John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]
… assiduously. In Rome in January 1783, thanks to James Byres, he was even able to use the Countess of Albany's box at the Teatro Argentina ( 97). A few months later, in Naples, he attended performances at the Teatro dei Fiorentini (115) in the company of Lord Tilney, in his private box; in Florence he spent many evenings at the Teatro Nuovo . The carnival period also gave John Ramsay the opportunity to take part in sociable entertainments where …
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