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A sketchbook of forty-five drawings of Italian views (vol. VII) including: Cefalù; Palermo; Segesta; San Guilano; The Temple of Jupiter Olympus at Selinus; The Northern Temple at Selinus; The Temple of Juno Lucina (illustrated); The Temple of Hercules at Agrigentum; The Tomb of Theron at Agrigentum; The ruins of the Temple of Vulcan at Agrigentum; The site of the Temple of Ceres at Castrogiovanni; Latomia del Parasiso at Syracuse; The Ancient Theatre at Syracuse; The Convent of Capuchins near Syracuse; The Fountain of Arethusa; The Tomb of Archimedes near Syracuse; and The Ear of Dionysius in the Latomia del Paradiso near Syracuse
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Robert Henry Cheney (1801-1866)
A sketchbook of forty-five drawings of Italian views (vol. VII) including: Cefalù; Palermo; Segesta; San Guilano; The Temple of Jupiter Olympus at Selinus; The Northern Temple at Selinus; The Temple of Juno Lucina (illustrated); The Temple of Hercules at Agrigentum; The Tomb of Theron at Agrigentum; The ruins of the Temple of Vulcan at Agrigentum; The site of the Temple of Ceres at Castrogiovanni; Latomia del Parasiso at Syracuse; The Ancient Theatre at Syracuse; The Convent of Capuchins near Syracuse; The Fountain of Arethusa; The Tomb of Archimedes near Syracuse; and The Ear of Dionysius in the Latomia del Paradiso near Syracuse
signed with initials and inscribed 'RHC Vol. VII Sicily' (on the inside cover of the album)
the majority pencil, three with wash
the sketchbook 10¼ x 14½ in. (26 x 36.8 cm.) overall (45)
A sketchbook of forty-five drawings of Italian views (vol. VII) including: Cefalù; Palermo; Segesta; San Guilano; The Temple of Jupiter Olympus at Selinus; The Northern Temple at Selinus; The Temple of Juno Lucina (illustrated); The Temple of Hercules at Agrigentum; The Tomb of Theron at Agrigentum; The ruins of the Temple of Vulcan at Agrigentum; The site of the Temple of Ceres at Castrogiovanni; Latomia del Parasiso at Syracuse; The Ancient Theatre at Syracuse; The Convent of Capuchins near Syracuse; The Fountain of Arethusa; The Tomb of Archimedes near Syracuse; and The Ear of Dionysius in the Latomia del Paradiso near Syracuse
signed with initials and inscribed 'RHC Vol. VII Sicily' (on the inside cover of the album)
the majority pencil, three with wash
the sketchbook 10¼ x 14½ in. (26 x 36.8 cm.) overall (45)
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