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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
MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT :

BY WILLIAM CAREY,

HONORARY CORRESPONDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH INSTITUTION

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.

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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.

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