Title

'The Giant's Causeway', c1870.

Caption

'The Giant's Causeway', c1870. Interlocking volcanic basalt columns at UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Giant's Causeway, in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland. According to legend, the columns are the remains of a causeway built by a giant. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. II". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G26_065

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,7Mb (3,9Mb) / 13,1in x 18,6in / 3939 x 5568 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel exterior Petter Petter & Galpin Picturesque Europe outdoors Europe scenic coast people male man men landmark sitting arts coastal mountain mountains country science geology rock formation book guy geological continent British geography European volcanic Ireland Irish steep ancient Northern Ireland scenery location Victorian century Britain literature concept giants causeway legend basalt seated B&W tourist attraction mountainside world heritage site Giant's Causeway Day 19th century Erosion black & white black and white background people legendary UNESCO County Antrim British Isles nineteenth century historic tourism The Print Collector geographical feature TGN outside engraving landscape Co Unknown Cassell