… Gallery, London, NPG D17553, 1794. Abstract The Diary of Joseph Farington offers a rich source for thinking about sociability in the art world in London from 1793-1821. Nonetheless, it is striking that, while the Diary records a great … information – indeed ‘gossip’ - it seems as if this is of a rather distinctive character and suggests that a different sociability existed between men than among women. People > Art and Literature Objects > Diaries & Letters Practices > … and for his interest in the lives of the people around him . And it gives us a window onto late Georgian masculine sociability that is unrivaled for the period. Farington’s extensive networks were not inherited from his family but …