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 44 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_058.jpg |
Transcript | 44 ROME. the artist may be induced to exhibit his work in England. The Dore school, though so attractive, would soon be put into the shade by this, to our thinking, one of the greatest efforts of modern art. Our stay in Rome, where we had spent a month of real pleasure, was not allowed to terminate without a social gathering. A dinner was arranged and given by an artist friend at the Hotel Cesare—the room draped with curtains like a tent, profusely decorated with flowers, the table richly spread and strewn with flowers in the Roman fashion; and here in the company of clever artists, a most enjoyable evening was spent. The host, a young sculptor of great promise, was supported by a worthy German doctor, almost an Englishman in his sympathies with our artists resident in Rome, and who never fails to render service to his " boys," as he fondly calls them, whenever required. The dinner was a success; the wine excellent, and the wit and song flowed merrily. We had to take our share in its success, and it having |