File:The Pitons, St. Lucia GAC 3629.jpg
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[edit]The Pitons, St. Lucia
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The Pitons, St. Lucia |
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English: The Pitons, St. Lucia.
‘…Illustrated by numerous Coloured Lithographic Drawings, by Dutton, Trery, and Spreat, and printed by Day and Son, in the best style of the art, from Original Sketches and Notes made by W. S. Andrews…’ The Pitons, located on the southwest coast of in Saint Lucia near the towns of Soufriere and Choiseul, are two volcanic plugs. At over 2,000 feet high, they are the most famous landmark on the island. This is one of two lithographic prints, published as illustrations to the book ‘Andrews’ Illustrations of the West Indies: Sailing Directions for the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Florida’. The publication is partly a collection of attractive lithographic prints, showing landscapes of the Caribbean, and partly a guide for sailors visiting the area, with technical illustrations of the shoreline and details of precise locations in longitude and latitude. The text accompanying this plate includes the following: ‘Many of the heights assume very fantastic shapes, and several of them leave no doubt as to their having been, probably at no very remote period, active craters. In one of them, called Soufrière, the acting volcanic agency is still attended by the sulphurous vapours which are still arising from it. Two of the most remarkable are the Great and Little Pitons, situated near the S. W. shore, and shown in the accompanying view.’ |
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| Depicted place | Pitons (Saint Lucia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | lithograph | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 21.5 cm (8.4 in); width: 30.5 cm (12 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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3629 |
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| Place of creation | London | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Government Art Collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/artwork/3629/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 09:31, 27 May 2023 | | 1,454 × 972 (844 KB) | Broichmore (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |author={{Creator:Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton}}, after William Stephens Andrews. Day and Son |title= The Pitons, St. Lucia |object type = print |description={{en|1= The Pitons, St. Lucia. ‘…Illustrated by numerous Coloured Lithographic Drawings, by Dutton, Trery, and Spreat, and printed by Day and Son, in the best style of the art, from Original Sketches and Notes made by W. S. Andrews…’ The Pitons, located on the southwest coast of in Saint Lucia near the towns of Soufriere... |
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