1-272-860 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Letter from Shelley to Amelia Curran, 5th August 1819. Letter written from Livorno by Percy Bysshe Shelley to Miss Amelia Curran, at Rome, concerning designs for a monument (to his son William who died on 7th June preceding) and mentioning that he has nearly finished his Cenci. The second picture to which the writer refers is that of William Shelley painted by Miss Curran shortly before his death. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899).