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CASA TONDA, WITH CHURCH OF SAN GIOVANNI LATERANO, ROME.

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Scraps from an artist's sketchbook - Page 12. 1877. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. September 19, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2018.

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(1877). Scraps from an artist's sketchbook - Page 12. Exotic Impressions, Views of Foreign Lands. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2018

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Title	Scraps from an artist's sketchbook
Alternative Title	Scraps from an artist's sketch book, with illustrations from the author's original sketches in Rome, Florence, and Venice , photographed by J. Greer, Pendleton
Creator (Local)	Rothwell, Selim
Contributor (Local)	Pendleton, J. Greer
Publisher	Daily Chronicle
Date	1877
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Artists
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Rome, Italy Florence, Italy Venice, Italy
Genre (AAT)	books plates (illustrations) illustrations (layout features)
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	118 pages; 12 leaves; 19 cm
Original Item Location	DG427 .R68 1877
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b2395052~S11
Digital Collection	Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic
Repository	Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library
Use and Reproduction	No Copyright - United States
Identifier	exotic_201304_003

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Title	Page 12
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Transcript	12 ROME. ton Wood, at the Villa Campana ; this villa has been recently purchased by Mr. Wood, and belonged to the Marchese Campana di Cavelli, in whose family it had been for a century, and who was compelled to quit Rome for political reasons. Situate near San Giovanni, in Laterano, it was frequently visited by some of the greatest nobles of Rome, and both historically and arclneo- logically is of great interest, being enriched with monuments and precious fragments of antiquity, many of which were discovered in the grounds surrounding this summer residence. Gregory the Great retired here to pray in an ancient chapel, decorated with frescoes ; one, of the Saviour, is in the style, if not by the hand, of Giotto. A letter written by the Marchese has been lent for our perusal, which gives a most interesting account of the former splendour of this villa at a time when Ludwig, King of Bavaria, visited its possessor; and this villa is now the property of a young sculptor who came unknown to Rome a few years ago. The late John Gibson, R.A., soon