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Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
02-09-2018, 01:14 PM
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Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
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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02-09-2018, 03:08 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
(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+...mN3c6kq1M:

John
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02-09-2018, 04:33 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
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."
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02-09-2018, 04:55 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
Go figure - here is a web page that says it is Mary Surratt:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illus.../697562681
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02-09-2018, 05:19 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
Yea, and I believe everything I read on the web...
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02-09-2018, 05:30 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
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/ilgiornaleill...8/mode/2up
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02-09-2018, 06:33 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
Great find Steve.

Check out the illustration on page 161

https://archive.org/stream/ilgiornaleill...0/mode/2up

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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02-09-2018, 06:45 PM (This post was last modified: 02-23-2018 08:29 PM by Steve.)
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
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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02-09-2018, 07:44 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
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."
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02-09-2018, 08:05 PM
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RE: Mary Surratt Romanticized "From the Italian"
(02-09-2018 06:33 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Great find Steve.

Check out the illustration on page 161

https://archive.org/stream/ilgiornaleill...0/mode/2up

If that doesn't have the Roman flare, nothing does!
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