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A Trip to Europe and England in 1848

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Bertel Thorvaldsen, whose sculptures in Vor Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady) in Copenhagen Anna Whistler, James, and Willie viewed in July 1848

Bertel Thorvaldsen looking left, leaning with his left elbow on a stool with a bust of a man's head — Horace Vernet. Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet. 1838. Oil on canvas. 38 x 29½ in. (96.5 x 74.9 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (62.254).

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Thorvaldsen’s Museum in Copenhagen, where Anna Whistler and Willie visited his mausoleum in September 1848.

museum building centre, with rigged ships on either side in the foreground; decorative border with classical images in squares frames the drawing — Image courtesy of Thorvaldsen’s Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. [full resolution image]

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Front view of Vor Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady), Copenhagen

church with single square spire and front porch with six columns supporting a classical pediment — Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph courtesy of Vor Frue Kirke Archives, Copenhagen, Denmark. [full resolution image]

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Bertel Thorvaldsen’s sculpture Christ, in Vor Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady), made a deep impression on Anna Whistler, who viewed it in July 1848.

statue of christ with arms outstretched downwards, with "Kommer til mig" (Come to me) in Danish on the pedestal — Bertel Thorvaldsen. Christ. c. 1830. Marble. Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph courtesy of Vor Frue Kirke Archives. [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler viewed the Angel font resting on a carpet when she visited Vor Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady) in July 1848.

angel on one knee holding a shell-shaped basin; carpet has circular design with floral patterns — Bertel Thorvaldsen. Angel Font resting on carpet. Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph courtesy of Vor Frue Kirke Archives. [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler viewed the sculptures of the Twelve Apostles when she visited Vor Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady) in July 1848.

Saint Paul, wrapped in a robe draped across his body and over his left arm, with right hand raised and left hand holding a sword, point resting on the ground behind his left foot — Bertel Thorvaldsen. St. Paul. c.1830. Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph courtesy of Vor Frue Kirke Archives. [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler viewed the terra cotta pediment of Vor Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady), depicting St. John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, when she visited the church in July 1848.

Pediment above the tops of four columns showing twelve disciples; Christ in centre with raised right arm and cross on pole in left hand — Bertel Thorvaldsen. St. John Preaching in the Wilderness. Terra cotta. On the pediment of Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady), Copenhagen, Denmark. Photograph courtesy of Vor Frue Kirke Archives. [full resolution image]

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Oluf Lundt Bang was the Danish obstetrician attending Grand Duchess Aleksandra Nikolaevna in 1844, whom Anna Whistler met on the Camilla in July 1848.

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Anna Whistler revisited in 1848 Georgina (Wardrop) Shaw, whom she had met in 1830 through the Stevenson family.

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Anna Whistler first met Georgina Shaw in 1830, seven years after the death of the latter’s husband, John Shaw.

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When Anna Whistler visited Georgina (Wardrop) Shaw in 1848, she was not allowed to see her frail mother, Catherine (Fraser) Wardrop, whom Anna Whistler called Mrs. Wardrobe.

Catherine Fraser Wardrop in a bonnet, knitting, facing down; head only is fulling drawn; hands and arms sketched in, body not drawn — William Dickes. Grandmamma [Catherine (Fraser) Wardrop]. c. 1840s. Image courtesy of John Hersey, descendent of the Shaw family. [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler, James, and Willie visited Pastor Richard Henry Smith and his family at Brading Church.

Brading village and church in the valley; tree on a hilltop in the right foreground, with a horse cart on a road beneath it — H.W. Bartlett and T. Barker. Brading, Looking Toward St. Helen’s. 1834. Steel engraving. (Barber’s Picturesque Guide 1834, facing p. 28) [full resolution image]

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Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Wight, with its steps to the sea.

tall cliff on the left; lower cliff with a path and fence part way up on the right; building nestled between on the valley floor, beside a creek running down to the shore,; boat heaved over on its hull and a rowboat next to it in the water — H. Bartlett and H. Winkles. Shanklin Chine. 1834. Steel engraving. (Barber’s Picturesque Guide 1834, facing p. 67) [full resolution image]

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The parsonage at Shanklin, famed for its myrtles

House with annex behind a myrtle tree and sweeping path through flower beds — Frederick Hudson (d. 1889). The Parsonage, Shanklin, I.W. Photograph. c. 1870. Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (84.XD.1157.1157).

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Little Jane’s Grave, which Anna Whistler, James, and Willie visited

two gables of a church, with a gravestone immediately in from of the wall; on the stone: "Sacred to the Memory of Little Jane..." and a man and a woman in Victoria dress staring at it — Grave of Little Jane. Sketch. c. 1850 (Richmond, Annals of the Poor [Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian Board of Publication, n.d.], p. 193) [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler, James, and Willie walked from Shanklin through Appuldurcumbe Park, Lord Yarborough’s estate, on their way to Cook’s Castle.

building with two front wings seen up an alley between trees in a forested estate with deer and a game keeper in the foreground — T. Barber. Appuldurcumbe PƵ Lord Yarborough’s. 1834. Steel engraving. (Barber’s Picturesque Guide 1834, facing p. 56) [full resolution image]

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Blackgang Chine, where James attempted to draw the waterfall and cavern up the side of the precipice

cliffs with a waterfall to the rear left and centre; ocean to the right; man on the hill front left, looking across a blowhole at the waterfall — H.W. Bartlett and J. Tingle. Black-Gang Chine. 1850. Steel engraving. (Barber’s Picturesque Guide 1850, facing p. 83) [full resolution image]

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St. Lawrence Church in 1834 before an extension in 1842 made it no longer the smallest church on the Isle of Wight.

church in a small graveyard, with a small porch to the left side; two people and a dog walking at the front corner of the church — H. Winkles and J. James. St. Lawrence Church. 1834. Steel engraving. (Barber’s Picturesque Guide 1834, facing p. 79) [full resolution image]

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St. Lawrence Church, with its extension, which Anna Whistler saw in 1848.

church in a small graveyard, with a small porch to the left side and annex on the front, at the right of the picture — H. Winkles and J. James. St. Lawrence Church. 1850. Steel engraving. (Barber’s Picturesque Guide 1850, facing p. 79) [full resolution image]