DOI Heft:
No. 37 (April, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Knox, Archibald: The Isle of Man as a sketching ground
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17296#0159
TJie Isle of Man as a Sketching Ground
mama.
hamlets yield a fine variety of sketching matter, for their ships, and for those of the Manx chiefs—
All over this district are many joiners' shops and vessels that have their counterparts at this day in
smithies, which are well worth looking into. At the form and appearance of the herring fleet.
Kirkmichael you will see some of the early Celtic Castletown is the centre of a district in the South
crosses of Man, in particular that one on which it of the Island abounding with paintable matter. It
is stated that " Gaut, the Son of Biarn of Cooley, is a flat country with a solitary mountain overlook-
made it and all the crosses in Man." . ing it. The sea enters into every view, grey-white
Saint John's village is on the edge of a curragh
in the middle of the Island, surrounded by hills,
the smooth sides of which rise sheer from the
plain ; and there is plenty of very fine sketching to
be had in all parts of this neighbourhood. A tone
of rose pervades this district at all seasons of the
year.
Peel, the home of the fishing fleet, is near St.
John's village. For the painter to whom the
colours of nature are not alone a sufficient subject
for a picture, Peel is the most attractive place in
Man. The " Peel" and the ruined Cathedral are
on the islet of St. Patrick, which is separated from
the town by a
narrow harbour.
St. Patrick and
his disciple, St.
German, the first
bishop of the
people of Man,
lived on this islet.
The elements of
the view from it
cannot have al-
tered since their
day, the blue bay,
the skirt of ver-
milion rocks, with
their violet crevi-
ces and caverns,
the grey slope
(Lhergy - dhor)
stretching from
the rocks to the
mountains, must
all be now as they
were when they
impressed the
holy travellers
and induced them
to settle in a spot
so lovely.
The Manx line "
of kings had their
home on the islet,
and the bay below
was the harbour st. mary's abbey, balla salla by a- knox
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mama.
hamlets yield a fine variety of sketching matter, for their ships, and for those of the Manx chiefs—
All over this district are many joiners' shops and vessels that have their counterparts at this day in
smithies, which are well worth looking into. At the form and appearance of the herring fleet.
Kirkmichael you will see some of the early Celtic Castletown is the centre of a district in the South
crosses of Man, in particular that one on which it of the Island abounding with paintable matter. It
is stated that " Gaut, the Son of Biarn of Cooley, is a flat country with a solitary mountain overlook-
made it and all the crosses in Man." . ing it. The sea enters into every view, grey-white
Saint John's village is on the edge of a curragh
in the middle of the Island, surrounded by hills,
the smooth sides of which rise sheer from the
plain ; and there is plenty of very fine sketching to
be had in all parts of this neighbourhood. A tone
of rose pervades this district at all seasons of the
year.
Peel, the home of the fishing fleet, is near St.
John's village. For the painter to whom the
colours of nature are not alone a sufficient subject
for a picture, Peel is the most attractive place in
Man. The " Peel" and the ruined Cathedral are
on the islet of St. Patrick, which is separated from
the town by a
narrow harbour.
St. Patrick and
his disciple, St.
German, the first
bishop of the
people of Man,
lived on this islet.
The elements of
the view from it
cannot have al-
tered since their
day, the blue bay,
the skirt of ver-
milion rocks, with
their violet crevi-
ces and caverns,
the grey slope
(Lhergy - dhor)
stretching from
the rocks to the
mountains, must
all be now as they
were when they
impressed the
holy travellers
and induced them
to settle in a spot
so lovely.
The Manx line "
of kings had their
home on the islet,
and the bay below
was the harbour st. mary's abbey, balla salla by a- knox
145