119the said Academy, composed of the Kingdom's
most talented artists, has not only been that the young
should profit from the daily instruction at the
Life School, in Geometry, Perspective, and Anatomy,
& at the sight of the Works that are there advanced
as Examples, but, additionally, that the Public should
be informed of the progress made there by the Arts
of Drawing, by Painting and Sculpture, by making it
party to the Lectures, Addresses & Descriptions
by which [such] progress could be made known,
principally by multiplying by engraving and printing
the beautiful Works of the said Royal Academy, in
order to conserve them for posterity, the sole means
of perfecting the Arts & exciting emulation more
and more. TO THESE ENDS His Majesty desiring
to give to the said Academy & its members all the
opportunities & means of contributing to making
useful its Works to the Public: THE KING
BEING IN HIS COUNCIL permits and grants
the said Academy the right to print and engrave
the Descriptions, Memoranda, Addresses, Explanations,
Research & Observations which have been, & could be
made in the Assemblies of the Royal Academy
of Painting & Sculpture; also the Works of
engraving or otherwise, & generally everything
that the said Academy will want to publish under
its name, either in the form of Prints or Publications,
the said Works of each of its members having been
examined and approved