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sheembarkedonthetouraroundEngland
andScotlandinJune1790.Herattitudeto
theBritishandthestressofwaitingforAdam
Kazimierz)sdecisionmusthavecolouredthe
touringdynamics.Atonepointherhomesick-
nessevenresultedinafeverwhenstayingin
Liverpool.Shewassoillthatshecouldnot
recognizefacesornames,andthenallher
companionsCagreedthatsheshouldreturn
toPoland.)23Otheremotionalcrisesfollowed
on17Augustand24AugustinSouthYork-
shire,afterthefinaldecisiontokeepAdam
JerzyinEngland.24Nevertheless,despitethe
emotionalstrain,thiswasanextraordinary
journey,leadingtonewperspectivesandreas-
sessmentsofoldviews.
Ontheroad
ThesmallcompanyoftravellersleftLon-
donon9June1790.IzabelaandAdamJer-
zywereaccompaniedbytwotutors,Sebas-
tianOrłowskiandSimonL)Huillier,andby
Richardd)Oraison,AdamKazimierz)scorre-
spondent.
23I.Cz.toK.D.,Liverpool,6July(1790),B.Cz.
6107.
24I.Cz.toK.D.,Manchester,17August(1790),
B.Cz.6107.
Izabelahadleftwithhighexpectations.Her
familyofAnglophilesencouragedherinthe
viewthateverythingprogressive,desirable
andinspirationalawaitedherontheplanned
tourofthecountry.Shewroteofthisoppor-
tunityjustbeforethejourney:
Iamleavingtoseethecountryanditscharming
prospectswhereitsaffluenceisthefruitofindus-
try,industryisthefruitoffreedomandfreedom
isthefruitofthegovernment.Iwillseedelight-
fullandscapes,whereNaturespreadsherselfin
allherbeauty.25
Theassociationofcharmingprospectswith
freedomandliberalgovernmentreflectedthe
viewsnotonlyofAdamKazimierz—by1790
thatconnectionhadtakenafirmrootinEng-
lishandFrenchtravelwriting.26Therewasno
reasonforCzartoryskatoexpectanythingelse
butthediffusionofethicalvaluesontothe
landscape.
25AgnieszkaWhelan,CCzuładuszawkrajobrazie
postępu.DziennikpodróżyIzabeliCzartoryskiejpo
AngliiiSzkocji)
,inOgródpuławskiwczasachksiężny
Izabeliorazperspektywyjegozachowaniaprzyzmianie
funkcji(Puławy:FWHOP,IUNG,1999),pp.36-54.
26Fortheassociationofgardenswithlibertyand
nationalcharacteristicsseeH.J.Mullenbrock,CThe
“Englishness”oftheEnglishlandscapegardenandthe
geneticroleofliterature:areassessment,
)Journalof
GardenHistory,8(1988),pp.97-103.
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