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View of Elden Hole
George Cruikshank1816
Derbyshire Record Office
Matlock, United Kingdom
This print is from George Woodward's book 'Eccentric Excursions or Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & County in different parts of England & South Wales', published in 1816. It shows tourists looking at Eldon Hole, one of the seventeenth century philosopher Thomas Hobbes' 'Wonders of the Peak'. Eldon Hole lies near Castleton in the Peak District National Park.
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- Title: View of Elden Hole
- Creator: George Moutard Woodward, George Cruikshank
- Date Created: 1816
- Location Created: London, England, Eldon Hole, Derbyshire, England
- Provenance: Strutt Library (B/123)
- Subject Keywords: Caves, Wonders of the Peak, Tourism
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