Artist, author, cleric and schoolmaster. He was a sketcher and collector of prints, and worked as a curate, before becoming a master, and then headmaster at Cheam School. In 1768 he published 'Essay on Prints' in which he defined the picturesque as 'that kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture'. This resulted in him being satirised by William Combe and Thomas Rowlandson as 'Dr Syntax'.
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William Gilpin
William Gilpin 1724 - 1804 These flats have been built on the site of Cheam S...
Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. After 1910 he turned his attention to painting murals and watercolours of Alpine and Italian landscapes. Died Tite Street.
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Family run business which specialised in bespoke design and bronze casting, and had a foundry service. 2025: We may be wrong but we think this organisation has become / is now part of Winterburn F...
Artist. We think Donnelly may be the instructor mentioned in this 2010 Ceramics Monthly.
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