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The Isle of Wight (1895)

Cornish, C. J. (Charles John), 1858-1906, Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. Dutch etchers of the seventeenth century, Cartwright, Julia. Raphael in Rome · London : Seeley ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 63

An illustration from The Isle of Wight, 1895, leaf 63
nds to the Isle of Wight, and Luccombe Chine, east of Ventnor, need not fear comparison with the most beautiful of those on the mainland coast of Hampshire. But Black Gang Chine, which descends for more than 200 feet from the verge to the sea, is a natural channel for the gradual ooze and… … Brighstone Church. By R. Serle. appearance is more strange than beautiful, but from the eastern verge of the funnel the whole of the “ Back of the Island ” is seen as far as the Needle Rocks, a wide bight, with a coast-line of twenty miles without a single harbour or break, by any considerable…

Raphael, 1483-1520 · Etchers · Etching, Dutch

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