1733 Florence (Mar.), Rome, Bologna (May), Rome (Aug.)
In March 1733 'a Scotsman called Mitchell' had been in Florence with Clark and Trumbel [or Turnbull]; they all wished to enter the Pretender's service. They had gone on to Rome and in May went to Bologna for the opera. In August 1733 Mitchell had returned to Rome with 'an equipage and seems to wish to establish himself in Rome'.1
1. SP 98/32, ff.515, 525, 563 (Walton, 28 Mar., 9 May, 22 Aug. 1733). SP 98/34 (Skinner, 7 Mar. 1733).
- 1763 Turin ( - Jul. 1763), Florence (Aug - ), [Naples] Capua (5 Nov.), Turin (Dec.)
Mitchell had already spent some years in Turin when, accompanied by the Abb? de Nina, he left with an introduction to Horace Mann in Florence.1 On 5 November they passed through Capua,2 presumably on their way back from Naples, since Mitchell was passing through Turin in December.3 He was conceivably the Mitchell whose portrait in Van Dyck dress by M.W. Peters was seen in Florence in November 1764.4
1. SP 105/315, f.204 (G. Pitt, 30 Jul. 1763). 2. ASN cra 1277. 3. SP 105/315, f.384 (Pitt, 21 Dec. 1763). 4. Martin jnl.mss (22 Nov.).