Description of Banvard's pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land : painted from authentic drawings made upon the spot during an extensive journey, undertaken expressly for the work, in four immense volumes : presenting in minute detail the sacred localities, the cities, mountainxs, plains and rivers, celebrated in scriptural history : now exhibiting at the Georama, 596 Broadway.
| Author/creator | Banvard, John author, illustrator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | [New York?] : [publisher not identified], 1853. |
| Description | 1 online resource (24 pages, 4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision |
| Subjects |
| Series | Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Frontispiece portrait of Banvard "engraved by Howland, N.Y." Other illustrations engraved by Joseph Williams and J. Cooper. Banvard's map of Jerusalem engraved by A. Maverick. |
| General note | "Mr. Banvard would take it as a great personal favor should any of the audience see a person taking sketches from the painting, to inform one of the ushers, as his painting of the Mississippi was basely pirated when on exhibition in New York, in 1847"--title page verso. |
| General note | Text printed in two columns. |
| General note | "The fall of the Amorites."--p. 21, in verse. |
| General note | "Critiques from the London press, on Mr. Banvard's appearance in the great Metropolis."--p. 24. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |