Beware of what you see online. That second photo is a fake, a combination of two photos to make it appear that Twain was sitting in front of his house. Cf MTJ 44 1/2 (2006) Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA You can browse our books at: www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ------ Original Message ------ From: "Munkittrick Associates" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 3/16/2020 4:00:14 PM Subject: Re: Villa Viviani >Twain at Stormfield. Lots of views of the house in one place here: > >https://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2012/03/stormfield.html?m=1 > >Interesting that the article in *Country Life *implies he didn't have much >to do with the design of the house. (Most know that the architect was >Howells' son, John Mead Howells.) Do you think that is true? > >- Alain > >Alain Munkittrick, Associate >Rosemary Munkittrick, Associate > >MUNKITTRICK ASSOCIATES, LLC >Architecture, Interior Design and Space Planning >PO Box 167 >Cobalt, CT 06414 >Tel: 860.342.4333 > >Street Delivery: >235 Middle Haddam Road >Portland, CT 06480 > >This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and >privileged information and is for use by the designated addressee(s) named >above only. Any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are >not the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you have received >this communication in error and that any use or reproduction of this email >or its contents is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have >received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by >replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. >Munkittrick Associates. > > >On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 4:22 PM miki pfeffer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Here are photos of Villa Viviani. It is presently an events venue but still >> shows details that Grace King and her sister Nan described in letters from >> their visit to the Clemenses in 1892. >> Enjoy. >> Miki Pfeffer >> >> -- >> Miki Pfeffer, Ph D >> *A** New Orlean**s Author i**n Mark Twain's Court: * >> *Letters from Grace King's New England Sojourns * >> (LSU Press, 2019) >> *Southern Ladies and Suffragists: Julia Ward Howe and Women's Rights at the >> 1884 New Orleans World's Fair *(University Press of Mississippi, 2014) >> >