ings upon this melancholy occasion, were the subject of general remark and approbation."

The service was finished, and the body was deposited in the vault about half-past three o'clock. Afterwards the Academicians, Associates, and Students of the Royal Academy, retired to Somerset House, where refreshments were provided for them.

The following is an abstract copy of Sir Thomas's last Will and Testament.

"July 28, 1828.-My collection of genuine drawings, by the old masters, which, in number and value, I know to be unequalled in Europe, and which I am fully justified in estimating, as a collection, at twenty thousand pounds, I desire may be first offered to his most gracious Majesty, King George IV. at the sum of eighteen thousand pounds; and if his Majesty shall not be pleased to purchase the same at that price, then, that the collection be offered, at the same price, to the trustees of the British Museum; and afterwards, successively, to the Right Honourable Robert Peel, and to the Right Honourable the Earl of Dudley; and if none of such offers shall be accepted, then I desire that the said Collection may be forthwith advertised in the principal capitals of Europe and elsewhere; and if, within two years, a purchaser shall not be found at the sum of twenty thousand pounds, then I desire that the same may be sold by public auction, or private contract, in London, either altogether or in separate lots, at such price or prices, and in such a manner, as my executor shall think best.*

The collection has been refused by all the parties to whom it has been offered pursuant to the will.

“And I desire that like offers may be made to his Majesty, (and if he shall not be pleased to make the purchase, then to the trustees of the British Museum,) of two volumes of drawings by Fra Bartolomeo, from the collection of the late President of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West, Esq., at the sum of eight . hundred pounds; and that the series of original cartoons of The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, at the sum of one thousand pounds, and my picture, by Rembrandt, of The Wife of Potiphar accusing Joseph, at the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds, and the two small pictures by Raphael, from the Borghese collection, namely, one of the Entombment, and one of the groups called The Charity, at the sum of one thousand pounds, be also offered to his Majesty; and if he shall decline the same, then to the directors of the National Gallery ; and if they decline, at the same prices to the Right Honourable Robert Peel; and, if he decline, to the Earl of Dudley. And if a purchaser shall not be found, I leave to my executor's discretion to adopt such measures for disposing of the same as he may think proper.* My collection of architectural casts which I purchased from Saunders, Esq. for five hundred pounds, I desire may be offered to the President and Council of the Royal Academy of Arts, at the price of two hundred and fifty pounds; and if they shall decline the purchase, then, that the casts be sold in the manner directed with respect to my property in general.

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All the preceding works were refused by these persons, and the greater part were sold by auction.

IV. to paint the portraits of his most Christian Majesty, Charles the Tenth, and of his Royal Highness the Dauphin of France, I had the honour to receive from that Monarch, as a mark of his distinguished favour, a superb service of Sêvres porcelain. This splendid token of royal courtesy I bequeath to the President and Council, for the time being, of the Royal Academy of Arts, to be by them used on the birth-day of the King, and at the annual dinner on the opening of the Exhibition, and on other public occasions, in remembrance of the honour conferred by a foreign prince on the President of the Royal Academy of Great Britain.

"And as to all other works of art in my possession at the time of my decease, whether pictures, drawings, engravings bound or unbound, casts, marbles, bronzes, models, or of whatsoever other kind, and also as to my books, plate, linen, china and furniture, and all other my estate and effects, I bequeath the same to Archibald Keightley, the younger, of No. 5, Hare Court, Temple, my executor; to sell and dispose of the same, as to him shall seem meet; and the monies upon trust, in the first place, to pay off my just debts, funeral expenses, &c.; and to divide the residue into three equal parts; and as to the two equal third parts thereof, to divide the same equally among such of my nephews and nieces following that is to say, my niece Lucy, wife of John Aston, of Birmingham, merchant, and the children of my sister Ann, the wife of Richard Rouse Bloxham, D. D. of Rugby, as shall be living at the time of my decease, and the issue of such as shall have died in my life time, leaving issue; and as to the remaining one-third part,

to pay the same to my nephew, Henry Bloxam, of Ellesmere, Salop, gentleman, upon trust, to invest the same in real or government security, and pay the annual proceeds unto my said sister Ann Bloxam, for and during the term of her natural life, for her sole and separate use; and after her decease, to the person or persons entitled to the other two third parts.

"I authorize my executor to employ such artists or other persons as he may think proper, in arranging my different works of art for sale, and preparing any catalogue or catalogues thereof, or otherwise in any way for facilitating the advantageous sale thereof, as to him shall seem meet, and to make such remuneration as he may think reasonable; and I recommend my highly intelligent friend, William Young Ottley, Esq., as a person, from his sound knowledge of art, peculiarly competent to the task of arranging my various works of art for sale, if he will kindly undertake the office."*

*The produce of such parts of Sir Thomas's collections of works of art as were sold by auction, was £15,445 17s. 6d. The testator's estate was about equal to the demands upon it.

APPENDIX.

TRANSLATION

OF THE

FOREIGN LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS.

Diploma of the Academy of St. Luke. (p. 7.)

THE Roman Academy of St. Luke for Design, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Painter to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent :

The professors of the three fine arts incorporated in an academic body, have always been proud to receive into the bosom of their society, eminent artists, foreigners as well as Romans, and also the distinguished patrons of the said arts who encourage their cultivation.

The Academy having been made acquainted with your great talents, and the high distinction you have attained in painting, held a meeting on the 29th of