William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]
… who was in charge of the management of the Cheam School for Boys, in Surrey, from 1753 to 1777. Although he wrote in his memoirs that these two careers were the ‘only two transactions of his life which could fairly claim the attention of … estimated that his role, when educating young pupils, was to prepare them to live in society. 1 . William Gilpin, Memoirs of Dr. Richard Gilpin … and of his posterity … together with an account of the author, by himself: and a pedigree … into the drawing-room above; and such company as I wish to see, or want to see me, she sends down to me. 6 In his Memoirs , written in the third person, he insists on his choice of limited social interactions. He neither gave, nor …
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