Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824)
MP and writer on taste; in 1786 he published An Account of the Remains
of the Worship of Priapus for the Society of Dilettanti; he was author of The Landscape: a Didactic Poem (1794), An
Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (1805) and other works.
MP and writer on taste; in 1786 he published An Account of the Remains
of the Worship of Priapus for the Society of Dilettanti; he was author of The Landscape: a Didactic Poem (1794), An
Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (1805) and other works.