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Print, aquatint, Ullswater, by William Gilpin, 1772-74, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1808.
Vol.2 opposite p.55 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:-
'XVIII. / This print illustrates that kind of scenery, which is presented by Ulleswater. It is, by no means, a portrait: but it gives some idea of the view towards Patterdale, in which the rocky promontory on the left, and the two woody promontories on the right, are conspicuous features. / Page 55.'
source type:- Gilpin 1786 (3rd edn 1808)