Title
To J Curwen Esqr M.P. for Carlisle THIS VIEW OF WINDERMERE LAKE, ; is with the greatest respect Dedicated by his obliged & Obedt Servants Wm Burgess and F. Jukes, / Drawn from Nature by Wm Burgess ; Engraved by F. Jukes.
Creator
Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : [William Burgess and Francis Jukes], [1796]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 45.5 x 54.2 cm (cut to within platemark on upper and lower edges), on sheet 45.6 x 57.6 cm
Description
View across Lake Windermere in Cumbria; figures by a horse and cart carrying hay on the near shore; a small sailing boat moored nearby; trees and a building on the right; an island in the middle of the scene; the opposite shore, a building and hills in the distance.
Place
Cumbria (England)
Additional information
A print from the same plate is in the British Museum 1865,0610.1075. One of seven views after drawings made by Burgess in 1792, published firstly by Burgess, between 1793 and 1794 and then re-published by Jukes, in 1796.
Other persons
Burgess, William, 1749-1812, artist, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.43.16.h.