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

Preface; 1. Great features of English landscape; 2. Country around Hounslow; 3. Country between Woodstock and Warwick; 4. Country between Coventry and Birmingham; 5. New-canal compared with a river; 6. Analytical view of a mountain-country; 7. General remarks on lakes; 8. General remarks on fore-grounds; 9. General remarks on the picturesque composition of lakes, and mountains; 10. Ambleside, and the grounds around it; 11. Voyage from the great island to the northern extremity of the lake; 12. Furness-abbey decribed; 13. General view of the lake of Keswick; 14. Village of Satterthwait; 15. Valley of Newlands.

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: 9781108066761
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06676-1
• No. of pages: 312
• 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