Excerpt from Catalogue of Pictures, by Old Masters, of the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, and French Schools: Interesting Historical and Other Portraits, Works of the Early English School; Also, Pictures From the Collection of Sir John Van Hatten; And Others From Different Private Sources; Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods 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.