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Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - BettyO - 02-09-2018 01:14 PM
Did Mary ever look THIS good?!? Who is this "generic" 1850s-60s woman?!?
Found this online the other day - am now attempting to find the Italian newspaper that is is from....most certainly 1865 "Fake News!"
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - John Fazio - 02-09-2018 03:08 PM
(02-09-2018 01:14 PM)BettyO Wrote: Did Mary ever look THIS good?!? Who is this "generic" 1850s-60s woman?!?
Found this online the other day - am now attempting to find the Italian newspaper that is is from....most certainly 1865 "Fake News!"
Betty:
It looks like Harriet Beecher Stowe. See link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=harriet+beecher+stowe&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=qNuT0mN3c6kq1M%253A%252CtjX610Anpyiq7M%252C_&usg=__Q8AA1RwSXqvepBN-srORyevrJ-k%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM5vjaw5nZAhVIxVkKHTnsCBYQ_h0ItAEwGw#imgrc=qNuT0mN3c6kq1M:
John
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - L Verge - 02-09-2018 04:33 PM
I agree with John, but if she did look that good at an early age, maybe that's why some authors have referred to her as the "belle of the county."
Just remember folks that "Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beer Holder."
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - RJNorton - 02-09-2018 04:55 PM
Go figure - here is a web page that says it is Mary Surratt:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/portrait-of-mary-surratt-first-woman-executed-by-hanging-stock-graphic/697562681
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - Dennis Urban - 02-09-2018 05:19 PM
Yea, and I believe everything I read on the web...
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - Steve - 02-09-2018 05:30 PM
I tracked down an image of the original Italian newspaper article. The caption identifies her as "Madama Surratt" and says the image was sketched from a photograph:
https://archive.org/stream/ilgiornaleillust03cava#page/248/mode/2up
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - Gene C - 02-09-2018 06:33 PM
Great find Steve.
Check out the illustration on page 161
https://archive.org/stream/ilgiornaleillust03cava#page/160/mode/2up
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - Steve - 02-09-2018 06:45 PM
Maybe the newspaper accidentally misidentified a sketch made from a photograph of Anna Surratt instead of her mother. The article does mention Anna:
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - Dennis Urban - 02-09-2018 07:44 PM
I think the drawing looks more like Laura Keene.
Laurie, that reminds me of a country song, "All the Girls are Pretty at Closing Time."
RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian" - L Verge - 02-09-2018 08:05 PM
(02-09-2018 06:33 PM)Gene C Wrote: Great find Steve.
Check out the illustration on page 161
https://archive.org/stream/ilgiornaleillust03cava#page/160/mode/2up
If that doesn't have the Roman flare, nothing does!