John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
… practices of sociability in Italian cities. Being the son of a renowned artist, he was invited to attend many concerts, plays and conversazioni where he met a great number of people including artists, Grand Tourists, ambassadors and even the … he wrote in his diary: ‘Went to Sr Horace's at 8 found the King of Sweden and all the company come and most of them playing at cards. We set down to a very fine supper about 12 o'clock very elegantly served up. Came home about 2.’ … mentioned games of back-gammon several times in December 1783 ( Ramsay 93) and ‘paoma’, which he had the opportunity to play ( 146-147) . He also indicated the concerts and operas he attended throughout his stay in Italy and which gave him …
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