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A sketchbook of forty-three drawings of Italian landscapes (Vol. III) including: In the Colisseum [sic]; The Scuola di Virgilio; The Temple of Ceres from the old walls of Paestum; The Grotto di S. Angelo di Pertosa; Casalnuova in the Principato di Salerno; Lauria Soprana in Basilicata; Campo Farnese in Calabria Citra; Castrovillari in Calabria Citra; On the Plain of Corigliano in Calabria Citra; Cassano; Monteleone; In the gardens of the Villa Francia at Monteleone; Palmi Calabria Ultra (illustrated); The Corso Borbonico Reggio; Messina from the Faro; La Madonna della Grotta di Messina; Faro di Messina; Venetico; Patti; Rocca Periata on the road to Cefalù; The Temple of Diana; and Cefalù
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Edward Cheney (1803-1884) and Harriet Cheney (1771-1848)
A sketchbook of forty-three drawings of Italian landscapes (Vol. III) including: In the Colisseum [sic]; The Scuola di Virgilio; The Temple of Ceres from the old walls of Paestum; The Grotto di S. Angelo di Pertosa; Casalnuova in the Principato di Salerno; Lauria Soprana in Basilicata; Campo Farnese in Calabria Citra; Castrovillari in Calabria Citra; On the Plain of Corigliano in Calabria Citra; Cassano; Monteleone; In the gardens of the Villa Francia at Monteleone; Palmi Calabria Ultra (illustrated); The Corso Borbonico Reggio; Messina from the Faro; La Madonna della Grotta di Messina; Faro di Messina; Venetico; Patti; Rocca Periata on the road to Cefalù; The Temple of Diana; and Cefalù
signed and inscribed 'b. Feb. 1803./Edward Cheney/Naples March 1823 -/in 21st year./Figures - by his mother -/HCC' (on the frontispiece), with Edward Cheney's armorial bookplate (on the inside cover of the album), the majority inscribed (on the pages of the album) and some dated 1823
pencil, pen and black ink
the sketchbook 9½ x 13½ in. (24.1 x 34.3 cm.) overall (43)
A sketchbook of forty-three drawings of Italian landscapes (Vol. III) including: In the Colisseum [sic]; The Scuola di Virgilio; The Temple of Ceres from the old walls of Paestum; The Grotto di S. Angelo di Pertosa; Casalnuova in the Principato di Salerno; Lauria Soprana in Basilicata; Campo Farnese in Calabria Citra; Castrovillari in Calabria Citra; On the Plain of Corigliano in Calabria Citra; Cassano; Monteleone; In the gardens of the Villa Francia at Monteleone; Palmi Calabria Ultra (illustrated); The Corso Borbonico Reggio; Messina from the Faro; La Madonna della Grotta di Messina; Faro di Messina; Venetico; Patti; Rocca Periata on the road to Cefalù; The Temple of Diana; and Cefalù
signed and inscribed 'b. Feb. 1803./Edward Cheney/Naples March 1823 -/in 21st year./Figures - by his mother -/HCC' (on the frontispiece), with Edward Cheney's armorial bookplate (on the inside cover of the album), the majority inscribed (on the pages of the album) and some dated 1823
pencil, pen and black ink
the sketchbook 9½ x 13½ in. (24.1 x 34.3 cm.) overall (43)
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