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and George Hunter who list the coordinates for 21 towns

armed with letters of introduction from Ben- jamin West to leading citizens of that city

Sicily — the last depicted region of the Spanish Empire — is outfitted with a mantilla veil

Other scientists included Titian Peale

LEAR, Edward (British, 1812-1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Active Octavo dicte CanadaLEAR, Edward (British, 1812 1888). The Tor di Schiavi on the Via Labieana, Rome Oil on canvas. Signed: "E. Lear, 1842" 9" x 17 1 2" canvas, 18 1 4" x 26 1 4" framed. Provenance: Painted for Captain and Miss Phipps Hornby of Shooters Hill, Kent; Miss Edith Jones, and thence by descent. During the nineteenth century, artists and tourists alike flocked to Italy to observe the country's countless ruins and bask in its mythical golden sunlight. Edward Lear