NATIONAL PUBLIC STYLE CONSIDERED. OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROBABLE DECLINE OR EXTINCTION OF British Historical Painting, FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE CHURCH EXCLUSION OF PAINTINGS. RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSED TO HIS MAJESTY, AND TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE BY WILLIAM CAREY, HONORARY CORRESPONDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS;、 AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CORK SOCIETY OF ARTS. GRATUITOUS. London: PRINTED BY HOWLETT & BRIMMER, FRITH STREET, SOHO. 1825. ΤΟ HIS GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING, THE BENEFICENT PROTECTOR OF NATIVE GENIUS, THE MUNIFICENT PATRON OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF Painting. Sculpture, and Architecture; AND THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE; AND TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE MEMBERS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS, WITH A DEEP SENSE OF HUMBLE DEFERENCE, ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, BY THE AUTHOR. London, Feb. 25, 1825. |