Picturesque views on the river Exe [7 aquatint engr., with descriptive letterpress].1819 - 40 pages |
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abounds adorn ages ancient baronial battlements beautiful BICKLEIGH Court Castle building candlestick ceiling centre chancel Chaplin & H city of Exeter cornice Cosway cottage Courtenay curiosities daughter of Edward dedicated to St delapidated delightful delivery of Peter Devonshire Dunsford's Earl of Devon Edward IV elegant chapel eminence Exmouth fame feet high feet long feet wide Fore-street Grenwaye Haseler Haseler del heiress hills honour hundred and thirty imbody Knight Landscape Loman lover of nature Ludgate magnificent miles moat munificence noble Oakford Bridge ornament PARKHOUSE Peter's Church picturesque pointed Gothic arches Powderham Castle principal entrance prospect Published Aug rich wooded ridge RIVER EXE road ruins scenery seat serpentine Sir Henry Carew Sir Joshua Reynolds situated slopes specimen stone bridge stone carvings strangers stream surrounded Thomas Carew Titian Tower town turetts Twyford vale valley venerable edifice verdant meadow View of Bickleigh View of Oakford View of Tiverton walls winding
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Page 2 - Exe insinuates itself imperceptibly into an alpine valley between eminences richly cloathed with wood, which in some parts feather down to the very margin of the stream, and in others just leave room for a slip of the most verdant meadow; the heights above being strongly marked and varied by thick groves and luxuriant inclosures.
Page 20 - The pulpit, which is placed against the north wall, is ornamented with some excellent carved work, representing little naked boys supporting festoons of fanciful and delicate workmanship. The chancel is separated from the body of the church by a fine piece of carved work, consisting of small open twisted columns, with...
Page 3 - Exe from its sister and tributary stream; but it is difficult to paint the effect of two fine parallel vallies so constituted, and surrounded by such a magnificent outline, when viewed from any of the neighbouring heights, which fully command them both.
Page 4 - Exe, when the enlarged vale opens into a wonderfully rich plain, encircled by lofty and well-wooded hills. The city of Exeter occupies a high eminence in the centre of this district, crowned with its great Cathedral.