William Gilpin

Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain

Particularly the High-Lands of Scotlan

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1789 work explores the concept of the picturesque through a journey around the lochs, castles and rivers of Scotland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781108069403
• ISBN-10: 1108069401
• Artikelnr.: 40190373

Inhaltsangabe

21. Loch-Fyne
22. Loch-Lomond
23. View of the several islands of Loch-Lomond
24. A reverie
25. Dunbarton-rock and castle
26. Dunglas-castle
27. Account of the admirable Crichton
28. Queensberry-house
29. Grounds around Queensberry-house
30. Linclouden college
31. General remarks on Scotch landscape
32. Poverty of Scotch landscape from want of objects
33. General remarks on the mountains, rivers, and lakes of Scotland
34. The cattle, and inhabitants of the highlands
35. Improvements of taste in Scotland
36. Cockbridge
37. Tour round the lake of Keswick
38. View from Lancaster-castle in a storm
39. Country through Lancashire.