(c.1729 - 90), s. of Philip Lloyd of Greenwich; Ch.Ch. Oxf. 1746; DD 1763; preb. of Westminster 1763 - 5; Dean of Norwich 1765 - 90.
1787 - 8 [dep. Norwich 27 Apr. 1787] Milan, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Florence (2 - 12 Nov.), Rome (17 Nov. - 31 Dec. 1787 - ), Naples [England 1788]
Dean Lloyd visited Italy at the end of his life, at the age of fifty-eight. His travels were recorded in two journals (Lloyd jnl.MSS)1 written by an unidentified companion from Norwich. Inscribed M:Derbishire and M.Derbishire BeauLieu, they are inclined to pedantry and contain frequent lists of works of art to be seen. Lloyd was also accompanied by a Miss Constance and the writer's aunt (possibly the same person).
At Milan Leonardo's Last Supper was 'much damaged & requires a learned eye to find out all its beauties'. After the Correggios had been inspected at Parma they left 'without any regret, being much disappointed, in the place, wch: look'd desolate & forlorn'. The Grand Duke's Palace at Modena was admired. Raphael's St Cecilia in Bologna was 'dull & dark & I think a very unpleasant picture', but the writer enjoyed a performance of Cimarosa's Alessandro nell'Indie. He was however pleased to leave Bologna: 'the whole City is nasty; the inhabitants dirty & very ill looking'. In Florence he listed works of art. As the party travelled on south he reflected that 'the immense plain before you come to Rome put me greatly in mind of Norfolk'. In the Vatican he was initially disappointed with Raphael, but he was advised that they 'require study'. Thomas Jenkins was frequently with them in Rome and on 11 December they saw his collection which included a statue of Paris, a fine bust of Trajan, two large sitting figures of Menander and 'Possidippus' and two paintings by Gerard de la Notte ('finely painted but with the fault his paintings always have of great vulgarity'). They glimpsed the Young Pretender and the Duchess of Albany at the Opera on 15 November, and attended conversazioni held by the Princess Santa Croce and by Cardinal de Bernis, where the writer noted that the ladies 'were magnificently dress'd wth. large hoops &c much in the Stile of Ladies in England 4 or 5 years back'. They were frequently in the company of Lord and Lady Camelford and their daughter, Ann Pitt, from 3 December onwards. On 21 December the writer visited Angelica Kauffman 'who recd: me very politely & spoke English very well'. On 24 December they heard the music of the Vigil in S.Apollinaria and on Christmas Day were in St Peter's, but the ceremonies were dismissed as 'a thousand fooleries'. The first volume of the diary ends on 31 December as Dr Lloyd was taking a quarter of a box at the Teatro Aliberti for the season.
1. The 1788 vol. (not seen) is Norwich Cath. arch., dcn 118/6. Borroni 1979, 1287 - 8.