Richardson, Jonathan; Egerton, Thomas [Oth.]; Egerton, John [Oth.]; Debrett, John [Oth.]; Faulder, Robert [Oth.]; Miller, W. [Oth.]; Cuthell, J. [Oth.]; Barker, James [Oth.]; Jeffery, Edward [Oth.]: The Works Of Jonathan Richardson: Containing I. The Theory Of Painting. II. Essay On The Art Of Criticism, (So far as it relates to Painting). III. The Science Of A Connoisseur : The Whole intended as a Supplement to the Anecdotes of Painters and Engravers ([London]: Sold by T. and J. Egerton; J. Debrett; R. Faulder, and W. Miller; J. Cuthell; J. Barker; and E. Jeffrey, 1792)

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INTRODUCTION
TO THE
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST, &c.
THE following historical and chronological list (as to the main
of it) I took the pains to make some years ago for my own use.
I have been pretty careful in it, so that I believe there are not
many mistakes. Where I could find no account of the time of a
maker's birth, his place in the list will shew whereabouts it probably
was. The double dates are the different accounts of authors,
the most considerable is that of Correggio; I have been determined
to put him so low upon the authority of a manuscript of Father
Resta, a late connoisseur at Rome, and who besides his infinite
diligence in these matters, and a particular regard, and even fond-
ness for Correggio, hath had very great opportunities of being
rightly informed, considering the distance of time. The account
of the degrees in which some of the most eminent os these masters
excelled, is scattered up and down in the preceding discourse;
but of this you may see farther at the end of a small book of Mr.
de Piles, printed anno 1708. Cours de Peinture par Principes.

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