| Evidence: | "Perhaps Picturesque is somewhat synonymous to the word Taste, which we should think improperly applied to Homer & Milton, but very well to Prior or Pope. I suspect that the application of these words are the Excellencies of an inferior order, & which are incompatible with the Grand style... So says Sir Joshua, & so say I;"
quotes Sir Joshua Reynolds to William Gilpin in '3 essays on Picturesque Beauty' by William Gilpin in letter to Thomas Butts |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1792 and 22 Nov 1802 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Surrey | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Blake |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Nov 1757 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Engraver and Poet |
| Religion: | non-Conformist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Gilpin |
| Title: | 3 Essays on Picturesque Beauty |
| Genre: | Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1792 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13880 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Blake | |
| Editor: | Geoffrey Keynes | |
| Title: | The Letters of William Blake: with related documents | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 41 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents (Oxford, 1980), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13880, accessed: 07 December 2023 | |
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