Notebook of Elizabeth Fowler – Holland and Belgium
Reference code
FOW/01/45/A
Title
Notebook of Elizabeth Fowler – Holland and Belgium
Date
1894
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
1 volume
Scope and content
Elizabeth Fowler’s diary of brief observations, quotes and scenes from travels to and around Holland and Belgium with [her brother?] Joseph Thomas Fowler and Mr and [Mrs?] George.
Includes notes on local customs and dress, food and accommodation, paintings and sights seen on visits to Amsterdam (Palais Royal, Fodor Museum, Diamond Factory, Zoological Gardens, Aquarium, Ethnological Museum), Haarlem (Great Church of St Bavo, Town Hall and Museum), Broek in Waterland (dairy farm), Leiden (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden), The Hague (Rijksmuseum, Municipal Museum), Malines - Ghent (Cathedral St Bavo) - Bruges (St Sauveur, Belfry), Brussels (St Gudule, College of St Michael), Antwerp (Plantin Museum).
Elizabeth describes JT Fowler as “so well and lively, and a capital guide, and is one much amused by his own successes and achievements, and by our astonishment and interest in all and every new thing”.
Includes note at back of book: ‘Elizabeth Fowler, Winterton, Doncaster; her book’ and label in her name at front; and loose visiting card of Clementine Verluyten, Hotel Buda, Malines.
Includes notes on local customs and dress, food and accommodation, paintings and sights seen on visits to Amsterdam (Palais Royal, Fodor Museum, Diamond Factory, Zoological Gardens, Aquarium, Ethnological Museum), Haarlem (Great Church of St Bavo, Town Hall and Museum), Broek in Waterland (dairy farm), Leiden (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden), The Hague (Rijksmuseum, Municipal Museum), Malines - Ghent (Cathedral St Bavo) - Bruges (St Sauveur, Belfry), Brussels (St Gudule, College of St Michael), Antwerp (Plantin Museum).
Elizabeth describes JT Fowler as “so well and lively, and a capital guide, and is one much amused by his own successes and achievements, and by our astonishment and interest in all and every new thing”.
Includes note at back of book: ‘Elizabeth Fowler, Winterton, Doncaster; her book’ and label in her name at front; and loose visiting card of Clementine Verluyten, Hotel Buda, Malines.
Creator
Fowler, Elizabeth (fl 1894)