1824
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"An important transitional figure from the idiosyncratic style of the Grand Tour travelogues to the more informative and impersonal guidebook was Mariana Starke. Her 1824 book Information and Directions for Travellers on the Continent served as an essential companion for British travelers to the Continent in the early 19th century. She recognized that with the growing numbers of Britons traveling abroad after 1815 the majority of her readers would now be in family groups and on a budget. She therefore included for the first time a wealth of advice on luggage, obtaining passports, the precise cost of food and accommodation in each city and even advice on the care of invalid family members. She also devised a system of !!! exclamation mark ratings, a forerunner of today's star ratings. Her books, published by John Murray, served as a template for later guides." --Sholem Stein |
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Art and culture
- The Adventure of the German Student by Washington Irving
- Woman on a Balcony (Frau auf dem Söller) (1824) - Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869)
- The Sea of Ice by Caspar David Friedrich
- De figuris Veneris
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (1824)
- The use of the word "blue" to refer to risqué content was first recorded in Scotland in 1824.
- Schubert's string quartet Death and the Maiden (1824)
- Information and Directions for Travellers on the Continent
Births
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904)
- Emmanuel Frémiet 1824-1910
- Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889)
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824 - 1898)
- Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824-1882)
Deaths
- Théodore Géricault (1791 - 1824)
- Byron (1788 - 1824)
- Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (8 September 1774 - 9 February 1824)
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