Record Number: 13880

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Reading Experience:

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

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1792 and 22 Nov 1802

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Surrey

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Gilpin

Title:

3 Essays on Picturesque Beauty

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1792

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13880

Source:

Print

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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13880, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None