Costume at Lerici on the east side of the Gulf of La Spezia. Here were passed Shelley’s happiest days.
Costume at Lerici, Italy. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s last home.
Tag: Topography
The David street. Jerusalem. City of the Great King.
This particular thoroughfare is the David street in its normal condition today. It is the principal street of the city Jerusalem.
The Tomb of the poet Virgil. Roman-era crypt in Naples. Italian scenery.
Virgil’s tomb (Italian: Tomba di Virgilio) is a Roman-era crypt in Naples, believed to be the grave of the poet Virgil (15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC).
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts.
The Oxbow Connecticut River Valley. Probably the richest view in America, in point of cultivation and fertile beauty, is that from Mount Holyoke.
The Trenton Falls of West Canada Creek by moonlight.
No pencil, no language, can describe the splendor with which the moon drew her light across the face of the Fall.
Niagara river in winter with wonderful combinations of ice and snow.
Niagara river in winter with one of those wonderful winter combinations of ice and snow
The Bamboo Cane, its origin and traditional use.
The Giant Thorney Bamboo. Nothing can exceed in beauty the graceful bamboo, as its feathery foliage waves and flutters in the breeze.
Sorrento, a coastal town in southwest Italy on the Bay of Naples.
For centuries, Sorrento has been the destination of northern European longing for Italy. Writers and painters have immortalised the place in words and pictures.
The Hudson at West Point. River scenery of America.
Of the river scenery of America, the Hudson, at West Point, is doubtless the boldest and most beautiful.
Niagara Falls from the Ferry, 1840.
American Scenery. The best way to approach Niagara is to come up on the American shore, and cross at the ferry.