Lady Reading in an Interior - Marguerite Gérard
1795-1800
"There are no books which I more delight in than in Travels."
— Joseph Addison, 1759
"Never think of taking a book with you. The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should, therefore, not permit yourself even to think while you walk; but divert yourself by the objects surrounding you."
— Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Peter Carr
