A Bird's eye view of Whitehaven by Matthias Read (SEB contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image of the painting ‘A Bird's eye view of Whitehaven’ by Matthias Read (1669-1747). This oil on canvas painting is dated 1736. The scene was painted from the hill to the north of the town with the views down across the rapidly expanding town and out across the harbour. It gives an accurate record of the town's layout, particularly the grid pattern of streets imposed by Sir John Lowther and making Whitehaven Englands first fully planned town since the middle ages. The tactile image is a very simplified view of the painting showing the main elements in relation to each other. A thick line forms the border of the painting with very thin lines showing the outline of some of the clouds (labelled clouds). The sea (labelled ‘sea’) and water in the harbour (labelled ‘H’) is shown as a rough texture with no texture for the sky, the roads and gardens surrounding The Flatt (labelled ‘F’) and St Nicholas Church (labelled ‘C’). The hills (labelled hills) are shown with thick lines and a texture. The grid pattern of the town is shown as blocks of texture surrounded by a thin line. None of the detail of the individual buildings have been shown apart from The Flatt, St Nicholas Church and the windmill (labelled ‘W’) that are shown as solid texture along with the harbour walls, the watch tower, the small ship and two figures (labelled ‘M’).
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/11/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.