Excerpt from A Handbook to the Public Galleries of Art in and Near London, Vol. 2 of 2: With Catalogues of the Pictures, Accompanied by Critical, Historical, and Biographical Notices, and Copious Indexes to Facilitate Reference; Containing Hampton Court, Dulwich Gallery, Barry's Pictures, Soane's Museum I am sorry to learn that their presence is but too necessary; but the barbarism and ignorance of our populace with regard to all matters per taining to art arise from their having been too long shut out from such places of resort. Of the civility of Mr. Grundy, the keeper of the state apartments, and of his intelligent interest in the objects committed to his care, I have every reason to speak in terms of acknowledgment and praise. 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.