© National Library of Scotland
Collection of 15 Grand Tour sketchbooks
Artist: James Hall (1800/1797 - 1854)
Location: National Library of Scotland
Date: 1821 - 1822
Materials: pencil on paper
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,350 (Total: £2,700)
Vendor: Grant & Shaw
Review number: 4367 (1996)
Provenance:
Presented by Hall to his sister Frances, 1827; otherwise unknown.
Description:
The volumes form a valuable and unusual diary of a Grand Tour. Hall reports an incident and draws what he sees as events are actually happening. He records, for example, the progress of a coasting voyage from Salerno to Amalfi, with fine pencil sketches of the scenery at frequent intervals. He sketches even as he ascends Vesurius or Etna.
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