at the Academy see Dearinger. Probably only a day/ Cares: EM to her sons, 10 May 1826, in RM’s MS life of his father, Y. Look: ELM, I, 286. Gratified: EM to her sons, 12 May 1826, in RM’s MS life of his father, Y. Imperious: SFB to his parents, 11 Jun 1826, XM; ELM, I, 286–87. At one moment/ Foretaste: RM’s MS life of his father, Y. Gloom: SFB to J. M. Mathews, 10 Jun 1826, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Mark: SFB to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 10 Jun 1826, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. But Jedediah’s end/ Mortify: EM to JM, 26 Feb 1822, Y. Published at his own expense, Jedediah’s Report to the Secretary of War … On Indian Affairs appeared in New Haven in 1822, containing much still-valuable information on Native American life at the time. Jedediah’s will/ Motherless: Moss, 140. Throughout Finley’s life/ Sensation: Thomas Sully to SFB, 4 Mar 1828, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Qualified: John Neagle to SFB, 15 May 1828, M5. Great: Allston, Correspondence, 231. Finley’s completed/ SFB’s explanation appears in United States Review and Literary Gazette II, no. 4 (Jul 1827): 248. The reviewer was quite certainly SFB himself. Finley’s Lafayette/ Better: Neal, 44. Unskillful: Adkins, 226. Common: C. Brown, 181. P.N.A.: Cummings, 47. Without meaning to/ Pretension: Cummings, 4g, 55. Finley’s pamphlet provoked/ Eloquence: North American Review 26 (1828): 218. Finley published/ Civilization: Cummings, 64–65. One side attacked/ Principle: Cummings, 85 ff. This “Exposé/ Wretched: Cummings, 105. Finley remained calm/ Promotion: Cummings, 107. The controversy died/ Daubings: SFB to DeWitt Bloodgood, 26 Dec 1828, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The atmosphere/ Evolvement: MS Minutes of the Sketch Club, Century Association, New York City. Finley had done/ Naked: N-YO, 3 Mar 1825. Pander: See SFB’s letter to the NY. Herald, undated but ca. 1835, M24. Freely: SFB to Lafayette (copy), [no day] Jul 1825, M5. Magic: ELM, II, 4g5. Finley also found time/ Exquisite: SFB to Sir Walter Scott, [182g?], M5. Finley thought often/ Gloves: SFB to Margaret Breese, 8 Dec 1828, University of Rochester Library. Such a moment/ Different: Catherine Pattison to SFB, 24 May 1837, M6. But Catherine’s father/ Explain: SFB to Margaret Breese, 8 Dec 1828, University of Rochester Library. Although tempted/ Account: SFB to Margaret Breese, 2 Jan 1829, University of Rochester Library. Securing a commission/ Preparing: SFB to Robert Hayne (draft), g Jan 1829, M5. As to leaving/ Accuse: SFB to EM, g Nov 1826, M5. Gratify: SFB to Elizabeth Breese, 2oJan 1827, Archives of American Art. Danger: SFB to Margaret Breese, 8 Dec 1828, University of Rochester Library. Following the deaths/ First: ELM, I, 291, 292. Graves: SFB to Margaret Breese, 8 Dec 1828, University of Rochester Library. After Elizabeth’s death/ Unusual: SFB to EM, 20 Sep 1826 and 6 May 1828, M5. Expence: SFB to EM, 11 Feb 1828, M5. The couple considered/ Commanded: Susan Pickering to SFB, 25 Sep 1828 and 7 Apr 1829, M5. Remember: Susan Morse to SFB, 7 Apr 1829, M5. Finley was not deaf/ Severely: SFB to Margaret Breese, 8 Dec 1828 and 2 Jan 1829, University of Rochester Library. Depression: SFB to DeWitt Bloodgood, 24 Aug 1830, New-York Historical Society.
FIVE: IL DIAVOLO
After a twenty-six/ Low: SFB to Margaret Breese, [Jan 1830], M5. Unless otherwise noted, all quotations in this chapter are from the diaries SFB kept while in Europe, in M32. Then, Rome/ Classic: SFB, “Sketches of France, Italy and Switzerland,” N-YO, 6 Jul 1833. On American painters in Italy see Jaffe, Italian Presence, and Stebbins. When he could/ Desired: SFB to DeWitt Bloodgood, 24 Aug 1830, NewYork Historical Society. Thorwaldsen presented/ PRESENTS: Cummings, 123. Apart from the superb/ Imitates: SFB, “Sketches of France, Italy and Switzerland,” NYO, 17 Aug 1833. Like his compatriots/ Bows: P, p. 198. On American travelers in Italy see Baker. But much in Catholic/ Gorgeous: “Sketches of France, Italy and Switzerland,” N-YO, 6 Jul 1833. Such uncomfortable reminders/ Frivolity: SFB, “Sketches in France,” N-YO, 2 Mar