22 JUNE 1956, Page 14

Zbe Opettator

JUNE 25, 1831

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.—Another sale of the fragments of Sir Thomas's study took place at Christie's on Saturday last. In noticing the sale, the Chronicle enumerates two "figures of the Duke of Wellington, without a head, which," he adds,' "in spite of the likeness, fetched only four guineas." Satirical rogue!,