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"Rome – Foreign Correspondence of the Boston Post," Boston Post, February 23, 1867
A short excerpt from this long report on the US American art market in Rome – the part in which Hosmer and Cushman are described as expert riders whose muscular physique would make men envious – is subsequently reprinted in a number of newspapers,…
"Foreign Gossip," Detroit Free Press, June 7, 1869
"Foreign Gossip" is a column in theDetroit Free Press thatgives accounts of any political, cultural, or social news abroad. Anne Brewster has contributed reports from Rome as a correspondent.The included file only serves as an example illustration of…
"Current Gossip," Chicago Tribune, Aug 23, 1875 to Aug 7, 1887
"Current Gossip" is a column in the Chicago Tribune that gives accounts of any political, cultural, or social news. Anne Brewster has contributed reports from Rome as a correspondent.The included file only serves as an example illustration of the…
Katherine C. Walker's "American Studios in Rome and Florence," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1866
The article praises a range of US-American artists living and working in Rome, among who Story, Hosmer, Tilton, and Hiram Powers can be found. It advertises their studios to potential US-American travelers who pass through Rome on their way and…
Edward Dicey's Rome in 1860 (1861)
Dicey dedicated his work to the Brownings.On pages 100-102, Dicey muses about the Papal press.
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Frances Elliot's Roman Gossip (1894)
Elliot's account of Rome displays his experiences and descriptions of the city. The preface defends gossip as a valid source of information for "domestic" and "familiar" stories that add to those widely known.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
Mary Agnes Tincker's By the Tiber (1881)
In the Literary World, Vol 12 (1881), it says:"— No book published in Boston, this long time, has made more talk than Miss Tincker's By the Tiber, which we review elsewhere. That it is a personal matter has been taken for granted in some quarters,…
"An American Salon in Rome," Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 1881
The articles gives a definition and historical genealogy of salons with a specific focus on French salons. A salon is described as a social gathering "brought together by some leading maîtresse de maison, for the purpose of promoting an agreeable…
"Miss Brewster," [New York Observer], [1881]
The author describes Anne Brewster as a "well-known literary person[]" and a woman of "republican simplicity and cordiality" whose Monday afternoon receptions also attract "titled acquaintances."Brewsters work as a foreign correspondent has gained…
"American Artists in Rome," Mineral Point Tribune, July 20, 1871
This reprint from the Boston Advertiser informs the public about the travels of American artists living in Rome. More reprints of this article can be found here, for instance.
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Chronicling America
Obituary, Baltimore Sun, April 19, 1892
Brewster's obituary praises her as a foreign correspondent of "rare accomplishments" with a much-frequented home in Rome.
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Brewster in Rome, Inter Ocean, Feb 13, 1879
The note sketches Brewster's life in Rome and portrays her as a great hostess to many Americans and Italians living in Rome. The final passages addresses Brewster's relationship with Cushman. The article claims that Brewster thrives after Cushman's…
"The Independent Lecture Course," Albany Evening Journal, Nov 26, 1862
An article announcing Greenwood's independent lecture about personal recollections from Washington, London, and Rome, referred to as "charming gossip." Meanwhile the paper emphasizes the artistic and literary content from Rome and London, while the…
Grace Greenwood and Charlotte Cushman in Rome, <em>Sunbury American</em>, Dec 4, 1852
Grace Greenwood and Charlotte Cushman traveled to Rome. Greenwood is described as a "bleu."
[no title], Cincinnati Daily Press, Dec 13, 1861
This short entry in a section dedicated for house wives reports that Charlotte Cushman is in Rome and is mostly engaging in charitable activities.
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Newspapers.com, Ancestry
"Charlotte Cushman," San Francisco Evening Bulletin, Dec 1, 1870
The article is a reprint from the New York World and informs about where Cushman used to live in Rome, where she is currently staying at, in New York with her sister Susan Cushman, who, however, had already died in 1859. Cushman is about to establish…
"Personal Intelligence," The New York Herald, July 8, 1860
Emma Stebbins is described as Charlotte Cushman's "friend." The article infroms the reader about three works of Stebbins among which is the bust of Cushman.
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…