https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/e1ba793b1d0b444d9ae66246f5a9d591.pdf 03c2c889e912801bdcb8efc9bf93b1c7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cushmania Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Gossip--Published Gossip--Private Relationships--Networks Italy--Rome Description An account of the resource A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/">list</a>) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century. We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browse all items</a> in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "<a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exhibits</a>." <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress New York Public Library Philadelphia Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1816-00-00/1920-00 Poem a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme From The name and email address of the person sending the email Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908 Text Any textual data included in the document 'Twas in the Greek Caffe, Half screened from public eye, We sat, not many months ago, Melpomene and I. We sat, and saw in that long room Upon the right hand side. That souls, though made of sternest stuff, Are sometimes sternly tried. And in the outer, groups Of artists sat apart. And much was said of other things, Tho' nought was said of art. But the luckless half-a-dozen Sat motionless and mute; Each had his heavy, brooding thought. And each had his cheroot. When rose a portly figure, With beard as black as jet, In slightly nasal accents said: " We all know why we've met. "'Tis time, my friends, we cogitate, And make some desperate stand. Or else our sister artists here Will drive us from the land. "It does seem hard that we at last Have rivals in the clay, When for so many happy years We had it all our way. "Those good old times alas! I feel That I have said enough, And think, with due respect to art, I'll take another puff." Then rose a man of stature small, The smallest far of them, And mild and plausible he looked. And hemmed a little hem. "No fault of mine, my brothers, I beg you to recall. To root this evil from the land, I've done my little all. "For many years this question hath Employed my artist mind; I moved with caution, and with skill And strategy combined. "Nor time, nor patience have I spared. But this don't seem to do; Ye all know that, but what is worse, Our sisters know it too." He said, and looked the Roman, Although a trifle small; Melpomene half whispered he In some respects was Gaul. But, Gaul or Roman, loud applause His observations hailed. Up rose a third. "We know you tried, What if we know you failed.? " We feel full well, my brother, That truth which none deny; No race is certain to the swift. No battle to the sly. "It is in what we strive to do Our greatest merit lies Though scarce a victor, yet in you Our chief we recognize." Whereat, o'erspread with modest blush, The hero rose and smiled, And sang his little song of thanks, Still plausible and mild. Yet, ere the song was fairly sung, A man of grizzled hue 'Inquired, in somewhat ursine speech, "Well, what are you going to do?" Each waited for the other To speak with vacant stare. Until the awful pause was broke By him of silvered hair. A little fun was in his eye. And banter in his tone: "I deal," quoth he, "my brothers. In canvas, not in stone. "In short, I'm not a sculptor ; So, well do I surmise, I cannot with you keenly feel Just where your aching lies. "We know our loving sisters Are somewhat in your way; We know 'tis hard that while you work That they should 'pat their clay,' "Yet for your present ills The remedy I've hit Is, when you cannot help yourself. To make the best of it. "And then, again, my brothers, One point attention claims, Is it a very manly thing To battle with these dames? "I sometimes think, for when I speak My mind, I speak it all. Recalling, too, what others feel, It does look somewhat small. "Suppose you try another plan, More worthy art and you; Suppose you give them for their works The credit which is due. "An honest and a kindly word, If spoken now and then. Would prove what seems a doubtful point You could, at least, be men" He spoke, and sat; no voice replied, Each lip confusion locks. And nought was heard, save distant sounds, Of "Coffee, two bajocs." A furtive glance or two were cast To where the chieftain sat. He hemmed his hem, and each moustache Was pulled, this way and that. "And for that I am woman," Melpomene was heard Soliloquizing, "will I sing This ditty, word for word." The clock struck ten ; I minded me Of friends, at home, to sup; And when we left, what little mind They had, was not made up. Provenance What is the source of the piece of information, where is it derived from? E.g. archive (e.g. scans), research notes by a someone who had access to archival material, published (e.g. in an edited version) , citation (e.g. cited in secondary literature) Carr, Cornelia, editor. Harriet Hosmer: Letters and Memories. John Lane, 1913. <a href="https://archive.org/details/harriethosmerlet00hosmrich">https://archive.org/details/harriethosmerlet00hosmrich</a>. Accessed 26 May 2019. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Harriet Hosmer's "The Doleful Ditty of the Roman Caffe Greco" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030384/">New York Evening Post</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-00-00 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Subject The topic of the resource Frustration Gender Norms Italy--Rome Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908 Description An account of the resource Hosmer writes a "witty" poem, as Cornelia Carr describes it in her edition of Hosmer's letters, about the patriarchal culture of male sculptors in Rome. The poem is published in the New York Evening Post in the summer of 1864. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://archive.org/details/memoriesandanec01sanbgoog/page/n10/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internet Archive</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0960 gender norms/bending Rome women's jobs