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Print, engraving, The Palace of Patterdale, Westmorland,
painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and J
Landseer, figures by J Heath, published by W Byrne, 79
Titchfield Street, London, 1788.
Plate 11 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and
Westmorland, published 1789.
Descriptive text belonging to this plate:-
THE PALACE OF PATTERDALE. / THE Village of Patterdale is
situated near the Head of Ullswater. It lies in a Cove of
Mountains open in Front to the Southern Reach of the Lake.
The Building which forms the principal Object in this View
we have called the Palace of Patterdale, leaving the Nature
of its Claim to that Appelation to be explained by the
following Passage in Mr. Gilpin's Observations on the
Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland. 'Among
the Cottages of this Village, there is a House, belonging to
a person of somewhat better Condition; whose little Estate,
which he occupies himself, lies in the Neighbourhood. As his
Property, inconsiderable as it is, is better than that of
any of his Neighbours, it has gained him the Title of King
of Patterdale, in which his Family Name is lost. His
ancestors have long enjoyed the Title before him. We had the
Honour of seeing this Prince, as he took the Diversion of
fishing on the Lake; and I could not help thinking, that if
I were inclined to envy the Situation od any Potentate in
Europe, it would be that of the King of Patterdale. The
Pride of Windsor and Versailles would shrink in a Comparison
with the Magnificence of his Dominions.' - The Scotch Fir
standing at the Time the Drawing of this Subject was made
had attained 72 Feet in Height, and was considered as a kind
of Land-Mark to the Vale. / IX.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom, left, centre, right and centre
Drawn by Josh. Farington, R.A. / The Figures engraved by
J. Heath. / The Landscape by W. Byrne & J. Landseer. / The
PALACE of PATTERDALE. / Published as the Act directs, 1
jany. 1788, by W. Byrne, No.79, Titchfield Street,
London.
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