Observations On Several Parts of England, Particularly the Mountains And Lakes of Cumberland And Westmoreland : Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772 2

First published London: R. Blamire, 1786 Paging: xlvii, 238 p., 15 leaves of plates; viii, 264 p., 16-[30] leaves of plates The views are etchings with aquatint after Gilpin's sketches. They are printed in black with tonal wash applied by hand. Plates 25-[30] depict grazing animals (horse, cattle, sheep) and make use of soft-ground etching in addition to etching and aquatint; some of these are signed in the plate SG, perhaps for Gilpin's brother Sawrey, an animal painter and etcher. The maps dep