… In 1782, John Ramsay undertook a journey to Italy with his father Allan, King George III’s Painter in Ordinary. Their tour lasted two years and for the entire duration of their stay, John Ramsay kept a diary in which he recorded his busy … he was invited to attend many concerts, plays and conversazioni where he met a great number of people including artists, GrandTourists, ambassadors and even the King of Sweden. People > Travel People > Art and Literature Objects > Diaries & Letters Keywords Art Cosmopolitanism Diaries Diplomacy Education Entertainement GrandTour Italy John Ramsay’s Italian diary was published by The Walpole Society in 2003; it is accompanied by a short …
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… Image Giuseppe Cades, ‘Gavin Hamilton Leading a Party of GrandTourists to the Archaelogical Site at Gabii’, 1793, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, D 5361. Image Franciszek … James Byres settled in Rome in the 1750s and lived in the Eternal City for over thirty years, at a time when the GrandTour reached its height of popularity. Working as a guide, antiquarian, art dealer and architect, Byres rapidly …
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