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 Variants

Alternative: Gilpin's lakes of Cumberland
Alternative: Observations on the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
Uniform: Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772

By

Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733-1807

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1808

Edition

3rd ed., in 2 v.

Notes

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.

Abbey, J.R. Scenery, | 187

Subjects

18th century , Aquatints , Cumbria (England) , Description and travel , Early works to 1800 , England , Etchings , Lake District (England) , Picturesque, The, in art , Soft-ground etchings

Call Number

DA670.C9 G4 1808

Language

English