J.M.W.Turner: crossing Lancaster Sands c. 1825

Engraved by R. Brandard from an original watercolour by J.M.W. Turner now in the British Museum.

Turner shows the coach and foot passengers arriving at Hest Bank. Humphrey Head in the background. N.b. the bunches of twigs with which the guide marks the route. The dogs would have had to swim for some of the way.

Image © Meg Twycross

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