Casa Magni

Casa Magni had originally been a boathouse, and the waves came right up to the front door. Shelley immediately felt at home: ‘He never was in better health or spirits than during this time’ Mary Shelley later wrote. But she herself was ill and miserable. She suffered a near-fatal miscarriage at Casa Magni, and hated the crowded conditions of the house, its remoteness, and the rusticity of the local people with their ‘detestable dialect’. ‘I wish I cd break my chains & leave this dungeon’ she wrote to Leigh Hunt at the end of June.

Anonymous

19th century

canvas and coloured oil-based paints

oil painting (technique)
landscapes (representations)

KSH

Terrace Room

ART-037