Excerpt from Executrix's Sale of Mr. Thomas Thompson's Extensive and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures: Being the Most Important and Costly Collection Ever Offered in This Country, to Be Sold at Auction Positively Without Reserve, by Henry H. Leeds and Miner, Commencing on Monday, Feb. 7th, 1870, at 11 O'clock A. M., And 7. 30 P. M<br><br>A Genuine Picture, and one of the very few and rare Portraits in existence from the pencil of this painter.<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.