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Thomas Morrison
1705–1778
An 18th-century English writer with an unusual blend of interests, he moved between poetry, philosophy, and the world of art. He is now chiefly remembered for a 1767 ode addressed to Joshua Reynolds, a lively sign of his engagement with the cultural life of his time.
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A Pindarick Ode on Painting Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq.
by Thomas Morrison
About the author
Born at Midhurst, Sussex, on 26 March 1705, he was educated at Winchester and later studied at New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1723 and took his B.A. and M.A. in the following years.
Reference sources describe him as an English philosopher and author, though surviving information about his life is fairly limited. He died in Devon on 20 July 1778.
His best-known work is A Pindarick Ode on Painting: Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq. (1767), a poem that links his name with the artistic and intellectual culture of late 18th-century Britain. No suitable verified portrait image was confirmed from the sources I found.