Volume 1

The Farington diary / edited by James Greig.

  • Joseph Farington
Date:
[1922?-1928]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Farington diary / edited by James Greig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    November 6.—Angelica Kauffman [R.A.], the paintress, made about ^14,000 while she resided in England. Her application was very constant. Zucchi [also a Foreign Artist] made about .£8,000 while he was in England. Angelica is about 48 years of age, Zucchi is near 70 years old. [They were afterwards married.] Mr. Tickel, the celebrated author of the pamphlet called Anticipation [an imaginary debate in the House of Commons], published during the American War, and some beautiful pieces of poetry [He was also respon¬ sible for parts of the Rolliad], on Monday last threw himself out of a window of the attick storey in the Fount Court of Hampton Court, and dashed the back part of his head to pieces. His carriage was waiting for him at the time to bring him to the Stamp Office, where he had a place, and Mrs. Tickel, a beautiful woman,* was in the room. Dis¬ tressed circumstances and an apprehension of being arrested, it is said, is the cause of this momentary phrenzy. * His second wife. He first married Maria Linley, a sister of Mrs. Sheridan. An exquisite portrait group of Mrs. Tickell and Mrs. Sheridan by Gainsborough hangs in the Dulwich Gallery collection. Gainsborough also painted a fine portrait of Tickell, which was lent by Sir Charles Mills to the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1875.