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1. Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850
- Creator:
- Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 129
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 72
- Abstract:
- 20 ALS and 2 autograph manuscripts by Chandos Leigh, first Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh. Almost all of the letters were written during his travels on the Continent. Ten were written to his parents and sister in 1818-19 while he was on the grand tour. Let...
- Description:
- Chandos Leigh (1791-1850) was educated at Harrow School, where he met Lord Byron, and Christ Church, Oxford, following which he made the grand tour with Philip Shuttleworth. A distant cousin of Jane Austen's, and a generous literary patron to Leigh Hu...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe., Alps, Florence (Italy), Italy, Rome (Italy), and Switzerland
- Subject (Name):
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837., Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822., Colvile, Frederick Leigh, 1819-1886., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850, Leigh, James Henry, 1765-1823., Leigh, Julia, d. 1871., Leigh, Julia Twisleton, d. 1843., Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844., Catholic Church, and Rugby School.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading, Death and burial, Influence, Customs and practices, Authors, English, Dandies, English literature, Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850
2. Journal : from Pisa on Monday Nov 17th 1817 to Arta on Sunday May 10th 1818. continued, Vol. II, 1817-1818
- Creator:
- Cornwall, Alan Gardner, 1797-1874
- Call Number:
- Osborn d424
- Image Count:
- 267
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary tracing 6 months of Cornwall's extended foreign tour in the company of Henry Venn Elliott, his tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge. This volume covers his journey from Pisa through various Italian cities and his subsequent travels to B...
- Description:
- Alphabetical index of placenames at back of volume.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Albania, Florence (Italy), Iōannina (Greece), Naples (Italy), Pisa (Italy), and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Ali Pașa, Tepedelenli, 1744?-1822., Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, Cornwall, Alan Gardner, 1797-1874., Elliott, Henry Venn, 1792-1865., Maitland, Thomas, Sir, 1759?-1824., Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Catholic Church, Palazzo Medici Riccardi., and Palazzo Pitti.
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Customs and practices, Grand tours (Education), Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Antiquities, and Festivals, etc
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal : from Pisa on Monday Nov 17th 1817 to Arta on Sunday May 10th 1818. continued, Vol. II, 1817-1818
3. [Journal], 1838 Oct 4-24.
- Creator:
- Tebbs, H. V. (Henry Virtue)
- Call Number:
- Osborn d428
- Image Count:
- 86
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary, apparently incomplete, of part of a tour through Italy. The diary opens with a description of a tour of Herculaneum and of antiquities and sight-seeing in Naples, followed by a journey to Rome. Tebbs describes a visit to the Vatican L...
- Description:
- Annotation on front pastedown: "H. V. Tebbs. Glebe House, Chelsea. Vol. 2."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Italy, Florence (Italy), Naples (Italy), and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Tebbs, H. V. (Henry Virtue) and Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Antiquities
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Journal], 1838 Oct 4-24.