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Incognito: the 'Comte de Lusace' on the Grand Cure in Italy, 1738-40

The unpublished travel accounts of Crown Prince Friedrich Christian (1722-63) of Saxony/Poland, a disabled teenager touring Italy in 1738-40 as 'Comte de Lusace', and related documentation and research by Maureen Cassidy-Geiger

The Prince and I
The Itinerary
- The Itinerary
- The Maps
The Cure
- Neapolitan medical opinion
- London medical opinion
2018 Dresden Exhibition: The Grand Cure / Die Grande Kur – links to the website, booklet, flyer, press, and design team
2018 Dresden Exhibition: gallery views
Diary of Comte de Lusace/Prince Friedrich Christian (1738-40; in French)
Journal du Voyage de son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Prince Royal de Pologne &c. Electoral de Saxe &c. Ecrit de sa Propre Main (May 13, 1738 – Sept. 7, 1740)
Journal of Joseph Anton von Wackerbarth-Salmour addressed to August III (1738-40; in French)
Court minister and head of the prince’s household. His dispatches begin on June 21, 1738 and cease on Aug. 6, 1740
Journal of Hans Moritz, Count von Brühl (incomplete, 1738 and 1739; in German)
Future diplomat and brother of Prime Minister Heinrich, Count von Brühl, this diary was written in German and kept chiefly in Rome, from Nov. 28, 1738 – March 27, 1739 after a preliminary dispatch from Ischia dated Aug. 18, 1738.
Court Journal for May 12 – June 1, 1738 (from Dresden to Palmanova; in German)
Portraits of the Prince
- Getty adds an Enlightenment prince
Archival Resources
Recent scholarship
Internationale Tagung: Friedrich Christian von Sachsen (1722-1763) – Thronfolger und Förderer der Künste

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Maureen Cassidy-Geiger: Princes and Porcelain on the Grand Tour of Italy (2007)

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https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/30/fragile-diplomacy

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Posted on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023Author Misc. Archival or PublishedCategories Maureen Cassidy-GeigerTags Albani family, Grand Tour, Joseph Anton Gabaleon von Wackerbarth-Salmour, Maria Amalia (1724-60) Queen of Naples, Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony/Poland (1722-63), Rome 1739, Venice 1740

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