William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]
… sport (1 May 1812) by Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827) taken from [W. Combe], The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, London 1812, pl.20. Image Henry Walton, 'William Gilpin', © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 4418, 1781. Abstract William Gilpin’s name is commonly associated with the notion of the picturesque. If his search for picturesque beauty was central to most of his life, it was more a solitary activity than a collective one. Gilpin’s …
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