The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 / The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820

by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb

LETTER 241

CHARLES LAMB TO BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
December [26], 1817.

My dear Haydon,—I will come with pleasure to 22, Lisson Grove North, at
Rossi's, half-way up, right-hand side—if I can find it.

Yours,
C. LAMB.

20, Russell Court, Covent Garden East, half-way up, next the corner, left hand side.

[The first letter that has been preserved to Haydon, the painter. Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) was then principally known by his "Judgment of Solomon": he was at this time at work upon his most famous picture, "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem." Lamb's note is in acceptance of the invitation to the famous dinner which Haydon gave on December 28,1817, to Wordsworth, Keats, Monkhouse and others, with the Comptroller of Stamps thrown in. Haydon's Diary describes the evening with much humour. See Appendix.]