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Title: The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts
Year: 1834 (1830s)
Authors: Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854
Subjects: England -- Antiquities England -- Architecture England -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Chidley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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we have directed the attention of our readers, (videp. 272) in a previous article. Here, between lateralprojections of beautiful foliage, wrought with greatspirit and freedom, is sculptured in bold relief, AWoodmanproceeding to his labour. On one shoulder,he carries his axe, or bill, and on the other his pro-vision wallet, which is partly slung by a brace fromhis coat collar, and partly held by the handle of along-bladed adze. He wears thick gloves, and loosehalf boots; whilst his rosary hangs from his girdle,as being still mindful of his religious duties, thoughengaged in the common affairs of life. A congenialair of seriousness is impressed on the lineaments ofhis face, and the entire character is well imaginedand appropriately executed. THE HUNTING TOWER, CHATSWORTH DERBYSHIRE. In the annexed wood-cut is delineated another of thoseremarkable Capitals in the Cathedral at Wells, to which
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Among the wonders of the Peak, Chatsworth House,the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, has always beenenumerated. Behind Chatsworth, nearly at the sum-mit of a steep, rocky, and thickly-wooded hill, standsthe building which is represented in the cut. It is a THE GRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATOR. 329 square tower, having- at each angle a round turret,which rises above the tower itself, and is surmountedby a small dome. There is nothing- otherwise remark-able in the architecture of this building. The windowsare most of them blocked up with masonry. The dooris approached by a flight of low steps. Its use, atpresent, is to bear the flag of the Duke of Devonshire,as lord lieutenant of the county. It is built on a levelspot of ground, and from its elevated situation affordsan extensive view over the park and the surroundinghills. Hunting towers were, in former times, frequentlybuilt in the neighbourhood of the residences of thegreat, for the purpose, we are told, of giving theladies of those

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