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At the base of the Spanish Steps, shadows of palm trees in the square grew longer and longer as the sun set.  They crawled up on brightly-colored walls of the surrounding buildings like they wanted to reach the sky but soon they were absorbed into the warmth of orange walls.

The square, Piazza di Spagna, was full of people and there were also several horses waiting for riders in their carriages.  When Charles Dickens came here in 1845, he described the crowded square as a meeting place "for artists' models, who would dress in colourful traditional costumes, hoping to catch the attention of a wealthy artist."  Is this still true?  I don't know.  Maybe I didn't notice because I am not certainly a wealthy artist.


"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress."

- Charles Dickens, Victorian-era English novelist, wrote Pictures from Italy based on his trip in the mid 1800s.


Roma, Italia XXXIX

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Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 8.25 x 11.5 inches (21 x 29 cm)
Mat/Frame: No
Purchase: Sold

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