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 80 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_097.jpg |
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 |