Penn 1730s
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| Notes about Penn's Prospect of the Ruins of the Castle of Pile of Fouldry, 1730s | ||
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These notes are about the watercolour painting, A Prospect
of the Ruins of the Castle of Pile of Fouldry and the
Adjacent Islands taken from Ramside, ie Piel Castle etc,
Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, by Stephen Penn, 1730s. We are
particularly grateful to have access to this copy because the
painting is part of a series of very early outline views.
The original item is in the Huntington Library and Art Gallery,
California who hold the copyright.
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The painting is one of a series of four. Each scene has numbered features in the picture with a list of identifications, making them the precursors of 'outline views'.
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Objects in the View |
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The viewpoint is Rampside, or rather somewhere floating
above the settlement. The direction of the view is S across
Piel Channel. Our identifications list name, civil parish
and grid reference.
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Painted at the bottom:-
1. Ramside. 3 Walney Island 5 Rhode Island 7. Farther point of / 9. Lancaster Castle / 2 Pile of Fouldry 4 Foulney Island 6 St. Michaels I. 8 Leverpool Harbour. 10. Peel Harbour. The numbers on the image are in black ink and clearly legible, where found. |
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| 1. Ramside. |
Rampside, Barrow-in-Furness, SD248661 etc.
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| 2 Pile of Fouldry |
Piel Castle on Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness,
SD23306357.
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| 3 Walney Island |
Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, SD1767 etc. The picture
shows South End with at least two windmills. It is possible
to recognize Sheep Island.
part of Walney Island and one of the windmills, and a ship. |
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| 4 Foulney Island |
Foulney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, SD244630 etc.
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| 5 Rhode Island |
Roa Island, Barrow-in-Furness, SD232649 etc.
There is now a causeway to Roa Island, from whence a pedestrian ferry to Piel Island. |
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| 6 St. Michaels I. |
Michael Island, Barrow-in-Furness, SD236653 etc.
This is a little more than a shingle bank across Rampide Sands. |
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| 7. Farther point of 8 Leverpool Harbour. |
Captions 7 and 8 belong together; the number label 8 has not been found on the image I have to work with.
The point in the picture is Formby Point, SD2606, beyond which is Crosby Channel leading into the River Mersey, and the port of Liverpool. |
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| 9. Lancaster Castle |
Lancaster Castle, Lancashire, SD473619.
and St Mary's Church behind. |
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| 10. Peel Harbour. |
Piel Harbour, Barrow-in-Furness, SD237640 etc.
one of several ships in the picture. |
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These places are located as:-
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Other Objects in the View |
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Other objects in the picture can be recognized (labelled on
the outline view image):-
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| South End |
The part of Walney Island in the picture.
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| Sheep Island |
in Barrow-in-Furness parish, SD214639.
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| Forest of Bowland |
in Lancashire, SD65 etc.
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