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Print, uncoloured engraving, View at Ambleside,
Westmorland, painted by C Powel, engraved and published by
Samuel Middiman, London, 1786.
Hay wagon on the turnpike approaching a toll gate at
Ambleside.
Plate 22 from Select Views in Great Britain, engraved and
published by Samuel Middiman, 3 Grafton Street, Tottenham
Court Road, London, 1784-92.
There is accompanying text in English and French:-
PLATE XXII. / VIEW at AMBLESIDE, WESTMORELAND. / THE annexed
View is taken on the road from Winandermere, within a few
Yards of Ambleside Turnpike, and not far distant from that
represented in the preceding Plate. / From Ambleside to
Keswick, is about Sixteen Miles of excellent Road; the Hills
through which it leads are not difficult of Ascent, being
mostly fine Sheep Walks, and well turfed. A variety of
Mountain Prospects present themselves in this Tour; and the
Waterfalls that appear successively, either trickling down
the gray Rocks, or pouring from the Mountains in foaming
Torrents, are not to be equalled in so small a Tract of
Country.
This could be the toll gate at Waterhead, just south of
Ambleside?
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