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Front Cover A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The front cover of “A Sentimental Journey in France and Italy” has gold lettering (stamped, I think, because it feels indented) and illustrations from the book.

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Added: 2010-02-07

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Poor Marksman A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

Cupid is watching a Frenchman practice his archery, shooting arrows at a heart on a pole.I think [the French] arrogant bunglers; and, in truth, the worst set of marks-men that ever tried cupid’s patie [...]

Keywords: archery, arrows, weapons, cherubs, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-29

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Flying cherub firing an arrow A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

A winged cupid, a naked boy with wings sprouting from his shoulder-blades, holds an arrow ready to fire. Where his arrow lands, someone will fall in love. I have included both a large size and smaller [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, nudity, bare feet, wings, archery, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-16

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Postilion galloping uphill A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

A passenger in a two-wheeled carriage (a chaise) is being pulled up a steep hill by a pair of horses, the driver, or postilion, is gesturing up the hill.The postilion managed the point to a miracle: b [...]

Keywords: carts, transport, people, horses, greyscale

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Added: 2010-09-05

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The Butler. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The butler holds out a piece of paper or a small book. He is drssed in Eighteenth-century costume.

Keywords: people, costumes, butlers, servants, greyscale

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Added: 2013-02-13

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The Stage Coach. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The stage coach, or more likely a carriage, is pulle by two horses, a driver sitting on the left-hand one. There are large wooden cart-wheels in the foreground; the carriage faces away from us and we [...]

Keywords: transport, carriages, horses, people, wheels, greyscale

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Added: 2013-09-24

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The Pulse. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

Any one may do a casual act of good nature, but a continuation of them shows itis a part of the temperature; and certainly, added I, if it is the same blood which comes from the heart which descends t [...]

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Added: 2009-02-01

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At the bookseller A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The bookseller climbs a ladder to reach a book, which he is about to hand to a customer, a lady in 18th century dress and bonnet, in this bookshop [US: bookstore].The bookseller made a bow, and was go [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, books, pictures of books, bookshops, greyscale

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Added: 2008-05-15

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Presented with the passport A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

the Count de B—— entered, with my passport in his hand. (p. 147)Two men, dressed in eighteenth-century costume, with wigs and ruffs and frilly cuffs and silk stockings, stand in a room with ornate Fre [...]

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Added: 2010-09-03

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Man reading at a table A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

A man wearing an eighteenth-century-style costume, with cuffs, and wth curled hair or a wig, sits at a desk or table reading a book which he holds in his left hand, with his right elbow on the table a [...]

Keywords: people, books, greyscale

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Added: 2010-09-07

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The Conquest 1: Perhaps a kiss? A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

Yes—and then—Ye, whose clay-cold heads and lukewarm hearts can argue down or mask your passions, tell me, what trespass is this that man should have them? or how his spirit stands answerable to the F [...]

Keywords: people, romance, backgrounds, wallpaper, staircases, interiors, greyscale

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The Conquest 2: Walking down the stairs A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

If nature has so wove her web of kindness, that some threads of love and desire are entangled with the piece, must the whole web be rent in drawing them out? Whip me such stories, great Governor of N [...]

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The Conquest 3: Through the door A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

As I finished my address, I raised the fairfille de chambreup by the hand, and led her out of the room; she stood by me till I locked the door and put the key in my pocket,and then,the victory being q [...]

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Added: 2008-01-04

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Maria A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

A photogravure: Maria. Here, a girl sits by a river-bank petting her dog; she has a flute on her lap, wears her long hair loose, and has a lace bodice. Next to her sits a man (the author), wearing a h [...]

Keywords: people, romance, costumes, water, trees, dogs, greyscale

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Maria, detail - faces - two people in love A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

Actually he is in love with her, but I am not sure she shared the feelings. This is a detail from theMariaphotogravure, sized for wide-screen computer desktops.

Keywords: people, romance, faces, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2010-02-07

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The Grace A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

If the supper was to my taste, the grace which followed it was much more so. (p. 202)This appears to be a rustic country dance. In the bacground a man plays a musical instrument, perhaps a hurdy-gurdy [...]

Keywords: people, dances, romance, costumes, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-20

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The Grace (brighter version) A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

A brighter version ofThe Gracethat might be better for printing, perhaps to form the basis for a Valentine’s Day card or to make a scrap-book appear older. The trees in the background have suffered a [...]

Keywords: people, dances, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-20

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