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THE FALL OF THE REICHENBACH...FARNLEY HALL COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A., 1865. CREATOR: W. J. LINTON.
The Fall of the Reichenbach, from the Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Engraving of a photograph of a drawing. The subject '...has no adventitious or extrinsic interest: we select it only as a representation of a well-known and remarkable scene, and as one of the most powerfully-painted and impressive drawings of the series...Here we have the great fall and also several of the series of cascades by which the torrent gains the valley, far beneath, of Grindelwald. From the natural division of the scene, in the point of view chosen, into two nearly equal parallel masses, and the central position of the fall, arise a degree of symmetry rarely seen in Turner's compositions; yet, we are not sure that this does not give as it were a more epical fulness and framing to the story of the fall...Everything converges towards the torrent; everything leads the attention to track its course up to the mountain region where its mysterious source lies cradled in snow and swathed in mist, and whence, with growing strength, full of fierce young life, it escapes, bursting, with roar and shout, through the barriers of the giant precipices, which, with their proud phalanx of bristling pines'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Fall of the Reichenbach...Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Creator: W. J. Linton. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE COURS NOLIVOS, OR PUBLIC PROMENADE OF BASSETERRE, GUADALOUPE, FRENCH WEST INDIES, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cours Nolivos, or Public Promenade of Basseterre, Guadaloupe, French West Indies, 1865. Engraving of a sketch showing '...the public promenade, named the Cours Nolivos, after the Count de Nolivos, who was Governor of the colony in 1765 and who planted the avenue of tamarind-trees which here afforded such an agreeable shelter till they were uprooted by the late storm...The French West Indies, consisting of Guadaloupe and Martinique, with the smaller islands attached to these, have a total population of 300,000, three fourths of it being of negro race...The most valuable products of Guadaloupe are sugar, coffee, and cotton; the scenery in some parts is very picturesque, and the climate generally salubrious and pleasant. It is remarkable that neither serpents nor any kind of venomous insects are to be found in the forests of Guadaloupe; this exemption of the country from the plague of reptiles may probably be accounted for by some peculiarity of the soil or the atmosphere...Basseterre, the seat of Government,...is a town of 9000 persons, situated at the foot of the volcanic mountain called the Soufrière, and having an open harbour or road, protected by Port Richepance and several batteries'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Cours Nolivos, or Public Promenade of Basseterre, Guadaloupe, French West Indies, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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