43 : Arched Rock (Isle of Wight). - 1839
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- Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
- Dates
- 1839 (indexed as 1839)
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- ArchBoatCliffHorseIslandLithographManPaintingPrintRockShorelineWaterTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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- 1 document iconographique : lavis et plume avec rehauts de gouache ; 9,5 x 13,8 cm.
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- What the image shows
- A hand-coloured engraved print showing a large natural rock arch on a rocky shore, with a dark stone arch framing a calm sea and distant hills under a cloudy sky. On the left, a group of men and laden pack animals stand on the beach beside a small boat, and a sailing vessel is visible out on the water. Below the image is a block of handwritten English text in cursive, beginning with the heading 'Arched Rock. (Isle of Wight)', and ending with a credit line naming Stanfield's Coast Scenery of the British Channel.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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- Arched Rock. — (Isle of Wight.)"A little to the east of the Needles is Freshwater Bay, which, with its arched rock and a band of smugglers landing their cargo by moonlight is the subjectof one of the engravings (above copied) for our "Coast Scenery." These gentle sons ofthe ocean, ever anxious that His Majesty's subjects should be well provided, even ifHis Majesty's Exchequer should suffer for it, have chosen a spot for their proceedings —both secluded and beautiful. The love of romance and adventure dwells with sailors,and pity it is that a revenue cutter should ever interfere to destroy the romantic.On the present occasion, however, these rogues, who love the illicit, have none but themoon to observe them, and none but the rocks echoing their own labour to disturbthem. The preventive service cannot hinder them, and the blockade-men are ingarrison. The sea, often so violent on this part of the coast, and constantly makinginroads on the base of the cliffs, is now still, or murmuring only its gentlest music.The picturesque arch, formed by the dashing of the waves, doubtless made to gracethe present scene, gives to this representation an appearance of great beauty."(Stanfield's Coast Scenery of the British Channel. 1836.)"A little to the east of the Needles is Freshwater Bay, which, with its arched rock and a band of smugglers landing their cargo by moonlight is the subject of one of the engravings (above copied) for our "Coast Scenery". These gentle sons of the ocean, ever anxious that His Majesty's subjects should be well provided, even if His Majesty's Exchequer should suffer for it have chosen a spot for their proceedings both secluded and beautiful. The love of romance and adventure dwells with sailors, and pity it's that a revenue cutter should ever interfere to destroy the romantic. On the present occasion, however, these rogues, who love the illicit, have none but the moon to observe them, and none but the rocks echoing their own labour to disturb them. The preventive service cannot hinder them, and the blockade-man are in garrison. The sea, often so violent on this part of the coast and constantly washing inroads at the base of the cliffs, is now still, or murmuring only its gentlest music. The picturesque arch, formed by the dashing of the waves, doubtless made to grace the present scene, gives to this representation an appearance of great beauty."Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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