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Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

  • Alphabet discs
  • The spot where the body of Shelley was burned
  • Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France
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  • Lord Byron, as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa & Genoa
  • Julia Conyers album
  • Watercolor portrait of Lord Byron
  • The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!
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  • Lives of the necromancers (with tipped in autograph letter signed to Thomas Northmore, 3 January [1803])
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
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  • Lady Anne Hamilton commonplace book of poetry
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Title
Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France
Names
Graham, Thomas Henry, 1793-1881 (Artist)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1818
Table of Contents
[Rotunda in a wood.] -- "Martigny in the Vallais - Sunset." -- "The Valley of the Rhone, from the road between Martigny and Chamouny" -- "Herdsmen's Cottage near the summit of the Col de Balm - Vallais." -- "Mont Blanc from the Col de Bame." -- "Glacire d'Argentiere." -- "Scene on the Mer de Glace." -- "Source of the Arve" -- "View in descending from Montanvert to the source of the Arve." -- "The Inn at Chamouny." -- "Pont de St. Maurice, La Vallais." -- "La Porte du [Soliel] ci Vallais." -- "Junction of Rhone & Arve." -- "Geneva from near the juntion of Rhone & Arve." -- "Mont Blanc after sunset from Secheron." -- "View of the Lake of Geneva from Promenade Lausanne." -- "Lausanne." -- "Gibbon's Terrace, Lausanne." -- "Gibbon's House." -- "Hotel de Ville, Payerne." -- "Interior of Belfry, Berne." -- "Porte de Goliath, Berne." -- "Lake of Thun from the Grounds above the lake near Thun." -- "Islands near [?], Lake Lucerne." -- "Castle of [ ] near Zoffingen, Canton Lucerne." -- "Chateau de Pragien, Joseph Bonaparte's." -- "L'apres diner, Morges, Canton de Vaud" / "Peasant children - near Aarburgh, Canton de Berne." -- "Cottage at Anet." -- "Convent of Wittingen near Baden." -- "Monument to Gesner in the Public Walk at Zurich." -- "Outline of Mountains in the vally of Einsiedeln." -- "Descent to the valley of Einsiedeln." -- "Sunrise, Einsiedeln." (2 p.) -- "Junction of the Aar & Rhine." -- "Glaciers" (2 p.). -- "The famous bridge at Schaffhausen, Burnt by the French in 1792." -- "View from Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral." -- "Orangerie Josephine, Strasbourg." -- "Monument to Gen. Dessaix, Strasbourg." -- "Nancy." -- "Entrance to Challons sur Marne, from memory." -- "Parisian opera Dancer." -- "Hotel de Meurice à Calais." -- "Ship Inn, Dover / Mr. & Miss Wrights, travellers." -- "Scene on board a french packet." -- [Six pencil sketches].
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz BND-MSS (Graham, T. H.)
Topics
Switzerland -- 19th century
France -- 19th century
Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788
Desaix, Louis-Charles-Antoine, 1768-1800
Monuments & memorials
Genres
Drawings
Pictorial works
Sketches
Sketchbooks
Notes
Biographical/historical: Thomas Henry Graham was born 25 June 1793 to Elizabeth Susanna Davenport Graham, the children's book writer, and her husband, a lawyer, Thomas Graham (1751-1813), of Edmond Castle. Thomas Henry went to Harrow School, then Cambridge University, after which he took a two year Grand Tour. He served as Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Cumberland, and was appointed High Sheriff in 1824. In 1829, he married Mary Carnegie, daughter of Sir David Carnegie. Graham died on 5 February 1881, at The Elms, Eastbourne.
Physical Description
Watercolors
Ink drawings
Pencil works
Extent: 1 volume
Description
Fifty-two total works, including twenty pen and ink drawings, seventeen watercolours, nine pencil drawings, and six unfinished pencil sketches.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19422067
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 665bb030-2e5b-0133-a938-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1793: Creator Born
  • 1818: Created
  • 1881: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1818. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9be04db0-5433-0130-3d81-58d385a7bbd0

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9be04db0-5433-0130-3d81-58d385a7bbd0

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1818). Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9be04db0-5433-0130-3d81-58d385a7bbd0

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Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France