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Creator Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby.
Contributor Adlard, Henry, engraver.
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, artist.
A. Newman and Co., printer.
Aspland, Theophil Lindsey, 1807-1890, artist.
Asselineau, Charles, 1820-1874, artist.
Bailey, T., artist.
Banks, William, d. 1866, engraver.
Becquet frères, printer.
Bowles, Thomas, d. 1767, engraver.
Brandard, John, 1812-1863, artist.
Buckler, E. H., artist.
Canaletto, 1697-1768, artist.
Chamouin, Jean Baptiste Marie, b. 1768, engraver.
Chapuy, Nicolas-Marie-Joseph, 1790-1858, artist.
Coles, W., artist.
Croston, J., artist.
Cuvillier, A., printer.
Dardoize, Emile, 1826-1901, artist.
Day & Son, printer.
Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, printer.
Destouches, fl. 1853-1869, printer.
Floyd, William, 1832-1877, engraver.
Gastineau, Henry G., 1791-1876, artist.
Gow, J., printer.
Hawkins, George, 1819-1852, artist.
Lacey, Samuel, fl. 1818-1857, engraver.
La Riviere, A., printer.
Lemercier, Alfred, printer.
Le Petit, William A., fl. 1829-1846, engraver.
Lorens, Alfred, photographer.
Marieschi, Michele, 1710-1743, artist.
M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith., printer.
Parr, Nathaniel, fl. 1742-1751, engraver.
Philippe, J., artist.
Raze, L. L., artist.
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681-1754 engraver.
Robert, J., engraver.
Speorli, T., engraver.
Tinney, John, d. 1761, engraver.
Tirpenne, Jean Louis, b. 1801, printer.
Wegelin, Adolf, 1810-1881, artist.
Westall, William, 1781-1850, artist.
Zocchi, Giuseppe, 1711-1767, artist.
Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby, 1814-1886, former owner.
Bates, J. C., publisher.
Bulla Frères et Jouy, publisher.
Gratton, James, publisher.
Robert Laurie and James Whittle, publisher.
Judson, William, publisher.
Veith et Hauser, publisher.
Title [Scrapbook of European views] [graphic].
Publisher 1794-1874
Date [ca. 1794-ca. 1874]
Physical Description 1 scrapbook (70 prints): engravings, hand-colored engravings, lithographs, color lithographs, albumen prints, etchings, chromolithographs, Baxter prints, aquatint, and watercolor; scrapbook 52 x 42 cm.(20.5 x 17 in.)
Description Scrapbook containing photographic and printed views of European cities, landmarks, and historical sites. Images depict the city and landscapes; castles, palaces, and estates; cathedrals and chuches; and hotels and resorts of Germany, Russia, Spain, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Great Britain. Images also show bridges, sailing vessels, pedestrians and street traffic, persons on promenades, horse-drawn vehicles, waterways, mountains, and squares and parks. Views (interiors and exteriors) of prominent sites include Vienna Arsenal (as a museum - 1874); Crucis and Netley Abbeys; Chester Cathedral; Staffordshire-in-Arms; the resting place and residence of Wordsworth; tomb of the Lafayette family; the house and bedroom where Msr. Le Duc D'Orleans died; Ripon Cathedral; Haddon Hall; the Crescent (Buxton); Shangana Castle (includes notes by Smith about her "happy days" spent there and the death of Augustus William Heyman); and Peveril Castle. Also includes several Laurie & Whittle vues d'optique published by "act of parliament May 12, 1794" depicting views of European cities, including Venice, Rome, Madrid, Paris and Versailles, as well as a number of plates from F. Sinnett's "La France de nos jours" (ca. 1860). Views of the Wilhelm monuments at Charlottenberg; Derwentwater; Lausanne; and the Druid Stones are also included in the scrapbook.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Some items contain manuscript notes by Smith inscribed on mount or verso. Notes often detail personal memories.
Various artists and photographers, including Alfred Lorens, G. Zocchi, Anth. Canale (Canaletto), M. Marieschi, J. Rigaud, J. Philippe, Asselineau, Chapuy, Wegelin, E. Dardoize, L. L. Raze, E. H. Buckler, T. Bailey, G. Hawkins, J. Croston, T. Allom, H. Gastineau, J. Brandard, W. Coles; L. Aspland, and W. Westall.
Various engravers, including T. Bowles, Parr, J. Robert, J. Tinney, Johann Baptist Marie Chamouin, T. Speorli, S. Lacey, W. Le Petit, H. Adlard, W. Floyd, and W. Banks.
Various printers and publishers, including Cuvillier, Lemercier, Laurie & Whittle, A. Hauser (Veith et Hauser), Destouches, Deroy, Bulla Freres et Jouy, Tirpenne, Jacottet, Spengler, Becquet frères, William Judson, A. LaRiviere, Day & Son, J. Gow, J. C. Bates, Newman & Co., James Gratton, and M & N. Hanhart.
Forms part of M. Rebecca Darby Smith Scrapbooks Collection.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Austria)
Bridges -- Europe.
Castles & palaces -- Europe.
Churches -- Europe.
Estates -- Europe.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Europe.
Hotels -- Europe.
Landscapes -- Europe.
Mountains -- Europe.
Pedestrians -- Europe.
Plazas -- Europe.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Europe.
Vessels -- Europe.
Waterways -- Europe.
Geographic subject Austria -- Pictorial works.
France -- Pictorial works.
Germany -- Pictorial works.
Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
Italy -- Pictorial works.
Lausanne (Switzerland) -- Pictorial works.
Madrid (Spain) -- Pictorial works.
Spain -- Pictorial works.
Paris (France) -- Pictorial works.
Russia -- Pictorial works.
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
Versailles (France) -- Pictorial works.
Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Scrapbooks -- 1790-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1880.
Aquatints -- 1840-1850.
Baxter prints -- 1850-1860.
Chromolithographs -- 1850-1880.
Engravings -- 1790-1880.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1790-1880.
Etchings -- 1840-1850.
Ilustrations -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- 1790-1880.
Lithographs -- Color -- 1790-1880.
Vues D'optique -- 1790-1800.
Watercolors -- 1850-1880.
Printer Bates, J. C., publisher.
Bulla Frères et Jouy, publisher.
Gratton, James, publisher.
Judson, William, publisher.
Robert Laurie and James Whittle, publisher.
Veith et Hauser, publisher.
Provenance Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby, 1814-1886, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| 4-Alcove 2 [Is 6 1518.Q, vol. 3]
Accession number Is 6 1518.Q, vol. 3