jan 1, 1782 - William Gilpin published "Observations on the River Wye,.." and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770"
Description:
- origins of the 'picturesque'- instructed England’s leisured travellers to examine “the face of a country by the rules of picturesque beauty”
- part of the emerging Romantic sensibility
CF: 1882 - "On Picturesque Beauty"
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1782
Now
~ 243 years ago