Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Old Hummuns, Covent Garden, London

Summary

Directions for travelling from Whitechapel to Hare Street. Asks Smith to bring specimens of his plates, regrets that he has dedicated his life to "the canvass on which nature sketches her wonders - rather than on the individual wonders separately". Believes that from Psalm 22 verse 14 King David must have had some of his own disorder [angina pectoria].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3261

From

Humphry Repton

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

[14 Apr] 1816

Sent from

Romford, Essex

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/8/95, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

• Humphry Repton
• Sir James Edward Smith