Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of an Important Collection of Valuable Modern Paintings: Belonging to the Estates of the Late Mr. Oliver Hoyt, Madame Ada De Bocande, Mrs. Mary L. McMillan, Miss. Mary E. Garrett, and Other Estates and Private Owners, as Noted in This Catalogue<br><br>AN elderly, friendly-looking monk, half length in profile to left, with spectacles, reading a newspaper.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.