The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, Vol. 1

The countenance afforded to the art of Painting in particular, .by his: Majefty, the moft amiable of Monarchs 5 the zeal of the Nobility and Gentry of great-britain and Ireland, who confiitute the Societies of' London and Dublin 5 and the impartial difiribution of rewards to the candidates for fame; muft inevitably fo far animate every artifi, as to. Make him i'tudious to arrive at excellence; till, in fucceeding times, . Our own, natives may be as much the admiration of other kingdoms, as the artifis of Italy have been. The admiration of-the world.

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