William Green's Sixty Small Prints, page 4

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	page 4:- No.1. CONISTON WATER. The Artist has commenced his Description at Coniston Water, and pursued a line which he thinks will have less to be retraced than any other he could have chosen. Coniston Water is six miles in length, and the greatest breadth is three-quarters of a mile; it is encircled by an excellent carriage road, which is often on the margin of the water, and scarcely ever a mile from it: the most interesting part of this road is that which lies on the eastern side of the lake, and is part of that usually travelled by tourists in their way to Coniston and Hawkshead from Ulverstone. The views on this road are interesting, by their variety and beauty, all the way from Nibthwaite, which lies at the foot, to the New Inn, which is at the head of the lakes. The first view after leaving Nibthwaite is of "the Man," a mountain somewhat conical, and of other summits scarcely inferior in height. The view here presented is a mile from the foot of the lake, and is of the Man mountain, or, as it is more frequently called, the "Old Man," with the pointed summit of Enfoot on the right, and Dove Crag on the left - a range of line probably more picturesque than is exhibited by these mountains on any other stand from or near the road before spoken of: the middle grounds and foregrounds are, however, better on some stations north of the one here chosen. No.2 CONISTON WATERHEAD. This view of the lake is about four miles and a half from the former, and out of a field above the road, between the Inn and Tent Lodge, the property and residence of Colonel Smith. The distant mountain is the Old Man, assuming here an appearance much different from that in No.1: Thwaite immediately under it, and apparently near the water's edge, was the residence of the late David Kirby, Esq. the proprietor.
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