Joseph Farington (and his diary) [ Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters / Communication ]
… with a powerful sense of how men tended to stand together. While Opie’s divorce was 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 …
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