Letter from Uvedale Price, Foxley, to Lady Margaret Beaumont, 1820 August 6 : autograph manuscript.

Referring to Sir John Cotterell's pictures (see MA 1581.155 for background) and his desire to have Sir George's opinion about them; commenting on a book of poetry and prose by Wordsworth that Lady Margaret had sent him: "his account of the Lakes should be in every house all round them: not only as so well describing their characteristic beauties, but as pointing out in the most impressive manner all that ought not, & all that ought to have been done: the whole appears to be dictated by the truest taste & feeling; & the principles are so just & comprehensive, that it should be the manual of Improvers in every part of the kingdom"; telling her that William Sawrey Gilpin has decided to switch professions from that of drawing instructor to "landscape gardening" and recommending him for work in that field; discussing the relationship between landscape architecture and art, and the way his ideas accord with Gilpin's; saying that he has invited Gilpin to Foxley to see his ideas put into practice; adding, of Gilpin's new career, "I am very anxious on various accounts that he should succeed in it, & have full employment in places where the materials are rich & abundant, & where he might do himself credit: & thence, perhaps, give a better direction to the public taste"; suggesting that Gilpin could work on Lord Lonsdale's estate, where he could "open & give effect to a number of striking scenes & compositions, now in a great degree unknown & unthought of"; suggesting that Gilpin might also be recommended to Lord Ashburnham and Lord Mulgrave, "& your recommendation, would in every respect, have the greatest weight with them all, & to any others that may occur to you. I have long been wishing that such a person as Mr. Gilpin might be induced to take to the profession, & I very earnestly wish that you would exert yourselves in his favor."