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Print, uncoloured engraving, Winandermere Lake,
Windermere, Westmorland, drawn by F Wheatly, engraved and
published by Samuel Middiman, London, 1787.
Shore scene, two fishermen? with creels?
Inserted in a copy of Thomas West's Guide to the Lakes, 5th
edition, 1793.
Plate 29 (or 3) 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 XXIX. / WINANDERMERE LAKE, WESTMORELAND. / IN the
former Numbers of this Work we have been enabled to give
Views of some of the most picturesque Stations near the
northern Lakes, therefore a few Words on the Nature of their
Mountains, may not here improperly be added. These Hills are
in general formed of a blue Rag-Stone of a fissile,
absorbent Nature, and frequently covered with a wet Ling,
and Moss: That they imbibe the descending Rains is evident
from the numerous temporary Cataracts which are seen pouring
down their Sides. In some Parts the Limestone Rock prevails,
which is perfectly dry, and the Grass that covers it
peculiarly fine. / In these Mountains particularly, is found
the blue Slate, which has so many Properties to recommend it
as a covering for Buildings; it is beautiful, light, resists
the Weather, and is easily repaired. It is observed of these
Rocks, that extraneous Fossils or Petrifactions are rarely
to be met with.
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