button to main menu  Description of Sixty Studies, pp.18-19
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page 18:-
The view down the lake, if not equal to that over the island, is, at least, pleasing; it is featured with bays, several wooded promontories shooting far into the water; these are principally Stor's and Rawlinson's Nab.
There is a walk round the Great Island, which, much to the credit of Mr. Curwen, is free to the public; the pictures are numerous from this walk, and they are fine, especially when combined with wood, of which there is a profusion.
Some picturesque old oaks on the northern end of the island, give value to the Rydal, Ambleside, and Troutbeck distances, rendering them additionally aerial by the boldness of the contrast.
Boating in all directions from the Ferry House and Bowness is charming, but the eye will, perhaps, be particularly gratified in the neighbourhood of
page 19:-
Thompson's Holm, and the Lily of the Valley Holms.
This print of Windermere is from a field near the turnpike gate at Waterhead, and is looking into Langdale - Bow fell and Langdale pikes are the principal features in the distance, but a part of Loughrigg fell is on the right - the houses at Brathay and Clappersgate assist in composing the middle ground. - The trees on the left were taken from the hedge-row on the right hand, with a view to benefit the composition - for though the distances on Windermere are exquisite, as seen in nature; yet, by their remoteness from the eye, and the consequent monotony of the lines composing those distances, they generally require the aid of other objects with a view to destroy that monotony, and otherwise improve the intended picture.
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