Information About Sir George Beaumont

This webpage explores the intimate friendship between Wordsworth and Sir George Beaumont, who is described as "a friend of the Lake Poets, especially of William Wordsworth whom he saw as a kindred spirit." It also describes Beaumont's role as a cultural influence in the art and poetry worlds. His purchases of the paintings of young artists had the potential to launch careers, and he was a collector of the Old Masters as well as being an avid painter and artist in his own right.