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Print, aquatint, Windermere lake, by William Gilpin,
1772-74, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London,
1808.
Vol.1 opposite p.143 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:-
'IX. / This view of the middle part of Windermere, is taken
from the grounds a little to the north of Bowness. The
distance, as the reader will observe from the plan, is
composed of that country, which shoots away towards the
south. The high grounds make a part of Furness-fell; which
is described, in page 143, stretching along the western
shores of the lake towards the north.- Below Furness-fells
appear some of the islands of the lake, particularly the
great island; which is the most southern of them./ pAGE
143.'
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