William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]
… a sociable life after death. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Animals Beauty Correspondence Death Education Nature Philanthropy Picturesque Religion Unsociability William Gilpin (1724-1804) was a clergyman, ordained deacon in … he exchanged with William Mason, Mary Delany and his grandson William largely focus on his solitary relationship to nature, from his daily observation of squirrels and birds at home (Gilpin, William writes to William , 2, 8, 24, 44) to … for various purposes —to explore the culture of soils — to view the curiosities of art — to survey the beauties of nature — and to learn the manners of men; their different polities, and modes of life. / The following little work …
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