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ANGELICA KAUFFMANN
Mr. Kuliff, asking about pictures she had dispatched to him nearly a year
ago, in the following terms :—
“ Rome, October, 1795.
“ Dear Sir,—I hope my letter, dated November 18th, has reached your
hand before now. I acknowledged in the same the receipt of my dividend,
paid to me by your orders by our friend Mr. Cavaggi.
“ I had also the pleasure to learn the other day from Mr. Jenkins that the
ships, upon which my pictures were loaded, escaped being taken by the French.
I hope to have this news soon confirmed. With this opportunity I thank you
kindly for your attention and goodness towards me.
“ With my most affectionate compliments to Mrs. Kuliff, I remain, with
the most sincerest estime,
“ Sir,
“ Your most obliged humble servant,
“ Angelica K.-Z.
“ P.S.—It is a very long time, I have not heard from my worthy friend
Mr. Braithwaite. I hope he is well. Should you happen to see him, pray
give him my kindest compliments.”
This letter was accompanied by one from Zucchi, perhaps the last of any
importance he was able to write, and in it he inquired concerning the sale of
his house in John Street, Adelphi, and as to different loans he had made, one
of £600 to Sir Rowland Wynn,1 and another of .£80 to £100 to an Italian artist,
Locatelli, respecting both of which he was becoming anxious. Count Leopold
Stolberg, the poet and artist who had addressed an ode to Angelica, commencing
thus-
“ Immortality embraced thee,
Wisdom was thy teacher,
Aurora baptized thee,”
also speaks in his communication to her of the grave danger and immense
risk in transporting her finished pictures to their different destinations, warning
her that very likely many of them would never reach the place to which they
were addressed, and that there was a fear that the owners would be unable to
send the money for them to her. In another letter she received about this
same time from Mr. Kuliff, he also expressed anxiety lest the interest on money
she had invested in English funds might not be regularly paid, and even if so
paid, how it was to be sent out to her in Italy. The year, therefore, that had
commenced so cheerfully, and with such important orders, did not close in
satisfactory fashion.
1 See details concerning this in a later chapter.
ANGELICA KAUFFMANN
Mr. Kuliff, asking about pictures she had dispatched to him nearly a year
ago, in the following terms :—
“ Rome, October, 1795.
“ Dear Sir,—I hope my letter, dated November 18th, has reached your
hand before now. I acknowledged in the same the receipt of my dividend,
paid to me by your orders by our friend Mr. Cavaggi.
“ I had also the pleasure to learn the other day from Mr. Jenkins that the
ships, upon which my pictures were loaded, escaped being taken by the French.
I hope to have this news soon confirmed. With this opportunity I thank you
kindly for your attention and goodness towards me.
“ With my most affectionate compliments to Mrs. Kuliff, I remain, with
the most sincerest estime,
“ Sir,
“ Your most obliged humble servant,
“ Angelica K.-Z.
“ P.S.—It is a very long time, I have not heard from my worthy friend
Mr. Braithwaite. I hope he is well. Should you happen to see him, pray
give him my kindest compliments.”
This letter was accompanied by one from Zucchi, perhaps the last of any
importance he was able to write, and in it he inquired concerning the sale of
his house in John Street, Adelphi, and as to different loans he had made, one
of £600 to Sir Rowland Wynn,1 and another of .£80 to £100 to an Italian artist,
Locatelli, respecting both of which he was becoming anxious. Count Leopold
Stolberg, the poet and artist who had addressed an ode to Angelica, commencing
thus-
“ Immortality embraced thee,
Wisdom was thy teacher,
Aurora baptized thee,”
also speaks in his communication to her of the grave danger and immense
risk in transporting her finished pictures to their different destinations, warning
her that very likely many of them would never reach the place to which they
were addressed, and that there was a fear that the owners would be unable to
send the money for them to her. In another letter she received about this
same time from Mr. Kuliff, he also expressed anxiety lest the interest on money
she had invested in English funds might not be regularly paid, and even if so
paid, how it was to be sent out to her in Italy. The year, therefore, that had
commenced so cheerfully, and with such important orders, did not close in
satisfactory fashion.
1 See details concerning this in a later chapter.