Street of Tombs, Pompeii

Street of Tombs in Pompeii

During the latter part of their honeymoon in 1837-38, Hannah Palmer and her husband Samuel, also a painter and a follower of William Blake, spent much time sketching at Pompeii. For this view, she chose a recently uncovered portion of the city.

Arab Scholars

young boys from the Middle East learning by drawing in the dirt.

Like "The Hindoo Woman and her Babe," this illustration and its accompanying text serve to valorize British society by favorably comparing it to a non-Christian, foreign culture. In the text accompanying this particular image, the methods of education in Arab culture are described not simply as inadequate, but also as unkind and unenlightened in its exclusion of girls.

Introduction, Part Five: 1816–1818

Part Five collects, in one place for the first time, the surviving letters written by Robert Southey between 1816 and 1818. It follows the editorial conventions described in About this Edition and contains newly transcribed, fully annotated texts of 537 letters drawn from archives in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. Of these, 341 are published for the first time, with a further 51 published here in full for the first time.

Introduction, Part Six: 1819–1821

Part Six collects together, in one place, for the first time, the surviving letters written by Robert Southey between 1819 and 1821. It follows the editorial conventions described in About this Edition and presents newly transcribed, fully annotated texts of 546 letters written by Southey in this three year period; 314 letters are published here for the first time and an additional 76 are published here in full for the first time.

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