Excerpt from Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures by Old Masters, Chiefly of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, the Property of a Gentleman: Also Early English Pictures and Portraits From Different Private Collections, Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods, at Their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 13, 1893 Portrait OF A gen tleman, in black with white collar and cuffs, holding a letter in Signed, and dated 1646 41 in. By 22 in. 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.