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Raven Crag, St John's Castlerigg etc
Raven Crag
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY30371880 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3018
10Km square:-   NY31
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 4) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 12) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Raven Crag, at the foot of Wyburn Water, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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Plate 12 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Raven Crag, / at the foot of Wyburn Water. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "12"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.159
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Raven Crag on Leaths Water, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
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Plate 34 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "34"
printed at bottom:-  "RAVEN CRAG on LEATHS WATER. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.32
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 80:-  "THE CRAGS."
"... a Raven Crag in almost every vale - one of the most conspicuous of which is that overlooking Leathes Water."
evidence:-   old print:- Westall 1830s
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, aquatint panorama, Leathes Water or Thirlmere, from the West Side, Cumberland, drawn and engraved by William Westall, published by Ackermann and Co, 96 Strand, London, 1833.
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"Raven Crag. Blencathra or Saddleback. Great How. Green Crag. Great Dod. Helvellyn. / Leathes Water or Thirlmere, / from the West side. / Drawn & Engraved by W. Westall A.R.A. / Published by Ackermann and Co, 96 Strand. 1833."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6658.11
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 49:-  "... Raven Crag is a mighty mass of dark, frowning crags, that have braved the fury of many a storm."
evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from the West Side of Thirlmere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Plate, opposite p.69 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.  "MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THIRLMERE."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Raven Crag, 2 Castlerigg, 3 Blancathra vulgariter Saddleback, 4 Great How, 5 Green Crag, 6, Great Dod, 7 Part of Helvellyn."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Walton 1876
placename:-  Raven's Crag
source data:-   Print, colour lithograph, Raven's Crag, Thirlmere, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, from a painting by Elijah Walton, published by W M Thompson, 20 Cockspur Street, Pall Mall, and Burlington Gallery, Piccadilly, London, 1876.
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Plate 5 in English Lake Scenery, with a description by T G Bonney. 
item:-  JandMN : 469.5
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Raven Crag by Thirlmere, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS401
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evidence:-   perhaps old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Thirlmere and Raven Crag? St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS595
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evidence:-   old print:- Brabant 1902
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Raven Crag Thirlmere, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, by Edmund H New, published by Methuen and Co, 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1902.
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Frontispiece to The English Lakes, by F G Brabant. 
printed at bottom right:-  "E. H. NEW"
printed at bottom:-  "RAVEN CRAG THIRLMERE"
item:-  JandMN : 502.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Raven Crag, Thirlmere, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Opposite p.166 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "RAVEN CRAG, THIRLMERE"
printed at signed lower right:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.57
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evidence:-   old print:- Reynolds 1915
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Raven Crag, Thirlmere, Cumberland, from a painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1915.
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"A HEATON COOPER"
"RAVEN CRAG, THIRLMERE."
item:-  JandMN : 1071.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Harwood 1895
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Thirlmere looking North, Box Holme Island, and Raven Crag, Cumberland, probably by Meisenbach, published by Henry Blacklock and Co, Albert Square, Manchester, 1895.
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Tipped in opposite p.58 of the History and Description of the Thirlmere Water Scheme, by Sir John James Harwood. 
printed at bottom:-  "THIRLMERE (LOOKING NORTH), BOX HOLME ISLAND, AND RAVEN CRAG."
printed at lower right:-  "M"
item:-  Armitt Library : A660.11
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evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from the West Side of Thirlmere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Used opposite p.69 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. 
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image - 1 Raven Crag, 2 Castlerigg, 3 Blancathra vulgariter Saddleback, 4 Great How, 5 Green Crag, 6, Great Dod, 7 Part of Helvellyn. 
printed at top:-  "MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THIRLMERE."
printed at bottom left, right:-  "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / ..."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.414
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, engraving, Thirlmere from Raysgap, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.54 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "THIRLMERE FROM RAYSGAP."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Pt. of Steel Fell. / Borrowdale Fells. / Raven Crag. / Skiddaw. / Helvellyn."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.18
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Raven Crag near Leath's Water, ie Thirlmere, Cumberland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 62 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 62. There are many Raven Crags in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire; but this is the Crag which is so grand a feature of Leathes Water, and from the river issuing out of it. The scene presented here, is taken a little out of the way, on the left hand of the road from Ambleside to Keswick; twelve miles from the former place, and four from the latter."
printed at bottom:-  "RAVEN CRAG NEAR LEATH'S WATER. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.62
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