Letter from Uvedale Price, Sandwell Hall, to Sir George Beaumont, 1806 October 17 : autograph manuscript signed.

Thanking him for an anecdote about Sir Joshua Reynolds and saying that "it will make a most brilliant figure in my work"; mentioning that Lord Aylesford also enjoyed the anecdote; writing "We had numberless discussions about improvements at Packington & some of my suggestions were favorably received; among others, a walk or ride of considerable extent which is to bear my name. The same honour is to be conferred upon me here, & Lord & Lady Dartmouth & the whole family are delighted with having one of the most beautiful spots in the place & very near the house brought into the pleasure ground, instead of being made, as it had hitherto been, a place where all the rubbish of the garden was thrown"; mentioning that he went to see the estate of Fisherwick and "if I had wanted any confirmation of my opinion of [Lancelot] Brown I should have had a most compleat one"; saying that he had heard that Brown was given carte blanche, artistically and financially, with Fisherwick and that Brown's admirers had described it as "if not his greatest work, at least as that where he followed the impulse of his own genius without control"; criticizing where Brown chose to situate the house and criticizing him also for obscuring the view of "one of the noblest ashes I ever saw"; adding "I was hardly prepared for such a degree of perverse taste & judgment, though I of course could not expect from Brown or any of his followers the least variation from the established plan"; saying that they are about to set out for Foxley and sending his thanks to the Beaumonts, especially to Lady Margaret for being their hostess; recalling their "little quarrels" and Lady Margaret punishing him for "having blasphemed against Wordsworth"; saying in a postscript that his son is very glad that "the Bailiff has cleared his character."