Grand Tour [ Mobility / Education ]
… Image Johan Joseph Zoffany, 'Tribuna degli Uffizi', Windsor Royal Collection, RCIN 406983, 1772-1778. Abstract The Grand Tour was a form of educational travel undertaken by young aristocratic and gentry men. Travel and separation from the home had long been an important means of forming young boys but a nascent Grand Tour developed in the early modern period. It reached its most recognisable form, and the height of its popularity, …
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