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IN LIVERPOOL

May this institution be carried on with the same noble and generous
spirit; that our children's children, whilst they reap the benefit of it, may
with gratitude remember the present members, who have laid so noble a
foundation in this part of the kingdom for encouragement of arts'

Address of PETER MCMORLAND to the Society for
Promoting the Arts in Liverpool, 1783

WITH SOME NOTES FOR A MEMOIR OF

GEORGE STUBBS, R.A.

PRIVATELY PRINTED

LIVERPOOL

1876

ΤΟ

THE WORSHIPFUL

ANDREW B. WALKER,

MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL.

SO FAR as a Dedication can bear witness to respect and esteem, I offer this book to your Worship. It treats of the first public efforts made in Liverpool-or, indeed, elsewhere outside the Metropolis-to encourage a study of the Fine Arts. It is fitting, therefore, that I should dedicate it to you, who have lately presented to the Town a building so worthy to advance the objects which were attempted in 1774. That building will remain, I trust, for ages, as a testimony that Liverpool has not neglected the duty laid upon her by those who put her foremost in the honourable competition of encouraging the Fine Arts.

JOSEPH MAYER.

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