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Excerpt from Catalogue of French Paintings and Other Works of Art, Selected by S. P. Avery, During His Residence in Europe as Agent for the Art Department at the "Paris Exposition" Also, the Beautiful Marble Statue of a Girl Reading, by Tantardini, From the Paris Exposition; The Celebrated Painting by James M. Hart, N. A., From the Paris Exposition, "Tunxis River;" And Several Recent Works, Imported Expressly for This Sale Daily nuns. Mr. Avery has just returned from Europe, whither he escorted the pictures exhibited by America in the Exposition. He has not allowed his trip to be in vain, but has collected many very interesting specimens of well-known masters, mostly of convenient sizes, and of a character to suit the American market. 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.