In his memoir, Henry Jones Thaddeus recounts his experiences working as a court painter in Europe during the mid-19th century. He provides an intimate look into the lives of the royals he painted and the world in which they lived. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Recollections of a Court Painter I can only trust that the many defects of this my maiden effort to weild that which is mightier than the sword may be mercifully overlooked by the indulgent reader. Unlike some of my political friends, I have never learnt the art of sitting on a fence, moreover being an independent-minded person, that position would not be agreeable to me. I tell my story with frankness and candour, exactly as I would relate it to a sympathetic friend, who having enjoyed my hospitality patiently endured his hosts loquacity. The early period of my life passed in Florence, enriched by the correspondence with which Her Royal Highness the late Duchess of Teck honoured me, I submitted for corrections or abridgments to Her Majesty the Queen. I had several interviews with the Duke of Teck on Her Majesty's behalf, and as now published, his wishes, corrections and abridgments have been faithfully carried out. 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.