Excerpt from The Connoisseur, Vol. 63: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors; May-August, 1922 Another treasure has been added to the already incomparable artistic wealth of Florence. It has been left to that city by a gifted and generous Englishman, the late Mr. H. Horne, and consists of his wonderful collection of works of art amassed during the course of many years with an infinite love and a rare sagacity. 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.

Excerpt from The Connoisseur, Vol. 62: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors; January-April, 1922 Baker, C. H. Collins. The New Van Dyck at the National Gallery The Two Cavaliers (george and Francis Villiers) (note) Boyce, Cecil. Modern Decoration: Some Work by Madame Gloria Silva (art.) 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.

The first of its kind, Joseph Pike: The Happy Catholic Artist is a detailed biography of the popular artist of the same name. When he died in 1956, the Catholic Herald referred to him as ‘a distinguished artist’, though until this biography, little has been written about his life and work.