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STREET VIEW, WITH OLD COLUMN, FLORENCE.

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Scraps from an artist's sketchbook - Page 77. 1877. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. February 18, 2020. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2090.

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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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Title	Page 77
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Transcript	VENICE. 77 Venice.—No. II. fHE long night journey from Florence to Venice, which we attempted to sketch in our last Scrap, with its accompanying excitement and loss of rest, caused us to seek early repose, that we might be able to commence earnest work the following day. No rocking was required to induce sleep, and we awoke thoroughly refreshed about six o'clock. Upon opening our sun shutters, what a brilliant sight lay stretched out before us ; the quay of the Grand Canal, at this comparatively early hour, crowded with figures; sailors at work on board their picturesque coasting vessels, with some sacred emblem or other design painted on the prow, whilst the sails of rich yellows, reds, or browns, arranged themselves naturally into harmonious colour, many of them being also painted with a cross or sun upon them. The whole effect could not fail to charm the most uneducated eye, though the observer might be unable to discern the