Postcard England: Grasmere from Dunmail Raise, Horse Coach, Lake District DB For Sale
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Postcard England: Grasmere from Dunmail Raise, Horse Coach, Lake District DB: $4.95
Description: This card depicts a horse-drawn stagecoach ascending a steep mountain road at Dunmail Raise, with the Grasmere valley stretching out below in the Lake District, England. The caption on the front reads \'Grasmere from Dunmail Raise (The Lion and Lamb on the right.),\' referencing a distinctive rock formation visible on the hillside. The scene captures the era of coach travel through the rugged Cumbrian mountains, of interest to collectors of British topographical and transportation cards.
Publisher: Abraham\'s Series No. 318, Keswick. Printed in Germany. Card number 211136.
Posted: Unposted, but a handwritten message reads: \"This is another trip we took. Some of the way we had to get off the coach and walk as the mountains were too steep for horses to pull us up.\"
