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Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.6
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Painting, watercolour, View on the River Eden, near Carlisle, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle snr, about 1792.
Summertime; view of the River Eden seen from the right hand bank which is heavily wooded. Two fishermen in a rowing boat spread their nets on the calm waters as two gentlemen observe them from the bank to left of foreground. In the distance Carlisle Cathedral and castle may be seen; distant hills rise beyond.
Taken from Davidson's Banks looking towards Stainton.
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VIEW on the RIVER EDEN, near CARLISLE.
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