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Date

[January 1849]

Artist

Robert Elwes (1819-1878)

Collection

Private Collection

Description

"Next morning we rose early, before the stars had faded from the sky, and boiling a pot of tea whilst the mules were being caught and loaded, had our breakfast, and left the little valley just as the sun was bronzing the higher points of the mountains".
This is a page from a unique leather-bound volume of Robert Elwes’ travelogue 'A Sketcher's Tour Round the World', first published 1854, (see page 144 for corresponding passage).
The book contains the printed text of the manuscript but remarkably, the monochrome wash illustrations are hand painted by Elwes. The book bears a handwritten inscription ‘Mary F Elwes from her affect. husband Robert Elwes Jan 25 1878’, dated after Robert Elwes became ill at Congham, his Norfolk home. On 28th January 1878 , their youngest daughter Violet noted in her diary: “Papa much worse”. Less than three months later, Robert Elwes died on 17th April aged 58.

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Image Credit

Courtesy of a private collector

Location

Upsallata, Argentina

Country

Argentina