Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872, Album of drawings of Pisa and vicinity, 1827-1828
- Call Number:
- MSS 8
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872
- Title(s):
- Album of drawings of Pisa and vicinity
- Date:
- 1827-1828
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Travel sketches
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 6
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Labeled "Foreign Sketches 1828." The album is mostly comprised of drawings from Anna Margaret's travels in and around Pisa from January through April of 1828, but also includes a few from late 1827. The album ends with two drawings from Martigny, Switzerland in May 1828. Aside from these final two, the drawings are pasted into the album in no discernible order. Aside from Pisa, places identified in the drawings include Florence (drawn from afar), San Donnino, Serchio, Lucca, and La Verruca (in the Valle dei Calci).
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (59 drawings) : graphite, some with watercolor ; 32 x 47 cm
- Genre:
- Graphite drawings, Watercolors (paintings), Pictorial works, Travel sketches, Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Photographs, and Wash drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ChronGrand tours (Education)HistorySocial life and customsWomen artistsWomen travelers
- Subject Period:
- 1824-1899
- Associated Places:
- EuropeFranceGreat BritainItalyNorthumberland (England)Pisa (Italy)Switzerland
- Associated People/Groups:
- Carr familyCarr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872Carr, Harriet, 1829-1889Carr, Thomas William, 1830-1912Cranworth, Laura Rolfe, Lady, 1807-1868Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868Eshott House (Alnwick, England)Lushington, Sarah Grace, 1794-1837
- Finding Aid Title:
- Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3307
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3307?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1