Little is known about her. At the time she was working on her Dante Map (December 1891), she was residing in London, at 37 Collingham Place.
She lived in Italy, where she received the assistance of Count Ugo Balzani and the "accoglienza onesta e lieta" of Signor Bonghi.
She was in contact with eminent contemporary dantisti such as Edward Moore (founder and President of the Oxford Dante Society, Taylorian lecturer ), Philipp Wicksteed (lecturer, scholar and translator), Mr Bryce (member of the Oxford Dante Society) Sir Frederick Pollock (translator), Mr. J. S. Black (Edinburgh).
She corresponded with the Dante Society of America
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