ANNALS

OF

FOR MDCCCXIX.

THE FINE
FINE ARTS,

"I am no prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I will venture
to predict, that if ever the ancient, great and beautiful taste
in painting revives, it will be in England." RICHARDSON.

A55

PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY MESSRS. SHERWOOD,
NEELY, AND JONES, PATERNOSTER-ROW; ARCH, CORNHILL;
CARPENTER, OLD BOND STREET; W. CARPENTER, BROOK-
STREET; C. AND J. OLLIER, VERE-STREET, BOND-STREET;
T. AND G. UNDERWOOD, FLEET-STREET; AND A. BLACK,
SOUTH-BRIDGE, EDINBURGH; AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL
BOOKSELLERS.

1820.

ΤΟ

SIR J. FLEMING LEICESTER, BART.

ONE OF THE FIRST PATRONS,

WHO HAD THE SENSE TO DESPISE THE PREJUDICES

AGAINST HIS

COUNTRY MEN,

AND THE COURAGE TO FORM

A GALLERY OF THEIR WORKS:

THIS FOURTH VOLUME

OF

ANNALS OF THE FINE ARTS,

IS DEDICATED WITH HIS LEAVE,

BY

HIS OBLIGED SERVANT,

JAMES ELMES,

EDITOR,