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Excerpt from French, English and American Antique Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Tapestries and Textiles, Silver, Porcelain, Glass, Decorative Paintings: From Various Estates and Collections Bust portrait of a male member Of the Royal family, wearing scarlet military coat with green collar and silver epaulets, a white sash bearing the Badge of the Garter crossing his breast. Half obliterated signature on the right. In gold frame. The miniature is cracked. 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.