Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dodwell, Edward" to "Drama"

part in Italy, at Naples and Rome. He died at Rome on the 13th of May

1832, from the effects of an illness contracted in 1830 during a visit of exploration to the Sabine Mountains. His widow, a daughter of Count Giraud, thirty years his junior, subsequently became famous as the "beautiful" countess of Spaur, and played a considerable rôle in the political life of the papal...