Which preposition to use with picturesque

in Occurrences 39%

The irregular old building looked picturesque in the soft light of declining day, and all around was so still that we could hear the voices of bowlers who were lingering upon the green, off at the north side of the house, and retired from the highway by an intervening garden.

than Occurrences 36%

I think they are more picturesque than comfortablean ivy-covered house with a moat around it is a nest for mosquitoes and insects of all kinds, and I fancy the damp from the water must finish by pervading the house.

of Occurrences 20%

"This is the very picturesque of social enjoyment," exclaimed Florio, holding up both hands in a glow of rapture.

as Occurrences 18%

" Jessie McRae wore nothing half so picturesque as the tartan.

to Occurrences 8%

It was a journey through a country romantic and picturesque to the youthful Robert.

about Occurrences 7%

" "Perhaps they are more useful than handsome, but I think there is something picturesque about them, especially when hitched to sleds and skimming over the frozen ground.

by Occurrences 5%

"The old house looks most picturesque by moon-light," observed Lord Painswick.

with Occurrences 5%

Vittorio stands on and around the summit of a little hill, itself one of the foothills, the older part of the town picturesque with little winding streets, the newer part well laid out with broad roads, shaded with avenues of trees.

on Occurrences 3%

The scenery is picturesque on this route, and the whole road from Aix to Chambéry is aligned with remarkably fine large trees.

like Occurrences 3%

He was not picturesque like Dickens, and I was at that time curiously eager for some adequate philosophy of life, and his social satire seemed very small beer indeed.

out Occurrences 2%

Respectability is sweeping the picturesque out of life; national costumes are disappearing.

against Occurrences 2%

How interesting and how sordidly picturesque against the background of romantic landscape, of scenic history!

for Occurrences 2%

The Chemung, on whose east bank we were now walking, seemed a noble enough river, very broad and all the more picturesque for being shallow with the Summer drought; and its shining reaches and wooded banks lifted up our hearts.

from Occurrences 1%

The long, irregular lines of the Alhambra, with the huge red towers rising here and there, reminded me somewhat of a distant view of Karnak; and, like Karnak, the Alhambra is picturesque from whatever point it is viewed.

outside Occurrences 1%

The tower within consists of three stages, the last being embattled and now roofed, while the first is reached by a picturesque outside stairway of stone, which served both it and the ramparts.

behind Occurrences 1%

They may not be so fast, but they are surely safe, and one feels so picturesque behind them, with all their gay felt collars and trappings.

at Occurrences 1%

She looked extremely picturesque at a little distance, giving a nice bit of local color to the scene with her scarlet legs; but on a nearer approach, much of the value of the color disappeared before the unromantic facts of a pale-face petticoat and patent-leather gaiter-boots.

Which preposition to use with  picturesque