Topographical art and historical geography: amateur English representations of Ligurian landscape in the early nineteenth century

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Topographical art and historical geography: amateur English representations of Ligurian landscape in the early nineteenth century

This paper assesses the value of amateur topographical art for historical geographers and landscape historians. It examines the work of two amateur artists, Elizabeth Fanshawe and William Strangways, made in Liguria, northwest Italy, to assess the value of topographical art for understandi...

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Main Authors:	Piana, Pietro, Watkins, Charles, Balzaretti, Ross
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centro Italiano per gli Studi Storico-Geografici 2018
Subjects:	Topographical art; Landscape history; Land use changes; Liguria ; History of travel; Climate history
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51201/

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