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Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne – part 2
- January 21, 2023
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The second of four posts on Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne. Central to the blossoming of the pair’s romance was the wealthy English merchant and voracious collector and dealer Consul Joseph Smith (for several years he had been the agent for Canaletto). He had been a friend of Sir Richard Wynne, knew -
And so to Paris
- November 20, 2021
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Casanova had managed to navigate his way through the Republic (see ‘Escaping from the Republic’ blog) but most of his journey still lay ahead and although he was now out of the jurisdiction of the Serenissima that did not mean he was home and dry. He was broke and travelling any distance in the eighteenth -
Escaping the Republic
- October 16, 2021
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Refreshed and invigorated by his stay at the home of the police chief who was hunting for him (see ‘Sleeping with the enemy’ blog) and still hardly able to believe he’d managed to get away with it, Casanova pressed on: Although I had not a penny in my pocket (he had given all his money
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