Lady Morgan’s Memoirs
Lady Caroline Lamb to Lady Morgan, 27 May 1823
19, St. James’s Square,
May 27th, 1823.
I hope you will not impute it to me that your questions
are not answered; the truth is, I am in the country, enjoying this most
beautiful time of year, and my brother
has written me word that he will make all the inquiries you desire, but how
soon this may be I cannot tell. Lord Cowper
will write down on paper about one only. The two at Panshanger are landscapes
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usual dark, abrupt style. The one at Chiswick,
much larger, is reckoned very fine; there is a famous Belisarius there, but I do not think they know who it is by; the
Soldier in Armour and the old Belisarius are quite beautiful,—can this be a Salvator? The Phryne
you name, has reddish, or rather, yellow hair, and is by no means decent in her
drapery. I never could endure that picture; it is not, I fancy, at Roehampton
now; there was a very fine one there besides, which my brother will name to
you. I must try and see the one you mention; but it is not this month that I
can do anything beside staring at the flowers and trees. All this is very
unsatisfactory, therefore, only consider this letter as a kind of apology for
my delay. You shall hear more soon.
Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
Italian painter whose wild landscapes were much admired by connoisseurs of the
picturesque.
