Geneva, Lake (France and Switzerland)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Favre, Alphonse to Charles Lyell, 15 July 1860-10 November 1873
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/77
Scope and Contents
These letters are listed in date order, quoting the number Lyell has assigned to them. Written in French, Lyell summarises the letters in English as:
1) Alph[onse] Favre, Quartz crystal on St Acheul, Hatchets, 1861
2) A. Favre, Escher on Sahara, Civilization of man need not exceed 6000 years, July 7th 1864 [Arnold Escher von der Linth (1807-1872)]
4) A. Favre, Fahn [sic Foehn] Wind & Glaciers, Mar[ch] 9th 1864
1) [Aug] Origin of Lake - basins & of that of...
Dates:
15 July 1860-10 November 1873
Notebook No.46, 24 July 1832 - 26 August 1832
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/46
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains sketches, descriptions, identifications, aide de memoires in pencil and ink. The front cover reads July 1832, and the index is glued to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and...
Dates:
24 July 1832 - 26 August 1832
Viewers' key for a Panorama entitled "Explanation of the view of Lausanne and Lake of Geneva" by Henry Aston Barker
Item
Identifier: Coll-2923
Scope and Contents
This is a viewer's key entitled "Explanation of the View of Lausanne and Lake of Geneva. Taken from the Salle d'Arc, on Montbenon, by Henry Aston Barker. Now exhibiting in his panorama, Leicester Square". The panorama it explains was on show from late December 1819 to November 1825, in the upper circle of the Panorama, Leicester Square. Viewer's key printed by J. and C. Adlard.
Dates:
1819