… sociability both by means of her social gatherings and through her literary works. People > Art and Literature People > Travel Mots-clés Bluestockings Commerce Friendship Italy Literature Politics Born into a Welsh family proud of its … Tyson and Henry Guppy (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1932), p. 91 ff. The next year would have seen them travel as far as Italy, but the death of their eldest boy, Henry, cruelly upset their plans. An exacting mother, Hester … of her marriage, and would die in 1784, a few months after her departure. On her tour, Hester met various other English travellers and was introduced to Italian, French, and German society, connections which actually enabled her to write …