154
 , Miss, 154
Welsh Hills, The, 149
Wenlock Abbey, 64
Wensleydale, Lord. See Parke, Sir James
Wentworth, Lady Anne, 153B
 , Thomas. See Strafford, ist Earl of
Wesley, S. S., 224s
West, Benjamin, P.R.A., 7, 9, 17, 21, 37-8,
43, 45, 48, 54, 63, 73, 75, 88, 90, 92-4,
96, 98-9, 113, 118, 121-2, 130, 157,
167 and b., 168 and n., 170-1, 174,
176-80, 182-3, l89, '93-4, I96"7, J99,
216, 218-9, 222, 225-7, 229, 233,
241-3, 244-6, 258s., 262, 264, 272s.,
282 ; notice of, 177s. ; introduced to
Napoleon, 31 ; gives public dinner
in Paris, 33 and s., 34-5 ; and salaries
at the R.A., 66 ; and Presidency of
the R.A., 67, 168, 177s. ; speaks on
EngUsh and French Schools of Art, 73 ;
charged with sending a previously
exhibited picture to the R.A., 92,
168 and B., 216, 226 ; and Fulton's
submarine, 103-4 j his opinion on
Napoleon, 104 ; and George III.,
118, 121-2, 130-2, 134, 167-8, 170-2,
177 and rt., 178-9, 192-3, 197, 216,
243,281-2,287; and Queen Charlotte,
170-2 ; his pictures in St. George's
Chapel, 170, 243, 280 ; elected a
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329

West — continued.
Institute, 178 ; paints by lampUght,
190 ; gives evidence in the Copley-
KnatchbuU case, 196-7; his portrait
of WilUam Penn, 220 ; as a critic,
219, 221-2, 226, 243; "Phaeton"
by, 227 ; and art in America, 245
 , Mrs. (wife of the P.R.A.), 88, 92, 134
 , B., junr., 34
 , Ralph, 113
Westall, Richard, R.A., 95, 141 and n.,
230-1, 235, 245-6, 272B. ; his income,
238
 , WilUam, A.R.A., 272B., 273
WesterhaU, Dumfriesshire, 125B
Western, Miss Sarah. See Hanbury, Mrs.
WiUiam
 , WilUam, i66b
 , Mrs. W., 1 66b
Westgate-on-Sea, 277
West Ham, Distillery at, 188
 Hatch, Dorset, 240B
 Indies, 201, 239, 267, 2688
Westmacott, Sir Richard, R.A., 167, 201,205
Westminster, 968., iiib
 Abbey, 80, 100, 120, 126s., 2578.,
266s., 283
" Westminster Bridge," poem by Words
worth, 210
 Cavalry, 162
 Hall, 126s., 1728., 259 ; Peltier's trial
at, 83-5
 Hospital, 2028
 School, 138B., 1658., 2588
Westmorland, John Fane, 10th Earl of,
23 ib. ; story of his wedding with
Miss Child, 23 ib
 , Sarah Anne, Countess of, 23 IB. ;
story of her wedding with the Earl of
Westmorland, 231 8
 , 172B., 207
Weston, Northamptonshire, 108
Weymouth, 115, 165B., 252, 282
Whaley, Rev. T. (of Bath), 155
 , Mrs. T. See Heathcote, Mrs. Anne
Wheatley, Francis, R.A., 63, 75s., 226s
 , Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. A. Pope), 63,
75, 2268., 267 ; notice of, 758
Wheatley s, The Miss, 75
Whinfield, Mr. (Hatter), 76
 , Mr. (Attorney), 76
 , Rev. Dr., 76
Whitbread, Samuel, senr., 119
 , Samuel, junr. (Brewer and Politician),
81, 107, 119, 234 and 8
Whitby, Yorkshire, 88
White Ant, The, 115
Whitechapel, A Baker in, 133

Whitefoord, Caleb, 196
Whitehall, 258B
" White Horse," by James Ward, R.A., 648
Whitley and Paine, 79
Whittington Club, The, 2348
Whitworth, Charles, Earl (Ambassador at
Paris), 87, 99 ; Napoleon's attack on,
136 and s., 137 and 8
Wigton, 138
Wigtownshire, 126B
Wilberforce, William, 65, 81
Wilde, Sir Thomas (afterwards Lord
Truro), 274s
Wilkie, Sir David, 2358. ; " Pitlessie Fair,"
by, 235«
Wilkinson, Norman, 5 is
Willes, Lord Chief Justice, 1828
— ¦ — , John, 1 8 28
 , Miss Margaret. See Beaumont, Lady
Willette, M., 6b
WilUam III., King of England, 280
 IV., 185B., 228s
WiUiams, Captain, 187-8
 , Miss Cecilia, 15, 33s
 , Charles, 3 38
 , Miss Helen Maria, 6, 15, 34, 36-7,
38B. ; notice of, 33s
 , Mrs. John, Lawrence's portrait of, 222
WiUis, Mr. (of the Thatched House Tavern),
257 • • ,
 , Rev. Dr. Francis, 171, 232 ; notice of,
171B
 , Dr. John, 171 and n
 , Professor Robert, 171B
 , Dr. Robert Darling, 171s
Willoughby, Miss, 287
Wilmot, Dr. James (rector of Barton-on-
Heath), 2548
 , Miss OUve. See Serres, Mrs. John
 , Robert (father of Mrs. John Serres),
253 and 8
Wilson, Mr. (an Irishman), 1 50
 , Miss, 263
 -, Benjamin, 1918
— ¦ — , Captain John (afterwards General Sir
John Wilson), 88
 , Lestock, 262
 , Richard, R.A., 788., 92, 114, 157-8,
170, 192, 243, 253, 269 ; " Maecenas'
Villa " by, 90 ; his " Daylight," 159
 , Richard (of Tyrone), 1 508
 , Mrs. Richard. See Townshend,
Miss Anne
 , Robert, 150
Wilton, Joseph, R.A., 67
 , Thomas, ist Earl of, 149
 Castle, 149, 151
Wiltshire, 259

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Winchester, 164B
 , Bishop of. See North, Brownlow
 School, 274
WindcUff HiU, 154
Windham, Mrs. Sarah, 81
 , Miss, 81
 , William, 65, 78, 80, 97, 101, 104, 114,
117, 128 and ft., 129, 192, 231 ;
thinks war not so bad as peace, 78 ;
makes provision for his relatives, 81 ;
lends Cobbett £4,000, 97, 129 ; his
portrait by Hoppner, 78, 101, 117, 132,
162 ; Pitt on, 181
 , Colonel WilUam (father of the
Statesman), 81
Windhamites, The, 237
Windsor, iiib., 163-4, 167, 170
 Castle, 74, 121, 130, 162B., 164, 170- 1,
174-7, 183, i88b., 216, 252, 262,
280-2 ; Winchester Tower at, 162s
 Castle Inn, 178
 Park, 98
Winter, Admiral de, S. Drummond's
picture of Admiral Duncan receiving
the Sword of, 248s
Wolcot, Dr. (Peter Pindar), 91, 239, 253
Wolf, Baron (Danish Minister), 158
Wolfe, Rev. Mr., 127
Wolsey, Cardinal, 280
Wood, Colonel Sir Mark, 94, 154, 244
WoodfaU, Henry Sampson, 24B
Woodforde, Mary, Letter from, 132B
 , Samuel, R.A., 64, 218, 227
Woodward, WilUam, F.R.I.B.A., Letters
from, 57s., 266B
Wootton, John, 90 and s
Worcester, 278
 ¦ Mail, 145
Wordsworth, John (father of the Poet), 230
 , WiUiam, 172, 182s., 207 and s.,
210, 218, 230
Work-Basket Poet. See Hayley, WiUiam
Works, The Board of, 93
Worksop, 109
World, The, 24s
Woronzow, Mile. See Catherine, Coun
tess of Pembroke
 , Count, 277s
Worsley, 72s
 ColUeries, 72s
Wortley, Lady Mary. See Montagu, Lady
Mary Wortley
 Edward. See Montagu, Edward
Wortley, senr

WraxaU, Sir Nathaniel WilUam, 2698
Wren, Sir Christopher, " Life of," by James
Elmes, 266s. ; proposed monument
to, 266 and 8., 2678
 , Christopher (son of Sir Christopher
Wren), 266s
Wrexham, 125B
Wrotham Park, Middlesex, 153B
Wyatt, James, R.A., 67, 92, 97B., 162B.,
167 and 8., 170, 178, 180, 183, 193,
197, 207, 217-8, 243, 259, 280, 282
 , Sir Jeffry. See WyatviUe, Sir J
 , Joseph, 162s
— — , Samuel, 162s., 259
WyatviUe, Sir Jeffry, 162 ; notice of, ib. n
Wye, The, Farington's tour on, 138s.,
145-56
Wyndham, Miss Frances. See Burrell,
Lady
 , Mrs.,_i59, 215
Wynn-Carrington, Charles Robert. See
Lincolnshire, Charles Robert, ist
Marquess of
Wynne, Sir Watkin WiUiams, 163
Wynyard, Captain, 210
 , John, 210
X, Mr., 138
Xavier, Madame (Franch Actress), 8
Yale University, 33s
Yankee, Origin of the Name, 113
Yankow Indians, 113
Yarico (an Indian Girl), 23 6b
Yenn, John, R.A., 130, 167, 178, 183-4,
252-3
Yonge, Sir George, 1 14-5 ; notice of, 115s
 , Sir WilUam, 1 1 5s
York, Frederica, Duchess of, 89, ,228s
 , Frederick, Duke of, 77, 107-8, 125,
176B., 194, 228 and s. ; his dispute
with Duke of Kent, 193
 , Richard, Duke of (Edward IV.'s
son), 287
 , !39
Yorke, Charles Philip, 173 and s., 182, 231
— , Mrs. 6. P., 173
 , Mr. PhiUp C, Letter from, 268s
Yorkshire, 88, 104, 251, 269, 281
Young, Professor John, 248
Y.M.C.A., The, 242s
Zaire, a play, 50
Zarnowiec, 33B
Zoffany, Johan, R.A., 86
ZucarelU, g8
Zurich, 46

ERRATA

VOLUME II
P. 34. Tenth name down on right-hand side of page. Dutche should read
Dutetre.
P. 43. Last line. For Soane read Sa6ne.
P. 47. Sixth name down on right-hand side of list of names. For D'Augeseau
read D' Augereau.
P. 68. Dec. 22. For H. Hammond read H. Hamond.
P. 72. Ninth Une. For Thruston read Thurston.
P. 80. Seventh line from bottom. After Lord Hawkesbury read " afterwards
2nd Earl of Liverpool."
P. 97. Second Une from bottom of text. For Reeces read Reeves.
P. 1 14. Fourth line from bottom. For France Dundas read Francis Dundas.
P. 138. Second line of footnote. For son of the 2nd Earl of Sandwich read
nephew of.
P. 165. Second line of footnote. For Marquess of Dalkeith read Earl of.
P. 195. Feb. 27. For Haughton, Senior, read Haughton, the Younger.
P. 226. Footnote. For " second " wife read " third " wife.

VOLUME I
P. 1. In first Une of Footnotes instead of Pope read Walpole, who apparently
changed " library " in Pope's original verse the better to describe the
varied contents of Strawberry Hill.
July 20. " Brother " of Fanny Burney should be " father."
Line 12. Lord Demset's read Pomfret's. Change also in Index.
Nov. 1. Second Une. George Combe should be WilUam Combe.
Dec. 4. Fourth line. According to the D.N.B. George Stevens
died unmarried.
Fifth Une of notes. Delete " And Burke was an executor."
April 21. Third line. ,£6°° should be £100.
Footnote. Fourth line. Delete Mrs. Esten, a widowed actress. Delete
also in Index.
P. 100. June 14. Fourth Une. " JuUana, 5th daughter of 14th Earl of Shrews
bury," should be " JuUana, sister of the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury."
P. 104. Aug. 2. Last Une. Should read " Bacon did not obtain the commission.
Thomas Banks was the successful candidate."
P. 144. Footnote. First Une. Date of Desenfans' death should be 1807.
P. 201. March 20 should be March 26.
P. 202. March 26. Seventh line. Bowles was Oldfield Bowles, of North
Ashton, Oxfordshire. He was a great friend of Sir George Beaumont and,
like him, an amateur artist.
P. 229. Third Une. Major-General George Walpole, 3rd son of the 2nd Lord
Walpole of Wollerton, according to the D.N.B., but Burke states that
he was the 2nd son.

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P. 273. Nov. 3. Fourth Une. Fredenia should be Frederica, and Muir should
be Mure.
P. 310. Lines 3 and 6. For "Pamm-Wood" read "Parr's Wood."
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INDEX
Burns, Robert, add WilUam Gilford's opinion of, p. 157.
Demset, Lord, read Pomfret, Lord, p. 9.
LasceUes, Harry, Viscount, read LasceUes, Henry George Charles, Viscount.
Loraine, Lord, read Lovaine, Lord, p. 320.
Mary, Queen of Scots, add p. 205s.
Metcalfe, Miss Fredenia, read Metcalfe, Miss Frederica, and for Muir read Mure.
Moreau, delete de Saint-Mery, M. L. E., and substitute J. V.
Payne, WilUam, delete architect, and substitute water-colour painter.
Spencer, W. R., instead of p. 300, read p. 292.
Strachey, J. St. Loe, Letter from, instead of p. 1538. read p. 155s.
Thrale, John, read Thrale, Henry.
Wolfe, Death of, instead of p. 43 read p. 42s.

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