. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . dale, with its lowly and peaceful dwellings, rich meadows, and fertilizingstreams. The vale is beautified with two winding rivers, which, uniting at a short distancefrom Rosthwaite, form the silver Derwent. On the left, appear Scawfell Pikes, thehighest points in England, the rolling clouds clinging around them; and immediatelybeneath, we discern a small white structure, which is the chapel-of-ease belonging to thewhole township o
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . dale, with its lowly and peaceful dwellings, rich meadows, and fertilizingstreams. The vale is beautified with two winding rivers, which, uniting at a short distancefrom Rosthwaite, form the silver Derwent. On the left, appear Scawfell Pikes, thehighest points in England, the rolling clouds clinging around them; and immediatelybeneath, we discern a small white structure, which is the chapel-of-ease belonging to thewhole township of Borrowdale. Adjoining Scawfell Pikes is seen the hill of Sty Head ;and in this neighbourhood are some of the ivad mines, to which the artist is indebted forthat valuable drawing implement, the black-lead pencil. The hamlet of Rosthwaite isdenoted by the clustered dwellings standing on the margin of the nearest stream. In thisEngraving, every object shewn, every accident conceived, it must be admitted, subservethe general design; and even the peat-burners fire becomes, under the judicious manage-ment of the artist, a powerful auxiliary to picturesque
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