With the financial success brought by the gin trade, Metcalfe became a passionate art collector and was a patron of the Arts, among his friends and acquaintances were the writer Samuel Johnson and painter Sir Joshua Reynolds.
He was a friend with writer Samuel Johnson and painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. With the financial success brought by the gin trade, Metcalfe became a passionate art collector and was a patron of the Arts.
With the financial success brought by the gin trade, Metcalfe became a passionate art collector and was a patron of the Arts. He was a friend with writer Samuel Johnson and painter Sir Joshua Reynolds.
With the financial success brought by the gin trade, Metcalfe became a passionate art collector and was a patron of the Arts. He was a friend with writer Samuel Johnson and painter Sir Joshua Reynolds.