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INTRODUCTION. 
The Earl of 
Exeter. 
The Trust. 
butions, consisting chie6y of rare books, prints, 
a variety of bronze idols, and various other pro¬ 
ductions of the arts. 
The late Earl of Exeter ranks likewise very 
high in the register of Benefactors, not so much 
perhaps for the number of his gifts, as for their 
intrinsic value and importance. Among these 
are the bronze head of Homer, which he 
purchased at the sale of Dr. Mead’s collection ; 
a large, if not complete, set of the Roman As, 
and its divisions, and of Cotorniate Medallions; 
and a splendid collection of drawings by Mosman, 
being highly finished copies in black chalk of 
many of the most capital pictures in Rome, 
which, according to a moderate computation, 
could not have cost his Lordship less than^’3,000. 
We forbear to extend this catalogue any further, 
not for want of distinguished names, whose do¬ 
nations have been numerous and valuable, but 
that we may not too far exceed the limits of an 
Introduction. 
III. 
CONSTITUTION, AND REGULATIONS, 
OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. 
This extensive Repository, which in its aggre- 
trate. and considering the number of objects it 
embraces^ 
