Image: Lossy-page1-5184px-'Hackfall, Yorkshire' RMG PY6166f (1)

Description: 'Hackfall, Yorkshire' View of Hackfall, Yorkshire. The accompanying text for this engraving is missing. The engraving shows a lake or river with trees and plants on all sides. There is a waterfall in the foreground and two silhouette figures at the water's edge. This bound volume of 'picturesque' scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relatively popular in the early 19th century, bringing together different scenes, all deemed to fulfil the criteria of this new type classification of landscape called 'picturesque' from around the world. This compliation of pictureque scenes includes for each picture some background, generally a history of the site so as to help the reader better aprpeciate the scene. This type of publication was designed to be read together, perhaps as part of an education, perhaps as educational recreation. The date suggests this belonged to either the Herschels when John FW Herschel was still at school, or perhaps more likely, to the Stewart family, the family of Margaret Brodie Stewart whom John FW later married. 'Hackfall, Yorkshire'
Title: Lossy-page1-5184px-'Hackfall, Yorkshire' RMG PY6166.tiff (1)
Credit: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/146113
Author: Francis Nicholson; Letitia Byrne; Thomas Palser
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