A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
SHANKLIN CHINE.
Thirty years ago, like many other spots, Shanklin was but a small hamlet: now it is one of the favourite resorts in the Isle of Wight. Its celebrated 'Chine," like most others on the south coast, is a narrow gorge cut by a stream of water through the sandstone rock. Entering at the top, on one hand is a chalybeate spring, on the other a tiny waterfall of about forty feet. From this the path descends amid mosses, ferns, trees, and steep cliffs of dark rock, the rivulet being crossed here and there by a rustic bridge. The little glen is certainly one of great beauty; but considering its small scale—the whole being only about a quarter of a mile long—is perhaps not quite worth some of the eulogistic language that has been bestowed upon it.