IN LIVERPOOL May this institution be carried on with the same noble and generous Address of PETER MCMORLAND to the Society for 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. |