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Os - Papers of John Evelyn Denison, Viscount Ossington (1800-1873)
- 1 - Papers of J.E. Denison and the Denison family.
  - D - Diaries and notebooks of J.E. Denison, newspaper cuttings, acrostics and other personal papers collected by members of the Denison family.

Document Reference	Os D 14
Title	Travel notebook of J.E. Denison relating to visit to Italy; 14 Oct. 1853-c.12 Nov. 1853
Date	14 October 1853-12 November 1853
Extent	104 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Consists of travel notebook of J.E. Denison covering period 14 Oct. to c.12 Nov. 1853; discusses travels through Italy; discusses in detail towns visited on tour including detail reference to Rome; refers to English members of Italian society; describes art galleries and paintings encountered in detail such as those in Vatican and Borghese Palace; refers to churches and architecture encountered on tour; discusses history of Rome; refers to hot weather and effect on health especially amongst tourists; makes reference to system of leasing lands and relationship between tenants and landlords. Discusses current state of Catholic Church and relationship between church and development of Italy; refers to incident of dispute between 'committee of English Church and Bishop of Gibraltar' over diocese of Gibraltar; discusses galleries in Turin and Parma. Includes many pencil and ink sketches of paintings, statues and monuments; includes sketches of city prospects and map of Rome. Includes list entitled 'Rank & Order of Painters' on flyleaf. Relates to Os D 13.
Term	transport, trains
	railways
	leases
	landlords
	climate, Italy
	social life, Italy
	architecture, Italian
	travel, Italy
	art, galleries
	art, paintings
	art, statues
	medical conditions, malaria
	religions, Catholic Church
Physical Description	Small notebook bound in leather; gold stamped on spine.

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6087	Pius IX (1792-1878); Pope; Giovanni M.M. Ferretti Pope from 1846	1792-1878
NA10909	Antonelli; Giacomo (1806-1876); Cardinal; Italian prelate	1806-1876
NA10910	Wiseman; Nicholas P.S. (1802-1865); Cardinal; English prelate	1802-1865
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA6366	Tomlinson; George (1818-1863); Bishop of Gibraltar	1818-1863
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873

Places

Code	Set
PL10912	/Boulogne/France
PL445	/Paris/France
PL10337	/Susa/Sardinia
PL10335	/Turin/Piedmont/Sardinia/Italy
PL10929	/Parma/Parma
PL9923	/Bologna/Papal States
PL10931	/Viterbo/Papal States
PL10932	/Sienna/Tuscany
PL9848	/Rome/Papal States
PL288	/Italy