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A sketchbook of forty drawings of Sicilian and Neapolitan subjects (vol. VIII) including views of: Paestum; Near Cefalù; Cyclopean Islands; Mount Etna; The Casa Inglesa on Mount Etna; In the Bosco on Mount Etna; The Fontana d'Ulisse near Catania; The ancient Theatre at Catania; Aci Reale; Castagna de Centro Cavalli; Castagna della Nave; Castagna dell'Imperio; The Theatre at Taormina; Pagliara; Pozzuoli; The Grotto of Posillipo; At the Tomb of Virgil; Naples from the Villa Gensano; Vesuvius from Capo di Monte; The Temple of Diana at Baja; The Castle of Baja; Vesuvius from Castellammare; View from the point of Posillipo; Caserta from Belvedere; and View at Stromboli (two illustrated)
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Robert Henry Cheney (1801-1866)
A sketchbook of forty drawings of Sicilian and Neapolitan subjects (vol. VIII) including views of: Paestum; Near Cefalù; Cyclopean Islands; Mount Etna; The Casa Inglesa on Mount Etna; In the Bosco on Mount Etna; The Fontana d'Ulisse near Catania; The ancient Theatre at Catania; Aci Reale; Castagna de Centro Cavalli; Castagna della Nave; Castagna dell'Imperio; The Theatre at Taormina; Pagliara; Pozzuoli; The Grotto of Posillipo; At the Tomb of Virgil; Naples from the Villa Gensano; Vesuvius from Capo di Monte; The Temple of Diana at Baja; The Castle of Baja; Vesuvius from Castellammare; View from the point of Posillipo; Caserta from Belvedere; and View at Stromboli (two illustrated)
inscribed 'Vol VIII. Sicily. Naples.' (on the inside of the cover)
the majority pencil, some pen and ink with brown wash
the sketchbook 10½ x 14¾ in. (26.6 x 37.5 cm.) overall (40)
A sketchbook of forty drawings of Sicilian and Neapolitan subjects (vol. VIII) including views of: Paestum; Near Cefalù; Cyclopean Islands; Mount Etna; The Casa Inglesa on Mount Etna; In the Bosco on Mount Etna; The Fontana d'Ulisse near Catania; The ancient Theatre at Catania; Aci Reale; Castagna de Centro Cavalli; Castagna della Nave; Castagna dell'Imperio; The Theatre at Taormina; Pagliara; Pozzuoli; The Grotto of Posillipo; At the Tomb of Virgil; Naples from the Villa Gensano; Vesuvius from Capo di Monte; The Temple of Diana at Baja; The Castle of Baja; Vesuvius from Castellammare; View from the point of Posillipo; Caserta from Belvedere; and View at Stromboli (two illustrated)
inscribed 'Vol VIII. Sicily. Naples.' (on the inside of the cover)
the majority pencil, some pen and ink with brown wash
the sketchbook 10½ x 14¾ in. (26.6 x 37.5 cm.) overall (40)
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