Francis Stevens' Sketchbook, page 13, Artist notes about Dartington Park & Berry Pomeroy Castle, July 13, 1819

Artist notes/journal.

[Working transcription:]

Page 13

Many of the trees in Dartington Park & grounds worth

Drawing & some of them are good subjects.

Berry Pomeroy Castle very fine & most romantically placed

the Effect of the evening Sun [Strking?] on the Ruins & the

trees which grow near it at the summit of the rock on which

it stands while the whole [Dell?] was in shadow had a magic-

all Effect, the View from the field with a [??] of water in

the valley sparking like a gem in the Gloom of the Twilight was

likewise very fine, it lifted the Castle from the valley & gave

it a grandeur, which it deserved. we were fortunate in

seeing it under two such different points of view & at such

a time of the Evening. Turner was with me.  July, 12. 1819.

At Dartmouth the Scenery is very Beautiful the view out of

the Harbour- the turn of the load by the lime kiln & on

the road to the Castle- Kingswear the town views

Beautifully, the Houses, piled one over the other,

The Houses in the upper road of the town.

Some remarkably fine specimens of [carved?]

wood & plaster Houses in the lower parts of

the town near the Quay- the Castle is not the

least like the one represented by Loutherbourgh in

the Picture Mr Worthington has of his-

the Echos were frequently [repeated?] & often times

very loud when a gun was fired by the water

side. – We [passed?] there a very beautiful Place

called Higher [Pensford?] & Lower [Pensford?]. Rather out

of the High Road from Totnes to Dartmouth on the

right hand not far from [Ashprington?].

The figures & incidents at Dartmouth excellent,

& many of the Houses [Combine?] well with the

[???] [rising?] to a Considerable Height & many [???]

[ascended?] by innumerable steps     July 13. 1819.

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Sketchbook of Francis Stevens, 1819-1823