Description: Ilfracombe Capstone Parade & Beach Devon 1895 Antique Print A black & white print, rescued from a disbound book from 1895 called Round The Coast, with another picture on the reverse side. Suitable for framing, the average page size including text is approx 12" x 9.25" or 30.4cm x 23.5cm. Actual picture size is approx 10" x 7" or 25.5cm x 17.5cm. This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description. All prints will be sent bagged and in a tube, large letter size box or board backed envelope for protection in transit. While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item. Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used) ILFRACOMBE.—In this, the chief watering-place of North Devon, we have a resort in some respects, at least, second to none. Ilfracombe, situate near the mouth of the Bristol Channel, is almost encircled by picturesque, verdurous heights or tors, and is remarkable for a peculiar form of coast, rarely to be met with elsewhere in England. Beginning with the harbour of Ilfracombe itself, the land and sea together combine in making constant alternations of high, craggy, furze-crowned tors, in some cases almost overhanging the sea below, which precipitately break or give place to little bays or inlets, separating and varying what would otherwise be a continuous line of cliffs, with glimpses of inland foliage beyond. Some of these heights serve as landmarks to seamen; and one of them, the Helesborough Rock, rises some 450ft. above the beach. The main street, in which nearly all the shops are situate, is about a mile in length, and terminates near the harbour. The favourite and most convenient resort for visitors, especially in the evening, is the Capstone Parade, which surrounds the rocky knoll called the Capstone Hill, to the north of the Wilder Road. So irregular is the ground here that even the railway struggles in vain to reach the shore; as a fact, one has to make a small mountain pilgrimage to the station, which reminds one of an Alpine chapel. Perhaps no better testimony to the salubrity of Ilfracombe can be adduced than the fact that the parish church contains memorial stones to eight reputed centenarians.
Price: 6.99 GBP
Location: DEREHAM
End Time: 2024-12-21T17:42:27.000Z
Shipping Cost: 17.21 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 60 days
Size: Small
Artist: Photo by Frith & Co
Colour: Black
Style: Realism
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Material: Paper
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Listed by Self-Representing Artist?: No
Year of Production: 1895
Features: Original Bookplate
Width (Inches): 10
Subject: Landscape
Originality: Original
Height (Inches): 7
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
Item Length: Image Size Approx 25.5cm x 17.5cm
Region of Origin: n/a
Source: Disbound Antique Book Published 1895
Item Height: Image Height Approx 7 Inches
Culture: n/a
Item Width: Image Height Approx 10 Inches
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Lithography
