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| "Picturesque Excursions From Derby to Matlock Bath"* | |||||||||||
| Eighteenth and nineteenth century tour guides about Matlock Bath and Matlock | |||||||||||
by Henry Moore |
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Moore's Guide was written when King George III was on the throne and his son, who later became George IV, was Prince Regent. Henry Moore was an author, painter and etcher of Green Lane in Derby. He invented "a method of engraving or etching in white line on the surface of polished black marble".** This extract about Matlock and Matlock Bath, from his book "Picturesque Excursions", contains a selection of his lovely etchings. |
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*Transcribed by Ann Andrews in March 2004 from: "Picturesque Excursions From Derby to Matlock Bath, and its Vicinity ; Being a Descriptive Guide to the Most Interesting Scenery and Curiosities in that Romantic District, With Observations Thereon", by Henry Moore (1818), published by H. Moore, Drawing Master; Printed by T. Wilkinson, Ridgefield, Manchester. Reproduced here with the very kind permission and help of Jane Steer, whose book this is from. OCRed and images scanned by Ann Andrews **Quoted from Alfred Wallis, "Some Reminiscences of Old Derby, No.25", 1909. DLSL, Ba 900 [8982] in Jane Steer's article "The Site of the Hospital of St. Helen's in the 19th Century; Part 1. The Spar Manufactory", p.158. This was published in 'Derbyshire Miscellany' (the Local History Bulletin of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society), Vol 16, Part 6, Autumn 2003. The Spar Manufactory was on King Street/St Helen's Street, Derby and Henry Moore developed the method of etching for its eminent proprietors, Richard Brown senior and junior. |
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