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Illustrations to The Banks of Wye

Frontispiece: 'View of the Usk through a Gateway at Crickhowel' Illustration 1: 'New Wear on the Wye' Illustration 2: 'Martin's Tower, Chepstow Castle' Illustration 3: 'Van Mountain, near Brecknock, from the Priory Woods'

Bloomfield's illustrations to his manuscript Journal

Figure 1: Journal title page. Figure 2: Gloucestershire. County Map. Figure 3 Figure 4: View up the Severn - from the Passage House at Framelode. Figure 5 Figure 6: Rough sketch from recollection Figure 7: View down ye Severn from a window of the Passage House at Framelode Figure 8: View of Mitchel Dean in Gloucestershire Figure 9: Stone cross at Mitchel Dean Figure 10 Figure 11: Skirit Vawr, at a distance / seen from castle end Figure 12: Sketch of a boat Figure 13: Wilton Castle, from the water. / Wilton Bridge / Approach to Goodrich Castle Figure 14: An arch in Goodrich Castle. Figure 15: Part of Goodrich Castle looking from the Chapel Figure 15v: View in the interior of Goodrich Castle Figure 16: Warre's Monument. / With the approach to Cold-Well Rocks Figure 17: Looking back at the Cold-Well Rocks Figure 18: Approach to the New Weir Figure 19v: The New Weir Figure 20: Figure 21v-22 Figure 23-24: Sketch of a corracle fisherman on the river Figure 24/2 Figure 25: Scene near Whitebrook. / An Old Castle near Tintern / Scene between Monmouth and Tintern Figure 26: Welsh Bicknor Figure 27v: View in Tintern Abbey Figure 28 Figure 29v: Chepstow Castle from the Water Figure 30 Figure 31: Martin's Tower. Chepstow Castle Figure 32: View of Wind Cliff and the woods of Piercefield, from Chepstow Castle Figure 32v: Wind Cliff and the woods of Pearsfield, from Chepstow Castle Figure 33 Figure 34v: Interior of the Chappel, or (Banqueting house) Chepstow Castle Figure 35 Figure 36: View of Martin's Tower, Chepstow Castle Figure 37v: Entrance to Ragland Castle Figure 38v: The Yellow Tower, Ragland Castle Figure 39: Ragland Castle, as seen from the skirts of the town Figure 40: Remains of the Castle at Abergavenny Figure 41 Figure 42v: Pen y Vale, (or, the head of the vale) and the Sugar Loaf Hill Figure 43 Figure 44v: Abergavenny castle, the Berry Hill, and Pen y Vale, or the Sugar Loaf, in the distance Figure 45 Figure 46: Skiret Vawr, from the walk below the Castle at Abergavenny Figure 47v: The Ancient seat of Lord Pembroke, at Crickhowel Figure 48: The only remains of the Castle at Crickhowel Figure 49: Remains of Tretower Castle Figure 50 Figure 51: Roman Brick, about 8 inches square Figure 52v: Part of Hay Castle Figure 53: The remaining Tower of Broynllis Castle Figure 54v: Remains of Clifford Castle, on the Wye Figure 55 Figure 56: Memorandom; being as much like an Arch at Hereford as an arch any where else Figure 57 Figure 57v: My Cat. In his usual Attitude when warming himself at the fire Figure 58 Figure 58v Figure 59 map: Sketch of the River Wye, from Ross to Chepstow Figure 59 title: Sketch of the River Wye, from Ross to Chepstow