Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell and Blakeslee Collections of Valuable Paintings by the Masters of the Early English, French, Dutch and Other Schools: To Be Sold at Absolute Public Sale on the Evenings Herein Stated Messrs. Dowdeswell Dowdeswell Of London. Having decided to discontinue their branch establish ment in New York, will sell publicly through the American Art Association a number Of important pictures upon which they have paid a large amount for duties, and for other expenses incident to im portation and which, for this reason, they prefer to dispose Of in this country. At the same time Mr. T. J. Blakeslee, who has imported a large number of works Of art during the past year, considers it advisable to reduce his extensive stock and has therefore, joined Messrs. Dowdeswell Dowdeswell in the present sale. The joint collection comprises many excellent and some remarkable examples Of pictures by the Old masters Of the English, French Dutch and Italian schools, together with a number Of modern paintings. The large proportion Of works by eminent artists and the general high average Of the pictures make this collection Of conspicuous importance. 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.