Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood — John Shaqi
Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhoodBartell, Edmund
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Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood
Bartell, Edmund
Cromer (England) -- Description and travel
By this description, I do not mean the cottage placed by the hand of art,
and made merely to suit the situation, but the real residence of humble
industry, solely for use, not ornamented, and which time has naturalized
to the soil it occupies. This gives it double value; its moss-grown
thatch and time-stained walls are both in colour and form in perfect
harmony with the objects that surround it, and, the knowledge that it is
really the habitation of the peasant, though we see not its inhabitants
is congenial with our feelings, and aid the delusions which such scenes
impress upon the senses. Connexion of objects which ought to be the
prevailing principle in every kind of decoration, is too often the last
circumstance that is attended to; by connexion I mean that objects ought
to be adapted to the situation they are intended to occupy, both in form
and colour; and this principle holds good almost in an equal degree in
the internal parts of a house, as in those decorations which are employed
about the pleasure grounds.
In painting it is a general rule that no invention, drawing or execution,
can make amends for want of harmony; a single predominant colour out of
place destroys the effect of a picture. It is the same in a real
landscape, any object out of place, or that does not connect with the
scene, or even admitting that it is well situated if its construction be
disagreeable, or what is worse its colour, it becomes offensive, it fixes
the attention to the spot and disgusts in proportion as it has the power
of obtruding itself on the view.
The approach from hence to Weybourn, another village upon the sea coast,
is highly picturesque. An ancient ruin of part of the monastic church,
adjoining the parish church, from its peculiar stile of building may be
worth the attention of the curious in the researches of antiquity, though
it is capable of affording but little to the sketch book of the artist.
From Weybourn instead of returning to Cromer by the same road, the
traveller will keep along the edge of the sea coast, having on his right
hand the woods which he had before passed between.
By this route he is carried to Lower Sherringham, where there is a good
house of entertainment, with rooms so delightfully situated, that at high
water you may actually conceive yourself at sea; indeed, there is
scarcely a foot path left between the house and the cliff, and no little
care has been taken to exclude it from the rude embrace of that
boisterous element.
Hither parties are frequently formed for the purpose of eating lobsters,
where they are to be had in the same perfection as at Cromer. A small
share of that variety is also furnished for which human nature pants so
eagerly.
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