The Director

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: which has been also copied by Mr. Raw- linson.?The' next exhibition for sale of the works of British artists will be opened in the end of January. No productions are intended to be admitted, but what are actually the property of the artist, or of his family. William Savage, Printer, Bedford Bury....
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: which has been also copied by Mr. Raw- linson.?The' next exhibition for sale of the works of British artists will be opened in the end of January. No productions are intended to be admitted, but what are actually the property of the artist, or of his family. William Savage, Printer, Bedford Bury. chapter{{Section 4THE DIRECTOR. No. 2. SATURDAY, Jan. 31, 1807- Causa latet, vis est notissima. Ovid. Obscure the cause, but wonderful its potcer. Among other communications from correspondents, I have received the following one from a learned and valuable friend; which, without any comment or observation on my part, I submit to the perusal of the. reader. It is a letter On the Causes that affected the Progress of Antient Art. ', As in the useful but arduous task you liave undertaken, you proposeto pay particular attention to the present state of the fine arts in this country, to whatever may tend to promote their improvement, and the patronage bestowed upon them, an enquiry into the causes that have affected the progress of the arts of design, in ancient and in modern times, ' may probably not be unconnected with your object. In every department of human enquiry, experience and. analogy are the only sure guides: and to know what may be effected by human ingenuity and labour, it is necessary to know what has already been done, and the various means which have been employed. I venture upon this discussion merely as a general enquirer into the history of the human mind. I have no technical skill: none of the peculiar knowledge or tact of the connoisseur: all my observations may have been anticipated; or may be irrelevant. I offer them to you in the most humble manner; trusting, that you will altogether reject them, if they should appear in your judgment unde...