Dartmouth from Kingswear ([1850?])
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SC0480
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Britton, J. Devonshire & Cornwall illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom, W.H. Bartlett, &c, by J.Britton & E.W.Brayley (London: H.Fisher, R.Fisher & P.Jackson, 1832. pp. 77-78).
DARTMOUTH. DARTMOUTH is an ancient sea-port, market, and borough town, situated on the south-eastern coast of Devon, near the confluence of the river Dart with the British Channel. Gilpin, in his "Observations," remarks, that "The bay which the river forms at its mouth, is one of the most beautiful scenes upon the coast. Both the entrance of the Dart into it, and its exit to the sea, appear, from many stations, closed up by the folding of the banks, so that the bay has frequently the form of a lake, only furnished with shipping instead of boats. Its banks, which are its great beauty, consist of lofty wooded hills, shelving down in all directions. "The view of Dartmouth itself, from the bay, is extremely pleasing: the houses appear situated on the acclivity of a craggy hill, and extending, embosomed in trees, about a mile along the water's edge. The dock-yard and quay project into the river, and cause an apparent curvature in its course, which has a beautiful effect, animated, as it is, by the numerous vessels which frequent the haven.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
DARTMOUTH. DARTMOUTH is an ancient sea-port, market, and borough town, situated on the south-eastern coast of Devon, near the confluence of the river Dart with the British Channel. Gilpin, in his "Observations," remarks, that "The bay which the river forms at its mouth, is one of the most beautiful scenes upon the coast. Both the entrance of the Dart into it, and its exit to the sea, appear, from many stations, closed up by the folding of the banks, so that the bay has frequently the form of a lake, only furnished with shipping instead of boats. Its banks, which are its great beauty, consist of lofty wooded hills, shelving down in all directions. "The view of Dartmouth itself, from the bay, is extremely pleasing: the houses appear situated on the acclivity of a craggy hill, and extending, embosomed in trees, about a mile along the water's edge. The dock-yard and quay project into the river, and cause an apparent curvature in its course, which has a beautiful effect, animated, as it is, by the numerous vessels which frequent the haven.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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Lithograph
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212x328mm
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From Kingswear
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Dates
1850