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Sir Uvedale Price, On the picturesque : with an essay On the origin of taste, and much original matter (1842)

Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829, Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir, 1784-1848 · Edinburgh : Caldwell, Lloyd ; London : Orr · leaf 299

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e been imitated with success, there can be no difficulty in placingtrunks, or roots of trees, or in imitating many effects of stone, or ofrocks, on a smaller scale ; especially where there is no motion to disturbthem. With regard to the tints of soil, if sand, or any rich-coloured 268 SIR UVEDALE… … In all I have written on the subject of improvement, one great pur-pose has been to point out the affinity between landscape painting, andlandscape gardening ; in this case, the affinity is very close indeed.The landscape gardener would prepare his colours, would mix and breakthem, just like the…

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