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Bibliographic Information
Gay, Getty. "The Royal Bohemian Supper." New York Saturday Press. 31 Dec. 1859: 2.
Type: newspaper ; Genre: journalism, short fiction
Abstract
This quasi-fictional account of the royalty of bohemia gathering for supper at Ada Clare's 42nd Street home refers to several of the Pfaffians with thinly-veiled pseudonyms: "Among her most illustrious guests were her royal Captive, the Grand Seignor of Turkey [Christopher Bey Oscanyan]; Count Wilkinski, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Empress Anna Maria [Edward G. P. Wilkins]; the Countess of Peoria; Lady Gay [Getty Gay]; Baron Clapper [Henry Clapp, Jr.]; Sir Peter Porter, Knight of Malta; Sir Archibald Hopper; and Lord Pierceall, Troubadour to Her Majesty [Robert W. Pearsall]."
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People Mentioned in this Work
- Clapp, Henry Jr.
- Referred to as "Baron Clapper."
- Clare, Ada
- Referred to as "Her Majesty the Queen of Bohemia," the resident of a "palace fronting 4442d street." Clare was widely considered the queen of the antebellum bohemians and her 42nd Street home in Manhattan was second only to Pfaff's as a bohemian haunt.
- Gay, Getty
- Referred to as "Lady Gay."
- Oscanyan, Christopher Bey
- Referred to as Clare's "royal Captive, the Grand Seignor of Turkey."
- Pearsall, Robert W.
- Referred to as "Lord Pierceall, Troubadour to Her Majesty" Ada Clare, the "Queen of Bohemia."
- Wilkins, Edward G. P.
- Referred to as "Count Wilkinski, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Empress Anna Maria."
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