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Excerpt from Outlines of a Plan for the National Encouragement of Historical Painting in the United Kingdom: Originally Addressed in 1809 to the Directors of the British Institution, and Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of Lord John Russell, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department
The following Letter was written, as your Lordship will perceive, in the year 1809. It originated in a conversation with the late Sir Thomas Bernard and the late Sir George Beaumont, two of the Directors of the British Institution, in which I took the liberty of throw ing out some suggestions for rendering more effective the operations of that Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
