Gilpin 1786

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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.'
	source type:-	Gilpin 1786 (3rd edn 1808)

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