Saltram (1812)
Samuel Prout
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC2367 |
Illustration Reference
SC2367
Location
CD 35 DVD 5
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Dugdale, James. The new British traveller or modern panorama of England and Wales. Vol. 2. London: J. Robins & Co. 1819. pp. 193-4.The villages of Devonshire are, generally speaking, few and small, and most of them, with the greater number of farm-houses, covered with thatch, for which purpose the straw is threshed in a manner peculiar to Devonshire and a few other western counties. [
] The fences are chiefly formed with high mounds, surmounted by coppice wood, which affords fuel, poles, faggots, and oak-bark to the occupiers of the estates. The hedges generally rise to the height of thirty feet, and afford pasturing animals shelter from wind and sun. A stranger, not aware of this practice, considers himself as travelling in a deep valley, till, arrived at some elevated opening, delightful scenery bursts upon his view.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
S.g.etch
Dimensions
130x185mm
Series
S38. PROUT, Samuel: PICTURESQUE DELINEATIONS IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL, IMITATED FROM THE ORIGINAL STUDIES.
Note
Shows farm buildings
Aspects
Outbuildings
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1812