Excerpt from Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings at High Legh Hall: The Seat of Lieut.-Col. Henry Cornwall Legh, J. P., D. L. For CheshireFor greater convenience, and to make the work interesting, I have arranged the work alphabetically, and given to each painter a brief notice as to his life and death and the schools in which he studied. These particulars have been taken from the most reliable sources, but the résumés and critical remarks are my own.The works consulted for dates and other particulars and information, include Bryan's Dictionary of Painters, The National Gallery Catalogue (sir Frederick Burton's), The National Portrait Gallery Catalogue (sir George Scharf's), and Mr. E. T. Cook's Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, besides a few others.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.