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 92 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_110.jpg |
Transcript | 92 VENICE. against the walls, and the trappings of woe very soon removed with the other properties until the next show. We hope that we are not uncharitable, but we must say from observation during the many days we have been at work in St. Mark's, that of all the Roman Catholic cities we have ever visited, Venice is, to our thinking, the most superstitious. Having taken up our position near to the entrance door, we have not failed to observe the kissing of idols and the sprinkling of holy water. A fellow goes down on his knees, says his prayers, we suppose, and steals our umbrella under our nose. We are not the only victim. Innocent strangers, who may have placed a hat or shawl on a seat, find themselves relieved by these pious thieves, who remove it for fear there might be some dishonest people about, but occasionally are caught, there being a special policeman to look after them; but the numerous ways of exit give a great chance of escape. |