"Bamboo arched road in famous temple enclosure near Chengtu. Group at left, foreign couple in Chinese clothes, with child in foreign dress. Probably at Wu Ho Ze." Tall bamboo trees form a beautiful arch to shade a walled roadway at a temple.
"Dahomey [now Benin] - Temple des serpents à Ouidah" Printed on the back is "No. 3 - Verlag der Kathol. Mission in Lome" The temple is a long low building with thatched roof. Thatched round huts are connected by rooms with lower roofs.
Letterpress broadside with a description of the Grand National Jubilee of 1814 surrounded by eight woodcut views (clockwise from top): The Temple; The Pagoda on Fire; The Jubilee Balloon; The Enemy on Fire; Sham Fight on the Serpentine; Boarding an American; The Royal Booth; The Castle
Description:
Title from first line of text below image. and "Price sixpence plain, or one shilling coloured"--Price below imprint.
Publisher:
Printed and published by John Fairburn, Jun. Fountain Court, Minories
Whitby, Mary Anne Theresa, 1783-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.92
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the remains of the Roman Temple of Serapis, also known as The Serapeum, just north of Pozzuoli, Italy
Description:
Title from text below image. and Produced by Whitby after her own drawing, and printed at her private amateur lithographic press on her Newlands estate, near Poole Bay in Hampshire.
“Giappone ̶ 12. Il tempio Hachiman a Kamakura.” The entrance to the Hachiman temple is shown. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “II. Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere promuove la propagazione della Fede e della Civiltà in nove vaste Missioni dell’India, dell’Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale : Milano (6-43) – Via Monterosa. 81 – Telefono 40-115.” There is no handwriting on the back.
