Picturesque views on the river Wye, from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow: with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity: . ar that neither hisage, nor the time of his death, are here K 2 men- ( /6 ) mentioned. The defign for the monumentwas made by a Mr. Marfh of this town,who nas int roduced a buft of the good manthat bears little refemblance to either ofL^e two portraits I met with in Rofs j oneof thefe is in the poiTeflion of Philip JonesElq; a gentleman, who by marriage witha defcendant of John Kyrle, enjoys
Picturesque views on the river Wye, from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow: with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity: . ar that neither hisage, nor the time of his death, are here K 2 men- ( /6 ) mentioned. The defign for the monumentwas made by a Mr. Marfh of this town,who nas int roduced a buft of the good manthat bears little refemblance to either ofL^e two portraits I met with in Rofs j oneof thefe is in the poiTeflion of Philip JonesElq; a gentleman, who by marriage witha defcendant of John Kyrle, enjoys all hisproperty, and by his urbanity renders himfelfa worthy reprefentative of that exemplarycharacter. This picture appears to be thatof a perfon about thirty fix years of age,and is evidently the work of Sir Peter other portrait was at the Kings ArmsInn, formerly the rehdence of John Kyrle,as defcribed in the view given in this feclion,it reprefents him at a more advanced periodof life, and on that account, although illpainted, it was preferred to the former ashe is exhibited nearer the clofe of a life,long and happily fpent in the promo-tion of virtue, and to the honor of human J n ii v Kr es i, E, ommoniy cal/td tie .//•/// //i ////? /,r ,r. //;/,/>/,/ A/./r. / 7707. /\ /!,///, w SCUil ( 77 ) mtu re. I flatter myfelf the annexed etchingf/om this pi6ture will not prove unacceptableto the admirer and collector of portraits, asI do not remember to have ever feen aprint of this exalted character. The origi-nal is faid to have been fketched from thelife unknown to Mr. Kyrle, on a fundaywhilft he was attending divine fervice. Hehad often been folicited to iit for his pic-ture, but no inducement could prevail onhim to comply with the requeft of hisfriends. It is reported of Mr. Kyrle, that hisordinary mode of drefs, was very plain, andfo mean as even to fugged: the idea of in-digence and want. And even more unfa-vourable conclufions have been made, fromhis
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