Excerpt from Catalogue of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Collected by the Late J. W. Kauffman of St. Louis: To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale by Order of Mrs. N. B. Kauffman, Executrix, on the Date Herein Stated Born at Bordeaux, the l6th of August, 1829, of a family originally English. He became known by his studies of horses and dogs, sporting scenes and military subjects. He gained medals in 1865, 1866 and 1867, and a gold medal at the Exhibition of 1889. Mr. Brown was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 1870. He died in Paris the 141th day of November, 1890. 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.