The Resource Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, by William Gilpin
Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, by William Gilpin
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The item Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, by William Gilpin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
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- Edition
- 3rd ed., in 2 v.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (2 v.
- Note
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- First published London: R. Blamire, 1786
- Paging: xlvii, 238 p., 15 leaves of plates; viii, 264 p., 16-[30] leaves of plates
- The views are etchings with aquatint after Gilpin's sketches. They are printed in black with tonal wash applied by hand. Plates 25-[30] depict grazing animals (horse, cattle, sheep) and make use of soft-ground etching in addition to etching and aquatint; some of these are signed in the plate SG, perhaps for Gilpin's brother Sawrey, an animal painter and etcher. The maps depict individual lakes, hand-colored blue
- At end of the 2nd vol. are 2 p. listing Gilpin's works available from the publishers
- Binding: brown paper, printed paper spine labels
- Label
- Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772
- Title
- Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
- Title remainder
- relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772
- Statement of responsibility
- by William Gilpin
- Title variation
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- Gilpin's lakes of Cumberland
- Observations on the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
- Subject
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- Picturesque, The, in art -- Early works to 1800
- Etchings -- England -- 18th century
- Soft-ground etchings -- England -- 18th century
- Cumbria (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Aquatints -- England -- 18th century
- Lake District (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- NIC
- Citation location within source
- 187
- Citation source
- Abbey, J.R. Scenery
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1724-1804
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gilpin, William
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1733-1807
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gilpin, Sawrey
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cumbria (England)
- Lake District (England)
- Picturesque, The, in art
- Label
- Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, by William Gilpin
- Note
-
- First published London: R. Blamire, 1786
- Paging: xlvii, 238 p., 15 leaves of plates; viii, 264 p., 16-[30] leaves of plates
- The views are etchings with aquatint after Gilpin's sketches. They are printed in black with tonal wash applied by hand. Plates 25-[30] depict grazing animals (horse, cattle, sheep) and make use of soft-ground etching in addition to etching and aquatint; some of these are signed in the plate SG, perhaps for Gilpin's brother Sawrey, an animal painter and etcher. The maps depict individual lakes, hand-colored blue
- At end of the 2nd vol. are 2 p. listing Gilpin's works available from the publishers
- Binding: brown paper, printed paper spine labels
- Edition
- 3rd ed., in 2 v.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (2 v.
- Form of item
- online
- Note
- Getty copy has a collation of the work in pencil on front free endpaper recto, together with a price of £45.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, by William Gilpin
- Note
-
- First published London: R. Blamire, 1786
- Paging: xlvii, 238 p., 15 leaves of plates; viii, 264 p., 16-[30] leaves of plates
- The views are etchings with aquatint after Gilpin's sketches. They are printed in black with tonal wash applied by hand. Plates 25-[30] depict grazing animals (horse, cattle, sheep) and make use of soft-ground etching in addition to etching and aquatint; some of these are signed in the plate SG, perhaps for Gilpin's brother Sawrey, an animal painter and etcher. The maps depict individual lakes, hand-colored blue
- At end of the 2nd vol. are 2 p. listing Gilpin's works available from the publishers
- Binding: brown paper, printed paper spine labels
- Edition
- 3rd ed., in 2 v.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (2 v.
- Form of item
- online
- Note
- Getty copy has a collation of the work in pencil on front free endpaper recto, together with a price of £45.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Aquatints -- England -- 18th century
- Cumbria (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Etchings -- England -- 18th century
- Lake District (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Picturesque, The, in art -- Early works to 1800
- Soft-ground etchings -- England -- 18th century
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