Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honourable William Hamilton . PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE Upon Painting &c. FTER having fpoken of theSculpture and Architecture of theAncients ; after having endeavou* red to shew the road , they tookto carry thofe Arts to that degreeof perfection , of which they feemedfufceptible ; after having attemptedto indicate thofe maxims , whichwe beleive they propofed to them-felves, we shall now fay , whatwe think of Painting , That fu~. I Mime Art , which , with Wri- ting and Navigation ought to he confidered as one of the mojl fp
Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honourable William Hamilton . PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE Upon Painting &c. FTER having fpoken of theSculpture and Architecture of theAncients ; after having endeavou* red to shew the road , they tookto carry thofe Arts to that degreeof perfection , of which they feemedfufceptible ; after having attemptedto indicate thofe maxims , whichwe beleive they propofed to them-felves, we shall now fay , whatwe think of Painting , That fu~. I Mime Art , which , with Wri- ting and Navigation ought to he confidered as one of the mojl fplen- did
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