Rome and Honeymoon Notes - Page 7
Item
Title
Rome and Honeymoon Notes - Page 7
Description
This is the fifth page of 14 which concerns Henry and Mae's meeting in Rome and subsequent honeymoon. Notes on the page read:
- Seize Hawley by the collar - would be his tailcoat collar, likely doesn't need to be said
- Hawley would be adjusting either his tailcoat or his silk bow tie - because of evening wear - he wouldn't be wearing a cravat in this case
- Could be playing English billiards -, you could call the billiard game straight rail - game played without pockets, snooker, first played in 1875 - first rule book in 1882 - was a game played in military camps
-Trevi fountain details - trevi fountain has statues of Abundance and salubrity. A statue of Oceanus. Fountain was financed by gambling (lotto game allowed by the pope). Supplied water for the Roman baths - Aqua Virgo, - in 19 bc - legend that Roman soldiers were guided by a young girl to a source of pure water - source that feeds the Roman baths. It was made of travertine stone - same material as the colosseum. Stonecutter crushed by large block of the stone in 1734 when it was being worked on. Design was done by Salvi - a poet and a philosopher designed a set piece for a firework display. In the 19th cent people believed a sip of water from the fountain would ensure a return to Rome. Nathanial Hawthorne wrote about the fountain - The marble Faun - written 1860
- Spanish steps - Keats lived next door to the Spanish steps - died there in 1821 - ode to a Grecian Urn (beauty is truth...etc). His grave says "here lies one whose name was writ in water." Artists were attracted to the steps - then many women hoping to be taken as artist models. At the bottom of the steps is the sinking ship fountain (Bernini) Steps are covered in baskets of pink flowers in may.
- Seize Hawley by the collar - would be his tailcoat collar, likely doesn't need to be said
- Hawley would be adjusting either his tailcoat or his silk bow tie - because of evening wear - he wouldn't be wearing a cravat in this case
- Could be playing English billiards -, you could call the billiard game straight rail - game played without pockets, snooker, first played in 1875 - first rule book in 1882 - was a game played in military camps
-Trevi fountain details - trevi fountain has statues of Abundance and salubrity. A statue of Oceanus. Fountain was financed by gambling (lotto game allowed by the pope). Supplied water for the Roman baths - Aqua Virgo, - in 19 bc - legend that Roman soldiers were guided by a young girl to a source of pure water - source that feeds the Roman baths. It was made of travertine stone - same material as the colosseum. Stonecutter crushed by large block of the stone in 1734 when it was being worked on. Design was done by Salvi - a poet and a philosopher designed a set piece for a firework display. In the 19th cent people believed a sip of water from the fountain would ensure a return to Rome. Nathanial Hawthorne wrote about the fountain - The marble Faun - written 1860
- Spanish steps - Keats lived next door to the Spanish steps - died there in 1821 - ode to a Grecian Urn (beauty is truth...etc). His grave says "here lies one whose name was writ in water." Artists were attracted to the steps - then many women hoping to be taken as artist models. At the bottom of the steps is the sinking ship fountain (Bernini) Steps are covered in baskets of pink flowers in may.
Creator
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Subject
Fayne
Source
From Ann-Marie MacDonald's personal archive.
