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Travel diary of Lavinia Bartlett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartlett, Lavinia, author.
- Series:
- Women's voices and life writing, 1600-1968.
- Women's voices and life writing, 1600-1968
- Language:
- English
- French
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture.
- Art.
- Children.
- Christian life.
- Commerce.
- Food.
- Gardening.
- Music.
- Nature.
- Poetry.
- Railroads.
- Religion.
- Travel.
- Walking.
- Weather.
- England.
- France.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Travel writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified], 1843-1851.
- Language Note:
- In English, Italian and French.
- Summary:
- Diary consisting of three parts. Firstly an account of a sight seeing tour to Paris with her husband, Charles Bartlett, written for the amusement of her children 20 May to 23 June 1843; secondly a miscellaneous collection of poetry, prose and extracts from religious works; and finally a diary kept on a tour to the Pyrenees and the French Riviera for the benefit of her husband's health. They were accompanied on this trip by three of their daughters and a niece. Leaving from Birmingham 27 July 1850 they visited thermal baths of the French Pyrenees as well as Toulouse and Montpelier and Nice. The diary ends at Genoa 29 April 1851. The diary is illustrated in places with pencil drawings and contains a pressed flower, probably a gentianella mentioned as having been bought for her.
- Notes:
- Archive reference: MS447
- From collection: Travel Diary of Lavinia Bartlett - 1843-1851
- Title from publisher's website.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2024. Digitized from a copy held by the University of Birmingham and made available by AM.
- Description based on resource (viewed March 15, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1427703795
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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