Britton, John [Hrsg.]: The fine arts of the English school: illustrated by a series of engravings from paintings, sculpture, and architecture, of eminent English artists ; with ample biographical, critical, and descriptive essays (London, 1812) [Cicognara, 14]

TO

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

GEORGE, PRINCE OF WALES,

PRINCE REGENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

AS

VICE-PATRON AND PRESIDENT

OF THE

WHO HAS MANIFESTED A LOVE FOR THE FINE ARTS OF HIS NATIVE COUNTRY, AND A REFINED TASTE TO

APPRECIATE THEIR MERITS: —

TO

THE MOST HONOURABLE

THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD,

AS

DEPUTY-PRESIDENT OP THE SAME LAUDABLE ESTABLISHMENT;

WHO HAS ALSO EVINCED PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE FINE ARTS:—

AND TO THE OTHER

PRINCES, NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, AND LADIES,

WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED AND SUPPORTED THIS DIGNIFIED

NATIONAL INSTITUTION.

THE PRESENT VOLUME,—HUMBLY ADVOCATING THE SAME CAUSE,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY

JOHN BRITTON.

Jan. 1812.