William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2 1843), landscape painter and illustrator, later became a landscape gardener and writer. He set himself up as a drawing master in Paddington Green and also illustrated picturesque travel-writing. Between 1804 and 1806 he was the first president of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, and then the third drawing master at the Royal Military College in Marlow. After being discharged from this post, Gilpin became a successful landscape gardener and advisor to the nobility. His approach to landscape gardening was influenced by painting and Sir Uvedale Price's...
William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2 1843), landscape painter and illustrator, later became a landscape gardener and writer. He set himself up as a drawing m...
