page_title: Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller
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caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: italiancastlesco00batcrich (find matches) Title: Italian castles and country seats Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878- Subjects: Castles -- Italy Historic buildings -- Italy Italy -- Description and travel Publisher: New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: their tennis tournament, Mrs. Fisher kindly came, and offered to take me in the Carlotta for our promised tea with the Marchesa Trotti, at her villa farther up the lake at Bellagio. This villa of the Marchese Lodovico Trotti Bentivoglio is one of the oldest villas on the Lake of Como. Its particularly beautiful position rendered it celebrated at the beginning of the last century, and its exceptional tropical and exotic garden today maintains its fame. It was done over in 1850, and the major part, I should think, is in Moorish style. The Marchesa Trotti is, like the Taverna, a much-beloved Lady-in-waiting to Queen Margherita. She greeted us most cordially at the landing, and suggested a stroll about the gardens before taking tea. The Marchese joined us, and led us through winding paths in and out, which constantly assumed a more tropical aspect; closely planted bamboo lined many of the walks, and fuchsias, enormous in size and profuse in blossoms, made an unusual and brilliant border to many (212) Text Appearing After Image: AND COUNTRY SEATS other parts of the garden path. The Marchese himself, like many of the Italian noblemen, has personally directed the construction of this wonderful garden, which is said to be the finest and most unique in Italy. I send you a picture that will make you feel that I have been in Japan rather than on the Lake of Como, and I assure you I felt so, as we stood on the tiny bridge and looked up the little artificial river crowded with rare waterplants up to the very edge of the miniature island, on which is built a little Japanese summerhouse. The Marchesa patiently waited while I took many pictures, and then guided us back through the labyrinth of blooms to the villa for tea. Although the Marchesa is no longer young, the brilliancy of her eyes, the sweetness of her smile, and her splendid bearing, make her still a most attractive woman, and I hope to have the opportunity and privilege of seeing much of her during my stay on the lake. She is a daughter of the Princess Belgioioso, and Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller, born Tryphosa Duncan Bates, was an American socialite, club woman and concert singer. She is often mentioned in the same context as Florence Foster Jenkins: both are apt to be criticised as people who were publicly tolerated and even celebrated as singers due to their wealth and social position, despite a lack of talent.
context_section_description: Glimpses of Italian court life; happy days in Italia adorata, Doubleday, Page & company, New York 1906.
  Italian Castles and Country Seats, Longmans, Green & Co., New York 1911.
  Royal Spain of today, Longmans, Green & Co., New York 1913.
  France in sunshine and shadow, Brentano's, New York 1944.
caption: Photo taken by Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (Italian Castles and Country Seats)
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