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A Journal of a Seven-Months' Tour in Europe, August 1898 - March 1899. Volume II 1898-1899.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shurtleff, Sarah Anne (Keegan), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art.
- Cities and towns.
- Photographs.
- Tourism.
- Monuments.
- Architecture.
- Rome.
- Pompeii (Extinct city).
- Monte-Carlo (Monaco).
- London (England).
- Brussels (Belgium).
- Berlin (Germany).
- Baden-Baden (Germany).
- Basel (Switzerland).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- 1898
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This journal contains an index specific to this volume. The volume is illustrated with pictures and other ephemera she collected, and with photographs, many of which were taken by her husband, Asahel Shurtleff. The journal contains Sarah's extensive 'Notes on Art' and 'Notes on St Peters'. Some of the many tourist attractions she visited in Italy include: St Peter's Basilica, Mount Vesuvius, the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine, the Sistine Chapel, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Campo Santo. A large part of the journal also documents where they went and what they saw when in Germany and the Netherlands. For example: Dresden art gallery, Bismarck's birthplace, Goethe's birthplace, and many towers, monuments, bridges, fountains and churches.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:A170 box 12 197v.
- Spine detached completely, front and back boards detached, color pictures at the back.
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