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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 83. 1877. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. October 16, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2096.

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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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Transcript	VENICE. 83 the different caffes in other parts of the city; whilst that ancient institution, the oracle of wit and humour, Punchinello, is banished altogether. Too often the Italian Punch conveyed a political meaning in his jokes, and the authorities could not afford to be laughed at; it was dangerous, so the baton or cudgel had to be resigned, and Punchinello was deposed. We should not be sorry if the groups of fellows who infest every public place could also be banished to one of the small islands. They come offering for sale their cheap jewelry and cameos, beads and shell ornaments, photographs and matches, and seize upon the Forestieri, under which grand title Englishmen are included, and are almost as difficult to get quit of as the mosquitoes—these, by-the- bye, are particularly attentive at present, yet are as difficult to find as a policeman when wanted. They, too, are of the invisible, and it is only when you seek repose that their trumpet note calls you up to battle. Here we draw the curtain, and having provided ourselves with a thin net-