Excerpt from Portraits and Portrait Painting: Being a Brief Survey of Portrait Painting From the Middle Ages to the Present Day<br><br>The purpose of this book is so plain as to need no explanation: it is a brief survey of portrait painting from the Middle Ages to the present day, showing what has been con tributed to the art by each age and by each nationality, as well as by the several most notable portrait painters. Something, too, is told of the people who were the subjects of famous portraits. Among the illustrations the reader will find some familiar favourites, and also some interesting pictures which have never before been reproduced.<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.