...King George the Second, intituled " An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing, eugraving, and etching historical and other Prints, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Inventors or Engravers during the Time therein mentioned;" an Act passed in the seventh year of His late Majesty...

...encouragement of the arts of defigning, engraving, and etching hiftorical and other prints, by veiling the properties thereof in the inventors and engravers, during the time therein mentioned : and whereas by an alt of parliament , and 7 Geo. 3. tajie& (". l^e /event b year of the reign »f...

...encouragement of the arts of defigning* en* graving, and etching hiftorical and other prints, by vefting the properties thereof in the inventors and engravers, , / during the time therein mentioned. P~ -- ^ r^^.^^ ^ * i- e, : &<?- /f <&* : 3. # WHEREAS divers perfons have by their own genius, in-...

...written " An Act for the Encou" ragement of the Arts of Defigning, Engraving, " and Etching, by vefting the Properties thereof in " the Inventors and Engravers, during the Time " therein mentioned." It was " Defigned, etched, " and published as the Aft directs, by W. Hogarth, " March 20, 1754." After...

...Encouragement of the Arts of Dedgning, Engraving, and Etching Hiftorica), and other Prints, by vetting the properties thereof in the Inventors and Engravers, during the time therein mentioned."— nA'ter reciting that, <! Whereas, divers perfons have by their own genius, induf. try, pains, and expence,...

...encouragement of the arts of deiigning, engraving, and etching, hiliorical and other prints, by veiling the properties thereof in the inventors and engravers, during the time therein mentioned, bas bien ftiaid unffttlual Jar ibt pu'-p -fis thereby intenâid j be it enacted by the King's moft...

...mitres, coronets, the chancellor's grej.t seal, the speaker'^ hat, &c. &c. and on a scroll is written, ?' An Act for the encouragement of the Arts of Designing, Engraving and Etahiiig, by vesting the properties thereof in the Inventors and Engraver?, during the time therein...

...for the protection of similar descriptions of property. By the Act of 8 Geo. II. cap. 13. intitled, " An Act for the. Encouragement of the Arts of designing,...Inventors and Engravers, during the time therein mentioned ;" the proprietors have a right of printing and reprinting the same, for the term of fourteen years...

...or Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned. 613 i"4 ) 3. 8 Geo. II. c. 13. — An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of Designing, Engraving and Eiching Historical and other Prints, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Inventors and . Engrave»,...

...seems, by analogy, to include music. The statute 8. of Geo. II. cap. 13, " for the en" couragement of the arts of designing, engraving, and " etching...properties thereof in the inventors and engravers, du" ring the time therein mentioned," extends the provisions of this act 1709. just noticed, to engravings....