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"Here is the picture as well as I can paint it": Anna Jameson's Illustrations for "Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada."

Authors :
Roy, Wendy
Source :
Canadian Literature; Summer2003, Issue 177, p97-119, 23p, 11 Black and White Photographs
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Examines the illustrative approach to travel writing evident in the 1838 book "Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada," by Anna Brownell Jameson. Description of the activity of sketching, with emphasis on a visit to Niagara Falls; Style of painting of landscapes; Quality of visual representations of Jameson's cultural origins.

Subjects

Subjects :
TRAVEL writing
AUTHORSHIP
DRAWING

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00084360
Issue :
177
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Canadian Literature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
10646378