Reference code
HU/2/31
Title
[draft] [Ozias Humphry], Florence, to Mrs. Stevens
Date
18 Jul 1775
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Historical Background
Stevens had lost her husband,
Edward Stevens, only a month previously.
Content Description
Mr. and Mrs Wright have left Florence and propose to remain in Italy only three more weeks, they go to Bologna, then Venice, back to Bologna then Parma,
Mr. Wright will not copy the picture there but wants to return to England; he consoles her over her loss by suggesting she should stay in Rome, a "safe harbour", he knows of thirty or forty bachelors who would strive to be worthy of her; Mrs Swainson and
Mrs. Banks will look after her.