1889 Sketchbook: Scenes from North Africa, Italy & Switzerland

by I. Lilias Trotter

Lilias Trotter's 1889 Pocket Sketchbook captured views from North Africa and Europe one year after she left London to live in Algiers and minister to the Arab people. Most of the views were sketched during the month of June while taking a break from the scorching heat of a North African summer.Her ability to quickly capture views with accuracy and beauty was a skill that John Ruskin, eminent Victorian art critic, extolled in his 1884 "Art of England"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938068114
• ISBN13: 9781938068119
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxvision Books
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"