Devotions, confessional and church scenes in 19th century Italy.

7/8/21
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A female at her devotions. Costume near Florence.

A FEMALE AT HER DEVOTIONS.

Costume near Florence.

LOVE generally ends with women in devotion-the warmth of heart, and the constant want of protection felt by all the sex, make the passion of love, and the clinging to God, the main springs in the plot of female life.

In Italy, the young and the old alike frequent the churches; but men are seen comparatively seldom, while women form the crowd before the altar.

Source: “Sketches Illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of France, Switzerland and Italy, by Richard Bridgens. London. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy. 1821.Text by J.W. Polidori. London. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy. 1821.

Continuing

Florence and Fiesole, Italy. The beauty of the Val d’Arno.
Locals of Pisa in typical costume in front of an orphanage.
Costume at Lerici, Italy. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s last home.
Mora game in Boulogne. Gambling in public places. Italy 1860.
Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.
Flower girl of Paris with huge wooden shoes, 1821.
A Pilgrim going to Loretto. Shrine of the Holy House.
A female of Vercelli with peculiar head-dress. Italy Piedmont 1821.
Donna di Torino. Woman of Turin. Italian popular costume of 1821.
Fishermen at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Département Pas-de-Calais.
French pilot in large petticoats, boots, gay colored caps and earrings.
Coshois at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime. Sketches Illustrative 1821.
An old woman tells sleepy stories. Mont Cenis. Nursing 1821.
The Bridge of Sighs as the centre of the Byronic idea of Venice.
Alpine pass of Bramante. Col du Mont Cenis. Italian scenery 1820
On the way to the Mont Cenis Alpine pass, passing Aiguebelle (Savoie).
French Postillion wearing sçavans, nankeen trousers and leather hat.
Sorrento, a coastal town in southwest Italy on the Bay of Naples.
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