Mary Lorillard Ronalds diary, 1836-1837.

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Mary Lorillard Ronalds diary, 1836-1837.

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Mary Lorillard Ronalds kept this diary from November 21, 1836 through February 18, 1837. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Ronalds of New York City and the cousin of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, and she kept this diary while traveling with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John David Wolfe. She began making entries while the party was in Marseille, France, whence they sailed for Leghorn and toured Italy. The diary contains a descriptive narrative of the journey with notes on the art and archaeology of the places along their itinerary, including: Pisa, Florence, Siena, Rome, Tivoli, Terni, Spoleto, Foligno, Perugia, Arezzo, Bologna, Padua, Venice, Verona, Milan, Turin, and "St. Michel on the Arc, France" (Mont St. Michel?). The diary also mentions attendance at the theater and opera, visits to artists' studios, the execution of busts of Ronalds' aunt and uncle by the artist Thomas Crawford, and seeing the Brinckerhoffs, Morgans, and others in Rome.

.21 linear foot (1 volume)

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Crawford, Thomas, 1813 or 1814-1857

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Crawford was an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome. From the description of Letters to Charles Brooks, 1843-1849. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78951142 Irish-American sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Thompson, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270958247 American sculptor. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83324188 From the descri...

Ronalds, Mary Lorillard, d. 1840.

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