ON THE PICTURESQUE, AS COMPARED WITH THE SUBLIME AND THE BEAUTIFUL; AND, ON THE USE OF STUDYING PICTURES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING REAL LANDSCAPE. By UVEDALE PRICE, Esq. QUAM MULTA VIDENT PICTORES IN UMBRIS, ET IN EMINENTIA, QUÆ NOS NON VIDEMUS! VOL. III. Cicero. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, 22, POULTRY. 177029 •P93 CONTENTS. - - As Mr. R. agrees with him in the general principles of im- 25 In giving the title of "The New Syftem of Improvement, by Neglect and Accident," Mr. R. has tried to ridicule his Not attended to by Mr. Brown, and one chief cause of his Mr. R. however had pursued it according to his own account 41 Mr. P. had taken the liberty of recommending, in addition to it, the study of the higher artifts; but is glad to hear Mr. R. had anticipated his advice, and that he acknow- ledges it to be a study essential to the profeffion In their party down the Wye, Mr. R. treated lighty the idea of taking hints from a natural river, towards forming an arti- ficial one. He had found by practical experience, that there is lefs affinity between painting and gardening, than his en- thufiafm for the picturefque made him originally fancy 45 The principal aim of Mr. R. is to weaken that affinity; but |