Scout Scar, Near Kendal, Westmorland
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Image from page 439 of "Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose" (1835)
Identifier: westmorelandcumb00rose Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidwestmorelandcumb00rose">Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1835">1835 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1830">1830s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorRose__Thomas__topographer">Rose, Thomas, topographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorAllom__Thomas__1804_1872">Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorPickering__George__d__1857">Pickering, George, d. 1857 Subjects: Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon__etc_____H__Fisher__R__Fisher____P__Jackson">London [etc.] : H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries">University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorInternet_Archive">Internet Archive View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/westmorelandcumb00rose/westmorelandcumb00rose#page/n439/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/westmorelandcumb00rose" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidwestmorelandcumb00rose">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/westmorelandcumb00rose/westmorelandcumb00rose#page/n439/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: BMI Text Appearing After Image: CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 219 desolation. A river also runs through it, which is the principal feeder of the lake, andnot less wild in its appearance than the valley itself. This awful solitude occupiesthe distance in our illustrative view. On advancing into this mountainous retreat, thespectator notices the clouds hanging gloomily on the sides of the hills, and concealingfrom his observation more than half their height. The middle of the valley is adorned,as these valleys in some parts are, by a craggy hill, on the top of which stands thefragment of a rock, that looks, in Ossians language, like the stone of power, the rudedeity of desolation, to which the scene is sacred. That portion of the vale of Buttermere which, with reference to the present view, liesin the rear of the observer, is a wide variegated scene, full of rising and falling grounds,woody in many parts, well inhabited in some; fruitful and luxuriant in all. The mountain of High Stile appears on the left in Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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Picture Taken: 1835-01-01T00:00:00 -
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