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Page 106

CHURCHES OF SAN GIORGIO AND SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, ON THE GRAND CANAL, FROM THE PUBLIC GARDENS, VENICE.

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Scraps from an artist's sketchbook - Page 106. 1877. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. May 10, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/2135/show/2121.

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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 106
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Transcript	106 THE RETURN, hour scores of gondolas were silently moving along or waiting with their occupants to hear the first strains of music at the Caffe Royal, which is situate close to the Grand Canal, and has an excellent stringed band. Having considerable time to spare before the train started for Munich, we made use of it in again visiting some of the smaller but more picturesque canals. A young moon shone, but we had to show the usual lamp at night, since some of these canals are so narrow, and the palaces and other buildings so high, that the gloom seems intense. In passing by one of these grand old palaces, now empty, except an upper room used by an artist friend for his studio, and who had invited us to view his pictures, we landed and had the opportunity of going through this home of departed grandeur. The rooms, of immense proportions, especially the ball-room, which was richly decorated on the walls and ceilings with the usual mythological subjects, all wore a sad, deserted look. We could not help picturing to ourselves the grand receptions— the gaiety, fashion, heart winning, and heart