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Painting, watercolour, The Walled City of Carlisle,
Viewed from Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle
snr, 1806?
Summertime; panoramic view of the city of Carlisle seen from
an elevated perspective across the River Eden. The
composition is framed on the left by a tall tree. To right,
a lone man and his dog loiter at the water's edge near to
three cattle standing in the shallows. Eden Bridge lies to
far right of composition. Distant hills rise beyond the
city. The date is problematic; an engraving taken from this
work CALMG:1910.15 was published 2.10.1797; in this the
number and disposition of figures is altered from those of
the original.
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