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Scraps from an artist's sketchbook

Page 80

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STREET VIEW, WITH OLD COLUMN, FLORENCE.

INTERIOR OF SAN MARCO, VENICE.

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Scraps from an artist's sketchbook - Page 80. 1877. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. April 19, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2093.

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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 80
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Transcript	80 VENICE. moonlight. Most fortunately during our stay we have had splendid nights; and on the evening when the moon was at the full we took our gondola and proceeded along the Grand Canal, rowed silently along, passing some of the grand old palaces, many of them now converted into hotels. Proceeding onwards, we swept under that noble bridge of the Rialto, where, Shy- lock tells us, " merchants most do congregate;" there seem to be many of "our tribe" remaining, but the fruits of their industry on the Rialto are oranges, the chief depot for the supply of the city with fruit and vegetables being close to the bridge. Turning to our left we entered one of the smaller canals; still the same grand buildings with massive entrances and flights of steps descending to the canal; mysterious recesses by garden walls, with overhanging acacias and rich oleanders; quaint angles and innumerable bridges; bright gleams of moonlight coming between the tall buildings, which by sudden contrast make the gloom still more deep. Perhaps