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| Creator: | Cadell, T |
| Title: | The opening of the Tavey into the Tamar |
| Imprint: | [London] : T.Cadell & W.Davies] |
| Date: | [1798] |
| Format: | Aquatint ; 117x192mm |
| Series: | S021. GILPIN, William: OBSERVATIONS ON THE WESTERN PARTS OF ENGLAND RELATING CHIEFLY TO PICTURESQUE BEAUTY. |
| Ref. no.: | SC2734 |
| Notes: | Untitled. Title taken from list of plates called for |
| Copies: |
WSL: sWES/1898/GIL |
| Coverage: | Devon . Tamerton Foliot . Rivers . River Tamar . Mouth of River Tavy . 1798 |
| Last Updated: |
22/12/2004 |
| Associated text: |
Gilpin, William. Observations on the western parts of England relating chiefly to picturesque beauty. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1798. pp. 231-232. Our next scene was the opening of the Tavey into the Tamer. Sir Harry Trelawney's house was one of the principal objects of this view. The distance was composed chiefly of the Dartmore hills. The banks of the Tamer were still low, and cultivated; and bore no proportion to the extent of the water, which did not begin to contract itself, nor the banks to swell, till we had proceeded nine or ten miles up the river. [Text may be taken from a different edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.] |
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