Author: American Art Association

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-21

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9780259825937

Excerpt from Catalogue of Valuable Paintings by the First Masters of the Ancient and Modern Schools, Belonging to Mrs. P. C. Hanford, Chicago: To Be Sold at Absolute Public Sale on Thursday Evening, January 30th, Beginning Promptly at 8. 30 O'clock, at Mendelssohn Hall, Fortieth Street, East of Broadway Museum. Her fame was thoroughly assured, and in 1865 The Journal published the decree of the empress, naming her Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She was, however, refused admittance to the Insti tute, but, as if in protest, was elected member of the Institute of Ant werp. She lived in her chateau By, in the village of Moret, sur rounded by her animals and beloved by all the people round her, working indefatigably up to the age of seventy-two. 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.