Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Fine Arts

Although Coleridge''s thinking and writing about the fine arts was both considerable and interesting, this has not been the subject of a book before.Coleridge owed his initiation into art to Sir George Beaumont. In 1803-4 he had frequent opportunities to learn from Beaumont, to study Beaumont''s small but elegant collection and to visit private collections. Before leaving for Malta in April 1804, ...