button to main menu  Eleventh Exhibition, p.15
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[land]scape kind was so debased by manner, as to promise injury rather than good; and I made from that place several journies into Wales and the north of England, from which I certainly derived advantage; from Manchester I removed to London, and practiced as an aquatint engraver during the several years I resided there, mixing my in-door labours with the study of the trees in the parks, and other places in the metropolis; I likewise drew cattle at the farms in Mary le-bone, and in consequence became acquainted with others whose pursuits were similar to my own - I admired much their etchings of cattle and human figures, and have often surveyed, with particular admiration, the pencil drawings and etchings of animals, by the celebrated Mr. Hills - but it still appeared that preparatory lessons were wanting in landscape, through the medium of which the young student might be introduced to the knowledge of nature; for it is scarcely in any other art of such vast importance to be well begun, as in that of painting; I revolved the subject in my own mind, and
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