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    BIANCA MII/ESI MO JON. 13

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    the ancient capital of tlie world . General Midlis received intimatioii kindl that she warned was circulating her that she * a was violent . playing pamp 1 a hlet perilous of Alfieri game ' s , and and gave he

    y , her wards fatherl confessed y advice " , which insolentl our young h * patriot . " But received when , afterwards as she after , in - y enoug

    1821 she had to , do with Austrian authorities , she rendered justice to Bianca the , good obtained sense and and long arranged suffering , at of great the French expense General , a studio . in

    Romewhere she worked diligently , designing at night , and _paintingby another was day surrounded , ; still but opened she faile by her d friends in salon obtaining , and she adorers loved the seclusion societ . The y ; she and engraver desired her daug . Restini hter Her

    dedicated to her one of his first productions . Canova was introduced to Bianca her , and burst at si into ght tears of the . young On his scul side ptor he admired manifested by all a Europe

    friendshi strong she and interest , p her . Madame daug in her hter , Milesi and were their made received acquaintance an excursion and feted ripened to Nap by int les the o , and a Minister durable there

    Thus Tassoni she ; and seemed at fated one of to his renounce balls Bianca a life danced of artistic with quiet the . Queen But .

    Madame Milesi sighed for her-home ,-and . her daughter entreated tobe allowed to be left behind to pursue her studies in Rome ; an

    unheard persuade -of d request her good from -natured an aristocratic mother to young let her lad remain y . Yet , under she actuall charge y

    of an old gouvernante and her valet-de-chamhre . This arrangement was kept confidant a profound of Canova secret from who her allowed great her acquaintance to draw from , but the she anti made que

    in a his studio . She now , worked fourteen hours a day , and her the diligence divine and afnatus ardour an would essential have requisit made e in her art . an artist , were not

    At this time Bianca became intimate with Sophia Reinhard , a German student of paintingthen resident in Rome : M . Souvestre thus

    , sketches her portrait : —" Sophia Reinhard had one of those masculine characters which make their way without being obstructed by

    obstacles or disturbed by objections . She had secured her independence under the guardianship of a manly austerity , ( so to speak , ) which ,

    if it took from the charm natural to her own sex , gave her some of the privileges of the other . Simple , sincere , un peu rude , she had little barriers which rather trammel

    in than her protect progress , and broken she had down allowed the herself all those decent _freedoms selfreliant hia charmed

    which custom alone interdicts . " The bold , -Sop while the gentle she also Bianca dealt , and sincerel she returned with her her . " friend You ' have s attachment " said she loyall " re y - , y ,

    tained the habits of a high-born young lady , you love society , , little the incompatible comp world limentary and with notes painting a , serious madri , between gals vocation d the la Frangaise . rdle You of an must , & idol c . & choose , c fan . All in between this hand is , arrive at serious

    and that of a laborious artist . If you would a

    Bianca Mii/Esi Mo Jon. 13

    BIANCA MII / ESI MO JON . 13

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/13/