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PG-P.774.027
7 Sep 1774:42 (2385)
Nicholas Brooks, takes this method to return his sincere
thanks to his friends and customers for their past favours,
and begs leave to acquaint them, he is removed from his late
dwelling-house, in Market-street, to the house lately
occupied by Mr. Thomas Irwin, on the east sid of Second-
street, between Market and Chestnut-streets, and three doors
above Black-horse alley; he has just imported, and has now
opened and exhibited in a convenient room, where all
gentlemen and ladies, who delight in the fine arts, and in
the copyists of nature, are invited to regale themselves at
this new exhibition; in this collection, among many others,
are the following: the cartoons, after Raphael, beautifully
painted; the four seasons, after Rosalba, beautifully
painted; peace and plenty, finely-coloured, and beautifully
ornamented; elegant pieces, in green and gold frames, viz.
Lady Huntington; Flora; the letter-woman; the oyster-woman;
the bathing beauty; Miss Yates, in the character of Electra;
the lady's maid soaping linen; Abraham and Hagar; Joseph and
Potiphar's wife; Samson in distress, &c. &c. Hieroglyphicks
of a natural man, and the tree of life; the Rev. Mr. William
Romaine, James Horvey, David Jennings, Philip Dodderidge,
George Whitefield, Andrew Kinsman, Thomas Jones, John
Bunyan, John Wesley, Richard de Courcey, Torial Foss, John
Edwards, Martin Madan, and a great many other divines;
landscapes, views of capital cities, scripture pieces, sea
pieces, shorting pieces, hunting scenes, fancy pieces, &c.
&c. the passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the
human countenance, by LeBrun; with a variety of the most
elegant engravings and metzotintoes; by the greatest artists
in Rome and London;[one line] a great variety of drawing-
books, best water-colours, camel-hair pencils, Indian-ink
and crayons;a very elegant collection of copper-plate copy-
books, from the earliest attempts, to the compleating of the
most accomplished penman;. . . [34 lines of assorted goods]a
good assortment of the best made fiddle-strings, just come
from Italy; instructions, and other music, for almost every
kind of instruments;. . . [4 lines] London made German
flutes, . . . [9.5 lines].
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