Joseph Jackson Lister: Journal of a tour of the Continent

Journal of a tour of the Continent, July-September 1817, including France, Switzerland and the river Rhine, kept by Joseph Jackson Lister. Illustrated with drawings and watercolours, many taken by camera lucida.

1817

138 ff. 1 vol., 140 × 120 mm. Red leather binding, brass clasp on vellum hinge.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.

This material has been digitised and can be freely accessed online through Wellcome Collection catalogue.Photographs of watercolours in this journal can be found on Wellcome Images: Street scene in Rouen: L0034243 Watercolour of a typical Alpine house: L0034244 Watercolous of a palace and bridge along the banks of the Rhine: L0034245 Market scene in Dieppe: L0034996 Sketches of people and costumes of Switzerland: L0034997 Devils Bridge sketched by Lister on his travels through Europe showing a bridge crossing the Gotthard Pass, northern approach, Switzerland: L0034998 Landscape scene looking back up the valley of the Reuss, the northern apprach to St. Gotthard Pass, Switzerland: L0034999 Watercolour of a house in Zurich, Switzerland: L0035000 Two sketches showing the floor plans of Swiss mountain Chalet, first and second floor, Switzerland: L0035001 A general view of the valley of Chamounix, France: L0046603 3 water colours of alpine scenes: L0046604-05