Lloyd reports that she and "the Imp" [
Harriet Hosmer] had visited Conway and looked in vain for the house of Gibson's father, and the scene of Gibson's "first & last flogging." It was reported in England that Gibson had refused to undertake part of the Albert Memorial on the grounds of his advanced age. If that was the case, Lloyd could only conclude that the air of Livorno had prematurely aged him, since she had left Gibson only 40 years old.