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room for such doubt. To leave the requisite latitude
of permission for such portraits as might otherwise
be made of the person in question without any
other views than those which give birth to other
portraits, the prohibition might, (it may be supposed) be confined to
portraits of a certain dominion within such and
such bounds in point of size: but, after everything
that could be done in this way, the want
of certainty with regard to the subject matter of
the imitation would remain unremoved. The⊞ ⊞ The question Guilty or not Guilty would still rest on no firmer ground than the vague idea of similtude.
To remedy now this and remove this uncertainty, an additament,
to the some such offer purpose purpose on the following, would, it
is presumed, be effectual enough. Connected with
the effigie, a legend, indicative of the person individual represented:
as thus. U.S. A.B. With an the one portrait,Abraham Adams, Esq.
elected Governor 31 May 1800: with an the other, or Benjamin Browne Esq.
appointed Cashier 2 Jany 1790: – together with
this further additament — For security against Forgery.
With The legend out of the question, with the same guiltless intentions that give birth
to other portraits, the portrait of Mr Governor Adams might,
not not only be taken for his own nor in the use of
a friend, but even export to sale in the way of
trade: with the same gre intentions equally
guiltless, it might happen, that so much of the
proposed legend as is descriptive indicative of the individual
represented might also be connected with the portrait
in the same way: but that, with any other
intentions than the criminal ones supposed, an individual
not commissioned by the Bank should form
in connections with any such portrait, or with any portrait
whatsoever favourable the proposed additional part of the legend
especially
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