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

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Scraps from an artist's sketchbook - Page 14. 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 18, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2020.

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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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Transcript	14 ROME. portrait busts, and a full length of Lady Greenall, with a favourite Scotch hound. We will now attempt to describe the immense statues commissioned by .Major Walker, late Mayor of Liverpool, and intended to adorn the exterior of the Pine Art Gallery which he has so nobly presented to the Corporation of that town. These figures represent Raphael and Michael Angelo. The latter, when placed, will be seated on the right, and the other on the left of and outside the entrance, and are nine feet high. The blocks of marble, roughly shaped at the quarries of 0 to lessen the weight of carriage, w fifteen tons; whilst the emblematic lh of Liverpool, with her attendant Li Bird, which will also be seated, is to be placed upon the pediment, and he in height about twelve feet. This block of marble weighs about twenty tons, and the carriage of these immense pieces caused a great sensation in passing through the street Rome. In addition to these great works, there are bas-relievos representing lour