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 70 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_087.jpg |
Transcript | 70 VENICE. enjoyed. Here, too, are the celebrated La Favorita gardens, which we attended on the opening night. The entertainments were first-class, and a splendid string band, in addition to the military one, discoursed most excellent music, programmes being handed to the visitors. No dancing or singing, but some clever acrobats went through their wonderful performances, .the whole concluding with a brilliant display of fireworks, certainly the most original in design we ever saw. The entertainment is varied almost every evening with dramatic or operatic performances and pianoforte recitals. In addition to these amusements, the military band of the 71st Regiment, stationed here, gives selections of the best con)posers every other evening on the grand square or piazza, S. Marco. Here, at about nine o'clock, may be seen the youth, beauty, fashion, old and young, of Venice, promenading, whilst crowds are seated at the various caffes underneath the covered portion of the piazza. Great numbers prefer to assemble at the seats and tables provided by the various proprietors of the caffes on the |