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Italy. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 12.8333. Latitude: 42.8333.

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Books IV-VI (incomplete) of the "Handbook of painting" by Franz Kugler, with annotations by ? Austen Henry Layard., ? 1884-? 1886.

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Identifier: MS.42403
Scope and Contents

The fifth edition of the "Handbook of painting", a translation of Kugler`s "Handbuch der Geschichte der Malerei", was "thoroughly revised and in part rewritten" by Austen Henry Layard. This copy of the handbook would appear to have been used by Layard in his preparation of the fifth edition.

Dates: ? 1884-? 1886.

Journal and sketches of Gibraltar, Malta and Italy., 1871.

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Identifier: Acc.13827/242
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1871.

Postcards of towns and scenery in Italy and Provence collected by Esther Barbara Chalmers on one or more holidays there., 1950s.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/219
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1950s.

"Speech of Austen Henry Layard, Esq., M.P., in the House of Commons, Friday, April 11, 1862, on affairs in Italy.", 1862.

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Identifier: MS.42409
Scope and Contents

The speech, an offprint from "Hansard`s Parliamentary Debates, Vol. clxvi", is accompanied by an envelope addressed by Layard to "Mrs. Austen, 6 Montegue Place, Bedford Green, WC".

Dates: 1862.