An essay upon prints: containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty; the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters / illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces: to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints. [Anon].

  • Gilpin, William, 1724-1804.
Date:
1768
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An essay upon prints: containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty; the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters / illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces: to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Exprejfton: its ftriSl meaning defined page 24: but it often means the force by which objedts of any kind are reprefented. Effeft: arifes chiefly from the manage¬ ment of light but the word is fome- times applied to the general, view of a pidture. Spirit: in its ft riot fenfe, defined p. 34; but it is fometimes taken in a more enlarged one, and means the general effect of a mafterly performance. Manner: fynonymous with Execution. Pifturefque: a term expreflive of that pe¬ culiar kind of beauty, which is agree¬ able in a pidture, PEJurefque