An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Diaries, Vol. 3

Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 3." Diaries, Vol. 3 (1851).
Type
manuscript
Genre
personal record
Abstract

Covers the period from November 1 to December 30, 1851.

People Mentioned in this Work
Montez, Lola [pages: 20, 37, 48]

Gunn mentions Lola Montez: "Sunday. Drawing till 8 in the evening. The Barnum and Lola Montez affair" (20).

Gunn mentions Montez while describing his evening: "Evening, making a portrait of Lola Montez on wood, from a very fine engraving Holbrook had brought. Finished it by midnight" (37).

Gunn states, "Much talk of the Forrest Case, and of Lola Montez, who ere long appears at the Broadway, some declaring her to be an angel, others an ugly, vicious old woman" (48).

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