With many, many thanks to the amazing Harvard Library, I managed to secure the only image around of Clot(h)ilde Barili Thorn(e) - a digital copy of a lithograph from 1854 by F. (Francis) D'Avignon. I am ecstatic to finally see her, and feel very fortunate to have had so many wins in the last week... Continue Reading →
The Barili-Thorn Fiasco in Lima, Peru
I've mentioned the story of how Alfred Thorn was arrested in Lima for stabbing a man to defend his wife's honour. Here is a newspaper account of the event, with some new information. It would seem that theirs was a very tempestuous relationship, fraught with jealousy and complicated by Clotilde's artistic temperament. A contretemps had... Continue Reading →















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