Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Old and Modern Paintings by the Great Masters Forming the Important Collection of Mr. John Anderson, Jr.: To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Plaza, Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, New York, on Thursday Evening, April 6th, 1916 It is one of the most pleasing examples of his brush-work, and lends weight to the opinion held by many of the admirers of the famous actor-artist that if he had been able to devote undivided attention to his painting, he might have developed into one of America's best landscape artists. But, in that case, we should never have had our beloved Rip! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.