1878 June 28, Sunnyside, Mayfield, near Ashbourne, England, to My dear Friend

The Cathedral of the Grand Duke’s Palace has been called by several names during its long history. It is now known as the Palazzo della Signoria and serves as the town hall of Florence as well as a museum. John of Bologna’s masterpiece is held to be his bronze engraving of Mercury . “Angelo’s Night and Day,” to which Joseph Simpson refers in the letter, are likely Michelangelo’s sculptures of Twilight and Dawn (completed in 1534) in the Medici Chapel in the Church of San Lorenzo in Florence . From Christopher Hibbert, Florence: The Biography of a City (New York: Norton, 1993) and Michael Levey, Florence: A Portrait (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996) . Additional information from J. R. Hale, ed., The Italian Journal of Samuel Rogers (London: Faber & Faber, 1956).