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The Chatsworth Hunting Tapestries, second of the series, 1930. Artist: Unknown

The Chatsworth Hunting Tapestries, second of the series, 15th century (1930). Formerly at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, then Chatsworth House, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This is one of a series of four Flemish tapestries depicting hunting scenes. Reproduced from a watercolour drawing by WG Thomas. A print from A History of Tapestry, by WG Thomson, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1930.

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'The Catskills, Sunrise from South Mountain', 1874. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt

'The Catskills, Sunrise from South Mountain', 1874. The Catskill Mountains, part of the larger Appalachian Mountain range, in southeastern New York State, USA. 'Clustering closely together, these isolated mountains, to which the early Dutch settlers gave the name of "Catskills", approach within eight miles of the river, and, like an advanced bastion of the great rocky wall, command the valley for a considerable distance, and one of the most striking features in the landscape. On the western side, they slope gradually toward the central part of the State of New York, running off into spurs and ridges in every direction. On the eastern, however, they rise abruptly from the valley to a height of more than four thousand feet, resembling, when looked at from the river, a gigantic fist with the palm downward, the peaks representing the knuckles, and the glens and cloves the spaces between them'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]

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'East Rock, New Haven', 1874. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt

'East Rock, New Haven', 1874. Countryside around East Rock, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 'East Rock overlooks the ample interval and river-reaches of the Quinnipiac Valley, which are almost hidden from West Rock. The view of the beautiful city from East Rock has afforded to the pencil of our artist rare scope for boldness, amid the average level of the landscape. The cliffs are rough, and difficult to climb, but they well repay the toil of surmounting them, while, from the top of either, the spectator may stretch his vision...'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]

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