On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,: with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additionsFelton, Samuel
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On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,: with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions
Felton, Samuel
Gardening -- Bibliography; Horticulturists -- England
1. An Essay on the Picturesque, as compared with the Sublime and
Beautiful, and on the use of studying pictures for the purpose of
improving real landscape, 8vo. 1794. This volume was afterwards
published in 1796, in 8vo. with _considerable additions_, and in
1798 was published at _Hereford_ a second volume, being an Essay on
Artificial Water, an Essay on Decorations near the House, and an
Essay on Architecture and Buildings as connected with Scenery.
2. A Letter to H. Repton, Esq. on the application of the practice
and principles of Landscape Painting to Landscape Gardening.
Intended as a supplement to the Essays. To which is prefixed Mr.
Repton's Letter to Mr. Price. Lond. 1795, 8vo. Second edition,
_Hereford_, 1798, 8vo. This is a sportive display of pleasant wit,
polished learning, and deep admiration of the great landscape
painters. Keen as some of his pages are, and lamenting that there
should have been any controversy ("or tilting at each other's
breasts,") on the subject of Launcelot Browne's works, "I trust,
(says he,) however, that my friends will vouch for me, that
whatever sharpness there may be in my style, there is no rancour in
my heart." Mr. Repton in his Enquiry into the Changes of Landscape
Gardening, acknowledges "the elegant and gentleman-like manner in
which Mr. Price has examined my opinions." Indeed, many pages in
this present letter shew this.
3. A Dialogue on the distinct Characters of the Picturesque and the
Beautiful, in answer to the objections of Mr. Knight, 1801,
8vo.[102]
A general review of Sir Uvedale's ideas on this subject, is candidly
given by Mr. Loudon at p. 78 of his Encyclop. after a mature study of
_all_ the modern writers who have endeavoured to form "a taste for the
harmony and connection of natural scenery." Mr. Loudon farther calls him
"the great reformer of landscape gardening."
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