IT has been justly observed, that the name of Richard Wilson is a reproach to the age in which he lived. He was the most accomplished landscape painter this country ever produced, uniting the composition of Claude with the execution of Poussin, yet wi...
IT has been justly observed, that the name of Richard Wilson is a reproach to the age in which he lived. He was the most accomplished landscape painter this country ever produced, uniting the composition of Claude with the execution of Poussin, yet with powers which ought to have raised him to the highest fame, and the most prosperous fortune, Wilson was suffered to live embarrassed and to die poor.