Williams Gilpin

Name
Williams Gilpin
Birth and death
1724 - 1804
Occupations
Educationalist, Religious Figure, Writer
Profession details
Writer, Headmaster, Clergyman
Related place
Painshill Park, Cobham
Author
Alistair Grant

Williams Gilpin (1724-1804) writer on art, headmaster and clergyman. He visited Painshill in 1765, and in 1768 published the first of his famous essays on the picturesque 'Essay on Prints'.

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