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Title: An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroads -- Great Britain Europe -- Guidebooks England -- Guidebooks
Publisher: (London) : Morton & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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paintings by Rubens, and a series of marble statues, found atRome, some of which are of great beauty and interest. In the Hall ofthe Bronzes, No. 424 is very perfect, and of great excellence; it is named The Idol, In the Gallery Feroni, which is the last room in the corridor,there are woodcuts—old and rare—original drawings by Michael Angelo,and a painting of considerable beauty by Carlo Dolci, From the windowsof this room may be seen the Boboli Gardens, There is near here a longcorridor opening from the far end of the passage, which links together theUfizzi with the Pitti Palaces. It will be impossible to give particulars ofthe many beautiful pictures on its walls. We will mention three only, asbeing the most remarkable. In the Hall of Saturn there is a painting byRaphael, The Vision of Ezekiel, No, 174, In the Hall of Jupiter is theMadonna of Raphael, No. 266 ; whilst in the Hall of Justice is a portraitof Oliver Cromwell, No. 408. It is impossible to particularize the large 35S
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_ ^ Iloreiice. ^ number of other great pictures painted by such artists as Rembrandt,Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Rubens, Lionardo da Vinci, and others. In theHall of Prometheus is a mosaic table of great beauty. Throughout thePitti Palace there is a catalogue in each room, for the convenience of visitors.The beautiful Boboli Gardens adjoin the palace, and from the rising groundcan be obtained a fine general view of Florence. The Grotto in the gardensis embellished with four statues by Michael Angelo. We have now enume-rated roughly and rapidly the more special features connected with theUfizzi and Pitti palaces. There are several other palaces, each of whichhas some special feature, and all worth seeing. Thus the Palazzo Corsiniis in the Via del Parione, the Palazzo Ricardi in the Via Cavour PalazzoStrozzi, Via Tornabuoni and the Palazzo Torrigiani in the Piazza de Mozzi.The pictures are good throughout, and in the last-named palace they areof special excellence. Beyond the palaces and

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