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[ii] preceding four words crossed through in brown ink; [iii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [iv] preceding two words crossed through in brown ink; [v] preceding five words crossed through in brown ink"}],"location":"recto","method":"brown ink","transcription":[{"value":"A mechanical art, is performed by a knowledge \/ of scientific rules & practice only. \/ the Arts of Design being liberal, are performed \/ not only by scientific rules & practice, but they \/ must originate from Genius or the power of \/ producing, perfected by the imitation of nature \/ inasmuch \/ of[i] therefore as any one attempts to produce works \/ of design by scientific rules & practice only \/ insomuch will they be mechanical. \/ yet the foundations of Art being in Science \/ it is absolutely necessary for genius to be \/ assisted by rules, & which they are & how- \/ far they may be applied to the Arts of \/ design is the object of the present enquiry \/ as we have unfortunately lost the writings of the ancient Artists \/ if it be allowed[ii] these rules should be sought \/ in the finest of their remaining works, asses[iii] for as the same cause \/ produces the same effect, so these being found & \/ demonstrated works of equal excellence may be produced again \/ to this end the arts of design having attained \/ to a higher degree of perfection in Greece than in \/ any[iv] elsewhere, if we trace the steps, by which \/ they rose to perfection, always comparting the history of their \/ improvements, with their works of art, we cannot \/ fail of understanding their[v] must of necessity know"}]},{"description":[{"value":"[i] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [ii] preceding two words crossed through in brown ink; [iii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [iv] preceding three words crossed through in brown ink; [v] preceding six words crossed through in brown ink; [vi] preceding partial word crossed through in brown ink"}],"location":"verso","method":"brown ink","transcription":[{"value":"on what principles they proceeded \/ whatever assistance the Greeks might have \/ derived from the Egyptians in the Arts of design \/ belongs to the Antiquarian rather than the Artist \/ to enquire because no advantage could be derived \/ from it to the latter in the practice of his \/ profession; the Greeks had an[i] a sort of rude Original Art \/ amongst themselves which seems to have been the \/ growth of their own country, like the people of \/ Otaiheite, those of[ii] (see Cooke's Voyages) those of \/ the Musquato-shore) the the[sic] Antiquarian Month- \/ -ly repository) those of Mexico (Warburton's Divine legation of Moses) & other Nation's could[iii] whose \/ connection could be but distantly traced \/ Pausanias in Boetica, says the Thespians reveren \/ -ced from the beginning[iv] Cupid, most of the Gods from the beginning \/ whose most ancient image was a certain rude \/ stone, the same Author in Achaica says at \/ Pharis were 30 square stones which were worship- \/ ped under the names of so many Gods, he adds \/ formerly in all the country's of Greece rude stones \/ were worshipped for Gods & thence the worship \/ of Statues or Images, hence also says the same \/ Hermes of the Gods; 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