[Ozias Humphry], to Elizabeth Humphry

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

HU/1/74

Title

[Ozias Humphry], to Elizabeth Humphry

Date

[1764]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Describes, in detail, his journey from Exeter to London; in Gloucester he heard an anthem by Price ("thought to have the finest voice in England"); the chief occupation in Gloucester is pin-making, Bristol merchants closed down other types of successful trading; he is impressed, generally, with Worcester, he notices a memorial by Roubiliac in the Cathedral; he is also impressed by a machine making tea-pot handles; visits the seats of Lord Lyttleton and [William] Shenstone, describes the grounds of the latter; they then go on to Birmingham where he sees many manufacturies including that of [John] Baskerville, who employs twenty five painters on his japanned goods; Birmingham has grown from 7,00 to 60,000 people in twenty years; they pass through Stratford-upon-Avon and he is unimpressed by the memorial to Shakespeare; he has since arrived in London and has been received kindly by Mr. Reynolds.

Physical Characteristics

Folded