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 58 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_073.jpg |
Transcript | 58 FLORENCE. Florence.—No. IL JHE Florentines, like all other Italians, are fond of their festas, which are an excellent excuse for a holiday, which they thoroughly enjoy; these festas have been pretty numerous during our stay in the fair city. On the one celebrating the statuto, or the unity of the country, a grand military display was held on the Cascine, a large space outside the Porta al Prata. It is a gay resort, with its numerous promenades sheltered with beautiful trees and well supplied with seats. The views of the distant mountains are fine. There were about 8000 men under arms, and the cavalry and artillery very finely mounted. As a rule the foot soldiers do not look a brilliant lot, though their officers are always fine young fellows. Another festa—that of S. Giovanni, the patron saint of the city—is a great holiday, when crowds of people throng the streets and caffes ; the theatres also are well patronised. Unfortunately the summer theatres have been seriously inter- |