SAWREV GILPIN, R.A. 1 93 



Park ; the colours are as fresh and bright as on 

 the day they were laid on. 



The Rev. William Gilpin, the artist's brother, is 

 known by his book Forcsf Scenery, published in 

 1 79 1, and other works for the illustration of which 

 Sawrey Gilpin executed several cattle pieces. The 

 Sporting ivlagazine for April, 1807, contains refer- 

 ence to " the Rev. William Gilpin, the tourist " ; 

 Mr. Giljiin no doubt travelled like other men of 

 culture and taste, but his famous Forest Scenery 

 owes its inception to the fact that he counted 

 among his pupils at the school he kept near 

 Cheam, the first Lord Redesdale and his brother, 

 Colonel Mitford, the historian of Greece, of whom 

 passing mention was made above. Colonel 

 Mitford (who was the great-grandfather of Mr. 

 Freeman-Mitford, of Batsford, lately M.P. for the 

 Stratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire) in 

 later years presented his old master to the living 

 of Boldre, in Hampshire ; here Mr. Gilpin wrote 

 his books and passed the remainder of his life. 

 It may be added that at the time of the artist's 

 death, 1807, his only surviving brother, Joseph 

 Dacre Gilpin, filled the mayoral chair of Carlisle. 



In 1773 Sawrey Gilpin was made a Director of 



the Society of Artists, and in the following year 



was elected President of that body. The earlier 



exhibitions of the Royal Academy included no 



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