Excerpt from Thomas Stothard: Illustrated Monograph<br><br>Queries of March 1sth, 1856, some particulars of this family, whence it may be gathered that his grandmother had not been far removed from the inheritance of large estates. Mrs. Bray may have had this in her mind when she stated that her father-in-law was actually the heir to certain property, but would not assert his claim. Whether he would have been right to have sacrificed the interests of his own family to those of distant relatives is a question which we may leave unanswered; but the story is a doubtful one.<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.