Grace C. Nye diary, 1870.

Abstract:

A travel diary written by Nye during her tour of Italy and Germany from January to May in 1870. Nye traveled with her mother Laura Moore Nye and her elder sister Ellen Rose who she refers to as Nell or Nellie. The majority of the diary was written while she was in Italy where the Nye trio visited Rome, the Vatican, Florence, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, and Venice. There are brief entries of Nye's time in Munich, Germany and a visit to Vienna. Much of the diary references Rome. Nye provided detailed descriptions of major sights in each city regarding artists' studios, architecture, basilicas, catacombs, churches, gardens, museums, paintings, Roman ruins, and sculpture. She met artists in their studios such as American sculptor Franklin Simmons, Italian copyist Giuseppe Mazzolini, American poet and portrait painter Thomas Buchanan Read, and cameo artist Margaret Foley. Nye made observations of her surroundings and events, wrote the historical context of works of art, and noted the people they visited. Nye mentioned she was taking lessons in German, Italian, and painting. The diary is written in a German day calendar with ruled pages for each day. Nye's entries are written in ink and pencil and are not in chronological order. Some quotations are written on the title leaf with one in German. Written on the first leaf: Grace C. Nye, Munich, May 9, 1870. A few portrait sketches appear throughout the diary. A pressed botanical leaf is laid in the diary. A portion of the diary is blank.

Creator:

Nye, Grace C. (Grace Cornelia), 1851-1871.

Timespan:

Rome (Italy) -- 19th century.; Italy -- 19th century.; Munich (Germany) -- 19th century.

Date:

1870

Identifier:

9977156914103681; (OCoLC)on1032032444; (OCoLC)1032032444

Language:

English

Provenance:

Sold by Quinn's Auction Galleries (Falls Church, Virginia), 2017.

Relation:

Finding aid http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_PUSpMsCodex1919

Subject:

American diaries -- Women authors -- 19th century.; American diaries -- 19th century -- Specimens.; Codices.; Diaries.; Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.; Quotations.; Sketches.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 volume.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

In English with a few lines written in German.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1919