Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from List of Pictures at the Seat of T. B. Brydges Barrett, Esq., At Lee Priory, in the County of Kent
F the following Collection of Pictures is small; yet, as it was made with great skill, taste, and care, it is believed to be such as will gratify the real judges of painting. It contains productions of se veral rare and highly esteemed masters.
But authority goes so far on these subjects, where opinions are so apt to vary, and suspicions of being imposed upon are so very general, that.a short account of the Collection, and it's Collector, is due to it's merits, and may be satis factory to those who come to view it.
The Collection was made in the former half of the last century, by thomas barrett of lee, Esa. Who died in January 1757, aged 58, having spent much of his life in these elegant pursuits, distinguished for his knowledge in them among those eminent cotemporaries who were most capable of appreciating his acquirements.
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