Lanterna Rally

Author: J. Beavington Atkinson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-14

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 9781330065686

Excerpt from An Art Tour to Northern Capitals of Europe My book pretends to be nothing more nor less than its title indicates. It is expressly the record of an Art Tour; it does not profess to give descriptions of scenery, or to deal with matters of science. I have endeavoured to put into as concise and attractive a form as possible all the information I could gather during a journey taken in the summer of 1870, for the purpose of collecting whatever art materials might be scattered over the Northern Capitals of Europe. The territory, though not unexplored, had scarcely become beaten ground. I may say that the route was new and informing to myself, for though familiar with the chief galleries and museums of Europe, I had still to make acquaintance with the art treasures of Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. The records I publish are from notes taken on the spot. I consulted catalogues and other printed documents, and I had the further advantage of personal references to trustworthy local authorities. Such study as I have been able to give to my subject serves to prove that, however much I may have written, more remains to be discovered and worked out. On many points I found myself informed, but on the other hand I was a learner as to certain phases of art which it became my privilege to witness for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.