Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu (31 page)

 
Letter No 21.
Sir Henry Storks was appointed in 1859. He was the last of the 10 Lord High Commissioners who served in the Ionian Islands during the 50 years of the British Protectorate (1814-1864).

Sir Charles Sargent was a member of the supreme Court of Justice of the Ionian Islands.

The one-gun battery is Kanoni today and still a favorite walk of the townfolk of Corfu.

 
Letter No 23.
Sir Henry Drummond Wolfe, was appointed Secretary to Sir Henry Storks, Lord High Commissioner, in 1860.

Lear’s “Views of the Seven Ionian Islands” includes a drawing of the town and the harbor of Paxo, the small island south of Corfu. The album, which was published in 1863, consists of 8 drawings of Corfu, 3 of Lefkas, 3 of Cephalonia, 3 of Zante, 1 of Kithira, 1 of Ithaca and 2 of Paxo.

 
Letter No 25.
“First nonsense chatter maker.”

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Lear’s Corfu,
as published by Corfu Travel at 76 Capodistria Street in that town, included eight views of Corfu reproduced from the original lithographs. Some of these views appear in
Prospero’s Cell.

The Plates

C
ORFU

T
HE
E
ASTERN
A
DRIATIC

V
IEW FROM THE HILL OF
S
ANTI
D
EKA
, C
ORFU

P
ALEOCASTRIZZA
, C
ORFU

V
IEW FROM THE VILLAGE OF THE
A
SCENSION
, C
ORFU

C
ASTEL
S
ANT
’A
NGELO
, C
ORFU