Vectis scenery : being a series of original & select views exhibiting the picturesque beauties and places of particular interest in the Isle of Wight / drawn from nature & engraved by George Brannon, many years a local resident ; to which are prefixed a complete topographical description and the general tours of the island ; embracing every information in the least degree useful to strangers.
Alternate Title(s):
Views in the Isle of Wight
Published / Created:
[Wooton Common] : Printed and published by the engraver, Wootton Common, Isle of Wight, and sold by the principal local booksellers, [1839]
Physical Description:
54 p., [35] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title page engraved by Alfred Brannon.
Contents:
List of the plates: The artist's Cottage -- Carisbrooke Castle -- Carisbrooke Village -- High-street of Newport -- River Medina, near Newport -- Wooton Bridge and Fernhill -- West Cowes, view of, eastward of the castle -- West Cowes. westward of the castle -- Bembridge, and entrance to Brading Haven -- Shanklin Chine, as seen from the water -- The head of Shanklin Chine -- View from Shanklin Down -- East End (commencement of Undercliff) -- East Dene, Bonchurch -- Bonchurch -- Ventnor -- St. Lawrence Church -- View near orchard, Undercliff -- The Sandrock Hotel, Niton -- The Undercliff, near Niton -- Sandrock Spring, as seen from the water -- Blackgang Chine & wreck of the "Clarendon" -- Freshwater Bay, and Cliffs in perspective -- Interior of Freshwater Cavern -- Scratchell's Bay, from within the arch -- Alum Bay and Freshwater light-house -- The Needle Rocks -- Freshwater Cliffs, near Wedge Rock -- The River Yar.
Subject Terms:
Isle of Wight (England) -- Description and travel. | Isle of Wight (England) -- Pictorial works. | Landscape -- England -- Isle of Wight. | Country houses -- England -- Isle of Wight. | Architecture, Domestic -- England. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1839.