Album of watercolors and drawings with travel views of southern Italy and Sicily and Malta, Louis Ducros, 1778 , The Louis Ducros Collection - room 25

Album of watercolors and drawings with travel views of southern Italy and Sicily and Malta, Louis Ducros, 1778

Album of watercolors and drawings with travel views of southern Italy and Sicily and Malta, Louis Ducros, 1778 — Album of watercolors and drawings with travel views of southern Italy and Sicily and Malta

Painter: Louis Ducros
Year: 1778
Medium: leather

Description: Album with gold-printed leather binding containing watercolors and drawings of travel views in southern Italy and Sicily and Malta. On Jan. 26, 1778, Willem Carel Dierkens and Willem Hendrik van Nieuwerkerke left The Hague for a trip to southern Italy, Sicily and Malta. They were later joined by Nicolaas ten Hove, Nathaniel Thornbury and Swiss artist Louis Ducros. Ducros recorded the sights along the way, which Ten Hove edited into three albums at home after the trip. This third album contains drawings of landscapes, cityscapes, ancient monuments and scenes of daily life along the way.

The Louis Ducros Collection Catalog

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Costumes of island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Costumes of island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Costumes of island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Costumes of island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Costumes of island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Costumes of island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Costumes of the island of Ghozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Dance of the young men on the island of Ghozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of a rock en route while viewing Ghozo Island

Louis Ducros, 1778
Rare plant from island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of rock detached from shore in cove of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778
Map of monument of Phoenicians or Carthaginians on island of Gozo

Louis Ducros, 1778

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Ancient sarcophagus which serves as a drinking trough in Terracina

Louis Ducros, 1778
Cityscape in Giovenazzo

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of the town of Molfetta on the coast

Louis Ducros, 1778
Klooster te Biseglia

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of the port of Trani

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of the port of Trani from the water

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Trani located on the coast

Louis Ducros, 1778
Bronze statue of emperor in market square of Barletta

Louis Ducros, 1778
Dining room of the inn in Barletta

Louis Ducros, 1778
Port of Barletta with ships

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of the castle in the harbor of Barletta

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Barletta located on the coast

Louis Ducros, 1778

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Ruins on the way before arriving in Terracina

Louis Ducros, 1778
Stop along the way before arriving in Terracina

Louis Ducros, 1778
Landscape with ruins of an arch and tomb near Voye Appienne

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of the town of Canosa with castle and surroundings

Louis Ducros, 1778
Procession in the surroundings of Cerignola

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of old palace of the Count of Egmond-Pignatelli in Cerignola

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Arriano and monument, so-called altar of Janus

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Montefusco

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of mountain peaks of the Apennines

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Paternò

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Carthusian monastery of Monte Vergine high above Avellino

Louis Ducros, 1778
View of Avellino

Louis Ducros, 1778

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