Excerpt from John Hoppner<br><br>Strangely forgotten when his memory should have been most green, so suddenly to be rediscovered and restored to his rightful place during the last few years. Much remains to be done ere the circumstances of Hoppner's career can be known with any completeness, and nobody is better aware than the writer that this little book is only a first step on the road. But for the kindness of many owners of hoppner's works, who have permitted him to inspect their pictures and have answered at length and in detail requests for information, it would have been impossible to aecom plish even so much, and the writer is sensible of his debts. His thanks are especially due to those whose pictures appear in this volume. The writer has also to acknow ledge kindly assistance and advice from Mr. Lionel Cust, A. To Miss Ida Taafl'e he is under deep obliga tions for much miscellaneous help, especially in the way of taking photographs, and also to Miss Constance Moore.<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.