Babbicombe, Devonshire (1845)
J. Harwood
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC3047 |
Illustration Reference
SC3047
Location
CD 46 DVD 7
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Torquay and its neighbourhood. London, Edinburgh, and New York: T. Nelson and sons, 1868. p. 16. The bay is scarcely a bowshot across, and hemmed in by cliffs of marble and dark red sandstone, contrasted with a radiant beach of white quartzose pebbles. Here the most luxuriant foliage creeps down to the very edge of the sea; and in the open air in winter myrtles and aloes, citrons and fuchsias, bloom in lusty hardihood. The botanist may fill his herbarium to repletion in this favoured locality, and the sketcher his album with a host of beautiful "bits." It is, however, a matter of regret that Torquay is rapidly encroaching on Babbicombe, and threatening to destroy its sweet seclusion.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
97x157mm
Aspects
From shore
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Dates
1845