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parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque 

 beauty, to wHch is added a few remarks on the 

 picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight.' In 

 1804, the same year in which he died, his trustees 

 published for the benefit of his school at Boldre, 

 in conformance with the Author's will, a volume 

 entitled ' Observations on the Coast of Hampshire, 

 Sussex, and Kent, relative chiefly to picturesque 

 beauty, made in the summer of the year 1774.' 

 Another volume, published in 1809 by Gilpin's 

 trustees, was entitled ' Observations on several 

 parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, and Essex ; also on several parts of North 

 Wales, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty; in 

 two tours — the former made in the year 1769, and 

 the latter in the year 1773.' These works on pic- 

 turesque beauty were illustrated by the pencil of the 

 Author, and produced as aquatinta engravings by 

 Mr. Aiken, who, in the last century, had acquired 

 a considerable reputation by his skill in executing 

 drawings by that process. 



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