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Painting, oil painting, Carlisle from the North East,
Cumberland, 1780s-90s?
Panoramic view of Carlisle from across the River Eden with
Eden Bridge and Carlisle Castle to right of composition. The
cathedral rises above the city in centre of composition.
Beyond lie hills with low lying cloud above them in a blue
sky. In the foreground an angler stands on the riverbank and
small groups of figures saunter along the pathway beside it.
The composition is painted within an oval trompe l'oeuil
frame against a buff background.
Perhaps by James Lowes who was one of the illustrators of
Hutchinson's History of Cumberland.
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