Postcard of the Campidoglio in Rome, featuring ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground
Title
Postcard of the Campidoglio in Rome, featuring ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground
Description
The Capitoline Hill, as it is called in English, is between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. It is an urban plan laid by Michelangelo, connecting buildings through a central axis and plaza.
This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure of the Rice Institute.
This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure of the Rice Institute.
Source
Forms part of the Edgar Odell Lovett and Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Family papers, 1849-1979
MS 494, box 40 folder 4. Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. woodson@rice.edu
MS 494, box 40 folder 4. Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. woodson@rice.edu
Publisher
Digital version published by Rice University, 2010.
Date
1908
Rights
This material is in the public domain.
Date Created
Digitized August 24, 2010
Original Format
Color postcard
Physical Dimensions
3"x5"
Collection
Citation
“Postcard of the Campidoglio in Rome, featuring ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground,” Lovett World Tour, accessed April 27, 2024, https://digitalprojects.rice.edu/wrc/lovetttour/items/show/16.