Giornale, 1863-1869.

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Giornale, 1863-1869.

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This 62 page unpublished manuscript includes an intermittent diary, which starts on Christmas day of 1863, and ends on Oct. 28, 1869 (pp. 1-40); 4 pages of financial accounts for 1867 (pp. 42-45); and two play drafts in Italian (pp. 47-54 & 61-62), separated by 5 leaves of drawings of architectural elements, perhaps intended for scenery at Spence's theater. There are ca. four dozen drawings in pencil and ink throughout the ledger, starting from the front pastedown, and ending on page 60. They represent anatomic studies, heads, figures alone or in groups, and architectural sketches. One ink sketch illustrates the unveiling of Dante's statue in Piazza Santa Croce, described on p. 3 of the diary.

1 v. (62 leaves).4 microfiche : negative ; 4 x 6 in.

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Spence, William Blundell, 1815-1900

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W. Spence, born in England, studied painting in Florence, Paris and Munich. In 1840 he settled in Florence, where he took up residence in the Palazzo Corsi and became an art dealer and collector. In 1860 he inherited a fortune from his father and bought the Villa Medici in Fiesole, where he entertained numerous visitors, clients and friends in the theater he had built nearby. Spence died in Florence in 1900. From the description of Giornale, 1863-1869. (Getty Research Institute). Wor...