Joseph Farington (and his diary) [ Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters / Communication ]
… being finalized Opie met a young woman, Miss Booth, with very good financial prospects (£4,000 pa), and he engaged her affections. He asked Farington to plead his cause with the father (a lawyer), who he thought likely to be obdurate. …
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