PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER THAMES, FROM ITS SOURCE IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE то THE NORE; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER WORKS OF ART IN ITS VICINITY. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY SAMUEL IRELAND, Author of A Tour through Holland, Brabant, &c. PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF The Rivers Medway, Avon, and Wye;-of Graphic Illustrations VOL. I. LONDON: Printed by C. CLARKE, Northumberland-Court, Strand; PUBLISHED BY T. EGERTON, WHITEHALL. MDCCCI. то EARL HARCOURT. MY LORD, SLENDER as my pre tentions are to the public favor, I have the greater reason to shelter myself under a distinguished patronage. YOUR Lordship's fanction of my labors will be a powerful recommendation; the true tafte which you you are well known to poffefs in the fine arts, and to which you have contributed so many elegant specimens, emboldens me, however otherwife diffident; and prompts me to hope that my attempt may not prove altogether unworthy of the public eye. AMIDST the many elegant scenes displayed on the banks of the river Thames, few are more defervedly celebrated than thofe which your Lordship enjoys; and which receive additional recommendation from the condefcenfion with which they are rendered acceffible. |