ABSTRACT
During the course of my life I have, at considerable expense, made a collection of works of ancient and modern Art; and having made suitable provisions, by testamentary bequests, and other legal documents, for each of my relatives, and others whom I consider to have claims on my recollection, and having likewise, under an Act of Parliament, secured my Library, and Works of ancient and modern Art, from being dispersed, and thus endeavored to render the Collections as useful as possible to the Students of the Fine Arts, and for the advancement of Architectural knowledge, I now retire to my official residence—
