Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in Year - Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland

Published in 1786, this two-volume work formed part of a series exploring the concept of the picturesque in British landscapes.

List of contents

16. Butermer lower lake; 17. Druid temple; 18. Description of a gill, or ravine; 19. Description of Ulleswater; 20. City of Carlisle; 21. Description of Brugh-marsh; 22. Netherby; 23. Vale of Lowther; 24. Observations on a formal piece of ground near Brugh; 25. Studley; 26. Hackfall; 27. Rippon; 28. General description of the peak of Derbyshire; 29. Description of Dovedale; 30. Keddleston; 31. Country about Leicester; 32. Country about Northampton; Explanation of the prints.

Summary

Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724–1804) published a series of works recording his observations on the picturesque across British landscapes. This two-volume work, which appeared in 1786, describes his travels in 1772, principally in the Lake District, an inspirational place for poets and artists.

Product details

• Authors: William Gilpin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2013
• EAN: 9781108066754
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06675-4
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; ART / General, Art forms, The Arts: art forms