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Print, aquatint, effect of light, by William Gilpin, 1772-74, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1808.
Vol.1 opposite p.131 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:-
'VII. / An illustration of the effect of light; which is so great, as to give consequence even where there are no objects. A setting sun; or a storm, (as here represented) are most favourable to an exhibition of this kind. / pAGE 131.'
source type:- Gilpin 1786 (3rd edn 1808)