John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
… Ramsay attended the Via Del Corso parade in Rome and, to take part in the carnival evening organised at the Aliberti theatre, he even acquired a costume and a mask as explained in his diary: ‘Wednesday 26th [of February 1783] Went to … masque was the Pope's neice who was dress'd in a Turkish habit and had a great quantity of Jewels in her Turban. The Theatre which is very large being all light up from the top to the bottom had a very fine effect. Came home in Mr …
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