Christianbury Crags
Date
1754
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R62588
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Description
Landscape showing Christianbury Crags, Cumberland, England, with their sandstone tors.
The accompanying article gives an account of Crags: ‘The rocks, upon a near view, appear very rude and romantic; they are broken by innumerable fissures…they cover about three acres of ground and bear some resemblance to Stone Henge…it has at present no inhabitants but wild cats, of which there are many, the largest I ever saw.’
Plate illustrating a letter: ‘Description of Christen-bury Craigs’, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.24, (1754) pp.505-506.
Inscribed above: ‘Gent Mag. Novemb. 1754.’
The accompanying article gives an account of Crags: ‘The rocks, upon a near view, appear very rude and romantic; they are broken by innumerable fissures…they cover about three acres of ground and bear some resemblance to Stone Henge…it has at present no inhabitants but wild cats, of which there are many, the largest I ever saw.’
Plate illustrating a letter: ‘Description of Christen-bury Craigs’, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.24, (1754) pp.505-506.
Inscribed above: ‘Gent Mag. Novemb. 1754.’
Associated place