Englishwoman's travel journal, 1846 June 18-1885 Dec. 21.

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Englishwoman's travel journal, 1846 June 18-1885 Dec. 21.

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Diary kept by an unidentified Englishwoman who traveled with the Tylor family via Dover and Boulogne to Paris in the summer of 1846. The volume is illustrated with 37 engravings, mostly of Parisian scenes, by Augustus Pugin and others. The author described the sights of Paris, including Pere la Chaise cemetery, the Palais Royal, the Louvre, and the Jardin des Plantes. She also wrote of attending a meeting of the Protestant Evangelical Society of France. The author frequently expressed disapproval of the French for their gaiety on the Sabbath, and revealed a strong anti-Catholic bias. While most of the diary was written in 1846, a brief note dated 1885, Dec. 21 and entitled "Jottings of Miscellaneous Information" is included at the end.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Palais-Royal (Paris, France)

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Louvre (Paris, France)

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Tylor family.

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Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832

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Draughtsman and architect Augustus Charles Pugin elected to flee France during the revolution, settling in London where he secured a position in the architectural firm of John Nash. Pugin was an author as well as a designer, and his stylish books on Gothic ornamentation provided influential source material for the Gothic revival in England, led by Pugin's son, Augustus Welby Pugin. From the description of Costumes of Portugal drawn by Mr. Pugin from models made in Portugal, between 1...