James Hakewill’s Picturesque tour of the island of Jamaica (1825).
Tag: Landscape
Castle of Thurnberg. Called also “The Mouse”.
Castle of Thurnberg is the most perfect of all the Rhenish castles. In sublimity of character, the feudal palace of Thurnberg is unequalled.
Castel Del Monte, built by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen.
The Castel del Monte is a building from the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II (1194-1250) in Apulia in south-eastern Italy.
The Reculvers, Herne Bay, Kent, England.
Reculver was a village – now a deserted village – about five kilometres east of Herne Bay in the English county of Kent.
Waterfall on the Windward Road, near Kingston.
Cane River Cascade on the Windward Road, St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Kingston, and Port Royal from Windsor Farm, 1825.
View of Kingston and Port Royal in Jamaica from 1825.
England. Kensington Palace Garden, London.
Kensington Gardens are not great, nor abounding in fine plants, but the walks and grass laid out are very fine, describes Gibson.
Lago di Garda from above Desenzano.
A picturesque tour of Italy, from drawings made in 1816-1817 by James Hakewill and William Turner.
Château d’Amboise. The character of a royal fortress.
AMBOISE is the only castle in France, which has had the honour of being sketched by Leonardo da Vinci.
Lake Lugano. The Italian lakes.
Lake Lugano is a glacial lake with Mediterranean climate, between the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland and Lombardy in Italy.