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Print, uncoloured engraving, The Village of Lowswater,
Loweswater, Cumberland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved
by J Scott, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand,
London, 1815.
Plate 29 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and
Cumberland.
The accompanying text:-
THE VILLAGE OF LOWESWATER,
IS beautifully situated close to the Lake of the same name,
near the north-western extremity of the mountains above
Mellbreak. The beauty of the landscape is considerably
increased by the mixture of wood-lands and cultivated
fields, interspersed with small farms, which, with their
waving inclosures, are most delightfully situated. The Lake
of Loweswater is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a
mile in breadth; and, unlike all the other Lakes, discharges
its waters at the southern end. It may be here remarked,
that the purest taste will be gratified on seeing the
beautiful and romantic character of this most interesting
country preserved in all its simplicity by every village,
every cottage, being both in form and colour in perfect
unison with the scenery in which they are placed. The
sentiment excited while contemplating the savage rock or the
mgnificent mountain, or admiring the beautiful vale, is
never disturbed by the introduction of objects at variance
with the impression made by the fine works of nature.
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