Catalogue Of Paintings Drawings In The Permanent Collection With Notes Descriptive And Biographical PDF Download

Excerpt from Catalogue, Biographical and Descriptive, of a Collection of Paintings Belonging to R. Hall McCormick, Esq.: Principally of the English School For this reason it has been said that the nature of English habits and the independence of English character are favorable to art progress, for each man loves to think for himself. Un questionably this individual thought has been the secret of all advance in the past, since it has meant the rejection of all that is artificial for that which is true. To us, therefore, is borne down from the lips of those who, artists or poets, have thus continued to seek, the message, Hold, in high artistic duty, Truest Truth, the fairest beauty. 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.