James Byres [ Travel ]
… Grand Tourists and artists who visited Rome. People > Travel Mots-clés Art Education Grand Tour Italy Jacobitism Networks The Scotsman James Byres lived for over thirty years in Rome, where he became one of the main players in the … in 1790. Each of these activities depended on the other and enabled him to become a central link in the artistic networks in Rome and Britain. As a guide, he showed the city to travellers on the Grand Tour, to whom he also often … Byres’s main rival. Byres took advantage of his status as a guide and an artist to enrich his local and international networks. He became a reference on the Roman and British art markets. For instance, in 1780, the Welsh painter Thomas …
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