Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872, Album of drawings of France and Switzerland, 1824
- Call Number:
- MSS 8
- Creator:
- Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872
- Title(s):
- Album of drawings of France and Switzerland
- Date:
- 1824
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Travel sketches
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 3
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The 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 on the spine "Vol. 1 1824". Comprises sketches from Anna Margaret Carr's Grand Tour, in France and Switzerland. The sketches begin on 22 August 1824 near Montreuil. Carr traveled for five weeks from Paris to Florence (first going north-east through Reims via Soissons, then south through Geneva via Dijon and Poligny, and finally along the northern shore of Lake Geneva through Lausanne). The first volume ends on 8 September 1824 at Saint Maurice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (69 drawings) : graphite, some with watercolor ; 38 x 54 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3304
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3304?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1