Mount Edgcumbe and Plymouth Sound from Saltram

William Tomkins (London c.1730 – London 1792). Oil painting on canvas, Mount Edgcumbe and Plymouth Sound from Saltram by William Tomkins (London c.1730 – London 1792), circa 1770. The view is painted from a point in the park close to what is today called Point Cottage, but which was then known as the Bath House. The plantation on the right still exists as a belt of trees leading from the garden (near the Castle) along the ridge of the hill and down to Point Cottage. The Citadel in Plymouth can clearly be seen in the middle distance, with Mount Edgcumbe House on the right of it in the background. Saltram, Devon (Accredited Museum)