Excerpt from British Artists From Hogarth to Turner, Vol. 1 of 2: A Series of Biographical SketchesThe student of national Art knows not where to go to find specimens of Opie and N orthcote, Fuseli, Blake, Mortimer, Tresham, or Romney. We have nowhere in our meagre collections any genealogical tree of Art, where we can trace our pictorial mind from the root to the newest twig. Another half-century this disgrace, and these deficiencies, will be irreparable. While there is yet time let there be reform and remedy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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