Sujet

The Pass of Awe, Argyleshire, 1871. Creator: J Greenaway.

Légende

The Pass of Awe, Argyleshire, [Scotland]. 1871. 'Loch Awe, one of the grandest of the fresh-water lakes in the West Highlands, with its lofty surrounding mountains and its numerous wooded islands, is the chief feature of natural sublimity and beauty in this district...[Our engraving shows] the Pass of Awe, through which the river Awe pours from Loch Awe into Loch Etive. "Here the mountains on both sides close in with a startling abruptness, casting an eternal shade on the deep dark waters." A little farther down this arm of the lake - terminated by two rocks called the Brander, which form a straight inclined channel - gives place to a furious cataract, the waters foaming over a bed of granite and whinstone, till they find an easier descent to Loch Etive. This place was the scene of a battle, in 1309, between Robert Bruce and the Macdougall, Lord of Lorne'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A61_208

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,9Mo (3,6Mo) / 31,2cm x 24,8cm / 3684 x 2932 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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