Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in Year - Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland

This 1789 work explores the concept of the picturesque through a journey around the lochs, castles and rivers of Scotland.

List of contents

Dedication; 1. Country about Enfield-chace; 2. Gunnerby-hill; 3. Roche-abbey; 4. Kirkstall-abbey; 5. Strength of Liddel; 6. Banks of the Tiviot; 7. First view of Edinburgh; 8. Castle of Garvy; 9. Castle of Stirling; 10. Loch-leven; 11. Strathern; 12. Approach to Perth; 13. River Bran; 14. River Tay; 15. River Freer; 16. Taymouth-house; 17. Loch-tay; 18. Inverary-castle; 19. Account of the contention between two Scotch chiefs; 20. Present character of the highlander.

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 of 1789 describes a journey made principally through Scotland in 1776, taking in Edinburgh and the lochs, castles and rivers of the Highlands.

Product details

• Authors: William Gilpin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2014
• EAN: 9781108069397
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06939-7
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales