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 |
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Publisher | Daily Chronicle |
Date | 1877 |
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Language | English |
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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 |
Title | Page 16 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_026.jpg |
Transcript | 16 ROME. Rome.—No. III. "Xw/^E have observed that here in the jSa) morning one must be stirring a early to be up before the Romans; their street cries of fish, fruit, and vegetables, and the newspaper cry of " Popolo Romano,'' may be heard in varied tones soon after four o'clock, and a full regiment of the line with their band playing on the march at five o'clock, so that whatever the inclination for sleep, there is no chance of it, and again you are compelled to do as the Romans do. The great heat of the day renders it almost impossible to pursue any active work after twelve o'clock; those who can then take their siesta from that hour until four p.m., and many of the shops are closed. The caffes are thronged soon after five o'clock with a variety of characters— men, women, and children—who come for their early meal, ail respectful, and some of the women of the perfect Roman type, with splendid hair and fine features. There |