Some account of the life of Richard Wilson, Esq., R.A. : with testimonies to his genius and memory, and remarks on his landscapes : to which are added, various observations respecting the pleasure and advantages to be derived from the study of nature and the fine arts
A 1824 London memoir by T. Wright of the painter Richard Wilson, published for the benefit of the Artist's Benevolent Fund by Longman and co., with a prefatory group of engraved portraits of Wilson and other painters and writers. The pictures are stipple and line engravings of bust-length sitters in oval or rectangular frames on cream paper, showing how a designer might frame formal portrait plates with generous margins and captions beneath.
