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 dep
...ict 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 Getty copy has a collation of the work in pencil on front free endpaper recto, together with a price of £45
What to read after 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 2?
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