The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine A...
Taylor, William Benjamin Sarsfield![The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/185/18522096/CHSBZCOP0318522096.jpg)
Excerpt from The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1 of 2
I have not spared either labour or expense. I have devoted nearly two years of my life to the completion of this purpose, and I have now the honour of laying before you the result of these labours in a compendious form. The main object being to diffuse as widely as possible amongst the reading portion of society a correct knowle...