Rillage Point from the Capstane Hill ([1859])
Frederick Thrupp
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | sxB/ILF/1859/THR |
Illustration Reference
SC1249
Location
CD 20 DVD 3
Publication Details
Date
[1859]
Place
Scope and Content
Knight, Charles. The land we live in. London: C. Knight, 1848-50. Vol. III. p. 57.[
] had he not forgotten the drizzle, - the sempiternal, ubiquitous, close-wrapping, penetrative "Devonshire drizzle?" We fear he had; for in truth that drizzle is a great damper of one's enthusiasm for a Devonshire winter. It is very well to say, as the natives do, that the drizzle is almost always succeeded by sunshine; but the visitor almost always finds that the sunshine is where he is not, and the drizzle where he is: that the drizzle - thicker and more piercing than a Cumberland, or even a Scotch mist, and as hard to see through as a city fog, - is all around him, wrapping him as in hydropathic blankets, and drawing a sort of duffle-gray curtain before the scenery.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Lithograph
Dimensions
78x126mm
Places
Aspects
From Capstone Hill
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1859