Similar
Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the (14765257821)
Image taken from page 285 of 'National History and Views of London and its environs ... from original drawings by eminent artists. Edited by C. F. P' (11011060373)
The art of landscape gardening (1907) (14760808984)
Slaves. Alexander Anderson scrapbooks
Thomas Higham - Lambeth Palace as Restored under the Authority of Bishop Howley - B1977.14.17394 - Yale Center for British Art
Landesburg-Lechenich-1797-Schlossruine-Gemälde-von-A-Reuter
M.e Tallien (BM 1892,0714.794) - Engraving, Public domain image
CH-NB - Grafiken Orts- und Landschaftsansichten - GS-GRAF-ANSI-BE-697
Giovanni Paolo Pannini - Capriccio of Roman Ruins with a Bas-Relief of a Charioteer - 48.584 - Museum of Fine Arts
Related
Image taken from page 139 of 'The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc' (11004451055)
Berkhampstead from "The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc"
map from "The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc"
Image taken from page 210 of 'The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc' (11004759223)
Image taken from page 48 of 'The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc' (11004453455)
bridge from "The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc"
Image taken from page 148 of 'London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of the metropolis and the suburbs ... Translated by Henry Frith. With ... illustrations' (11290253674)
Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales - descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890) (14760205466)
Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales - descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890) (14760168336)
A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. - With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to it... (14760902364)
Summary
Identifier: topographicalsur02robe (find matches)
Title: A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to it...
Year: 1792 (1790s)
Authors: Robertson, Archibald
Subjects:
Publisher: London: : Printed for the author... and William Faden...
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library
Text Appearing Before Image:
the eighty-fourth milestone. 38 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM Passing this spot at an early hour in themorning, I was suddenly encompassed by athick fog, which* for a considerable time,prevented my observations on the country;and I was left without any other amuse-ment, than the confused, though agreeablebleatings of the numerous surroundingflocks, reverberated from the various ridgesof these extensive Downs. When the brightening rays of the sunbegan gradually to dispel the thick vapourswhich floated along the valleys, and hungupon the tops of the hills, a scene was on asudden presented to view, that for a fewseconds made me forget the spot I stoodupon, and suppose myself transported to adifferent region. The vapours now collected in the val-leys, had the appearance of water, extend-ing along the bases of the higher grounds.The shores were strongly defined; and Isaw before me an exact representation of asea coast, formed into bays and inlets. At this time, the rays of the sun had not
Text Appearing After Image:
LONDON TO BATH AND BRISTOL. 39 force enough to produce a brilliant effect inany part of the scene; a diffused tenderlight overspread the whole.—The sur-rounding ridges, though not high, beingseen through a thick medium, were mag-nified into headlands and promontories;and the solitary shepherds, with their wan-dering flocks, seemed to descend from thesides of precipices in every quarter, com-pleting the deception. In a short space of time, the sun beganto gild the tops of the hills, and brightenthe face of the country; by degrees, thegrandeur of the scene diminished, and everyobject assumed its real form. All the bays,promontories, and headlands, quickly dis-appeared, and I was again left on the bar-ren waste of Beckhampton Downs. The deception occasioned by vapour, canonly be known to those who have had fre-quent opportunities of observing its variouseffects, and will hardly be credited by aperson who has not had ocular demon-stration.—I was impelled to make a sketch 40 SURVEY OF
Nothing Found.