John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
… diary are of particular interest since they refer to two other social practices popular with Grand Tour travellers: card games and concerts. The young Ramsay mentioned games of back-gammon several times in December 1783 ( Ramsay 93) and ‘paoma’, which he had the opportunity to play ( …
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