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Print, aquatint, lake shore from a boat, by William
Gilpin, 1772-74, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand,
London, 1808.
Vol.1 opposite p.102 in Observations on Several Parts of
England, Particularly the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland
Westmoreland, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, 3rd
edn 1808.
The list of plates has:-
'IV. / An illustration of the appearance, which the shores
of a lake form, when seen from its surface, in a
boat. The promontories, and bays, unless very large,
lose all their indentations; and the whole boundary of the
lake becomes a mere thread. / When you stand upon the shore,
if your situation be, in any degree, elevated, the
promontories appear to come forward; and all the
indentations are distinct. / These two modes of viewing may
be compared by turning from this print to page 55, vol.II;
in which is represented a lake seen from the shore. This
latter mode of viewing a lake is generally the most
pleasing; unless indeed the stand be taken too high, which
elevates the horizon too much. / Page 102.'
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