Lithographed account of the trip of four middle class Liverpudlian travelers to central Europe, taking in a walking tour of the Tyrol, in July 1890, via Harwich, Antwerp, Cologne, Bonn, the Rhine, Lucerne, Engelberg and Paris. The four men (aged about 30 to 40) are portrayed in the photographic frontispiece and their identities are partly revealed on the title-page and in the text. The title illustrates four closed doors, one with the name E.C. Capper, the next for the Liverpool Union Bank, the third with Hughes & Porritt in Exchange Street, and the last with the Rodney branch of the N. & S. Wales Bank. E.C. Capper is probably Edward Capper, chemist, who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1886. Edward was the son of Samuel James Capper, prominent homepathic chemist (and Quaker) at Liverpool. Porritt is probably Edward Porritt, who partnered with Hugh Hughes as cotton merchants at Liverpool.
Subject Terms:
Capper, Edward Charles. | Porritt, Edward. | Germany -- Description and travel. | Switzerland -- Description and travel. | Grand tours (Education) | Voyages and travels -- 19th century.