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Fanny Broadley travel diaries.
- Title
- Fanny Broadley travel diaries.
- Author
- Broadley, Fanny, active 1842.
- Publication
- May-October 1842
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz BND-MSS (Broadley, F.) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Found In
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 2 volumes; 20 cm
- Summary
- Travel diaries kept by Fanny Broadley on a trip from England to Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, with her mother, sisters, and two male companions, May-October 1842. Included are descriptions of their meals and lodgings, the people they encountered, lessons in French and Italian, Fanny's drawing and painting, and her thoughts of Henry Burrows, her special friend in England. The diaries are interspersed with small pen and ink and pencil drawings, and a few dried flower specimens.
- Uniform Title
- Broadley, Fanny : manuscript material
- Alternative Title
- Broadley, Fanny : manuscript material
- Subjects
- Europe > Description and travel
- Switzerland > Description and travel
- Italy > Description and travel
- Netherlands > Description and travel
- Germany > Description and travel
- Diaries > 19th century
- Travelers > 19th century > Europe
- Women travelers > 19th century > Europe
- Authors, English > 19th century > Diaries > Manuscripts > Specimens
- Genre/Form
- Diaries – 19th century.
- Note
- Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4024).
- On the front pastedowns of each volume, another hand has noted that Fanny Broadley married Henry Burrows, and gives the names of their children, and brief family trees.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- John Drury
- Biography (note)
- Fanny Broadley was probably born in England, ca. 1820, one of four sisters. She married Henry Burrows (to whom she refers intermittently in her diaries); they had four daughters, Lucy, Constance, Mary Alice, and Dorothy.
- Binding (note)
- Binding: Roan-backed marbled boards.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Broadley, F.)
- OCLC
- NYPG06-A27
- Author
- Broadley, Fanny, active 1842.
- Title
- Fanny Broadley travel diaries.
- Production
- May-October 1842
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Fanny Broadley was probably born in England, ca. 1820, one of four sisters. She married Henry Burrows (to whom she refers intermittently in her diaries); they had four daughters, Lucy, Constance, Mary Alice, and Dorothy.
- Binding
- Binding: Roan-backed marbled boards.
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925