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A journal to Italy by Doctor Cuninghame 1736 now Sir Alexander Dick 1780 : Italy and France : manuscript in the autograph of his amanuensis William Crawfurd, 1736 July 24-1737 Apr. 23.

BIB_ID
108342
Accession number
MA 3159
Creator
Dick, Alexander, Sir, 1703-1785.
Display Date
1736 July 24-1737 Apr. 23.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1971.
Description
1 item (197 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
With the following note on the front paste-down: "Alexander Dick / from papers were dictated by him to Wm Crawfurd, his / amanuensis for the use of his family & friends only, but not published."
With the title in Dick's autograph and several notes in his hand dated in 1780 and 1781.
Provenance
Mrs. J. Dick-Cunyngham.
Summary
A travel journal detailing Sir Alexander Dick's journey to France and Italy with the Scottish painter Allan Ramsay, later court painter to George III. The journal includes extensive accounts of their sightseeing in Italy.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (23.2 cm)