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This illustrated 1798 work explores the picturesque in Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
List of contents
Dedication; 1. Nonsuch; 2. Norbury Park; 3. Country between Leatherhead and Guildford; 4. Holt-forest; 5. Country between Winchester and Salisbury; 6. Longford-castle; 7. Stonehenge; 8. Wilton; 9. Fonthill; 10. Maiden-Bradley; 11. Approach to Wells; 12. Ruins of Glastonbury abbey; 13. Gothic architecture prevalent in the west of England; 14. Admiral Blake; 15. Sir Charles Tint's improvements; 16. View from Quantoc-hills; 17. Castle hill; 18. Approach to Barnstaple; 19. Brentor; 20. Country in returning from Bodmin to Lescard; 21. Plymouth-dock; 22. Mount Edgcomb; 23. Edystone light-house; 24. Tanner; 25. Battle of Lexington; 26. Exeter; 27. View from fair-mile-hill; 28. Coast road from Plymouth to Honiton; 29. Vale of Honiton; 30. Ford abbey; 31. Country from Axminster to Bridport; 32. Blandford; 33. View of the coast from Lymington to Cowes; 34. Carisbroke-castle; 35. Picturesque beauty explained; 36. Separation of the island from the main; 37. Milbroke; 38. View of Southampton; Appendix.
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 work of 1798 describes his travels from Wiltshire westwards through Somerset and Devon to Cornwall, returning via Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
