J. Pierpont Morgan Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray, Vol. 3

Download or read book J. Pierpont Morgan Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray, Vol. 3 written by Charles Fairfax Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from J. Pierpont Morgan Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray, Vol. 3: Two Hundred and Forty-Seven Plates Selected From Examples of the English, French, German, Flemish and Dutch Schools The Collection was commenced in Italy, but the greater part of the drawings were purchased in England during the last thirty years, notably from the Palmerston, Aylesford, Warwick, Holford, Robinson, and Knowles Cabinets, and other sources too numerous to mention. One or two small but important Collections were purchased entire, the Tighe volume being the best of these. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.