William Gilpin (priest)
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William Gilpin was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is most notable as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque.
Penrith Castle in 1772 from Gilpin's book on Cumberland and Westmoreland.
John Constable's paintings embody the picturesque ideals.
William Gilpin by Henry Walton
William Combe
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William Combe was a British miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer; his later life was passed chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is most notable as the a
William Gilpin (priest)
…works remained popular and several new editions appeared with additions by John Heaviside Clark. Gilpin also lives on as the model for the satirist William Combe's Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (1809), illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. This curate sets off on his straggly mare Grizzle in a quest…
Portrait of William Combe drawn by George Dance (1793)
Dr Syntax, losing his way. Combe wrote verses to accompany Thomas Rowlandson's comic caricatures.
Dr Syntax in Danger, print after a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson
A Derby Porcelain figure of Dr Syntax in Derby Museum