Observations on the River Wye
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- William Gilpin’s travel writing on the River Wye, foundational for the picturesque, the romantic movement and modern tourism, illustrated with Gilpin’s aquatints and introduced by Richard Humphreys
Full Description
The work that launched the picturesque movement and changed our ways of looking at landscape forever. A witty, elegant, opinionated pilgrimage of taste. Complete with 17 aquatints drawn by William Gilpin as examples of perfected landscape. Introduced by Richard Humphreys, who was Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and lead curator of their A Picture of Britain exhibition.
Specifications
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene
- ISBN
- 9781843681977
- Published
- 10th Apr 2023
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World
- Size
- 127 mm x 184 mm
- Pages
- 96 Pages
- Illustrations
- 18 color
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