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Excerpt from Catalogue of Costly and Valuable Paintings of the Modern School of Art: Property of Mr. David Alexander, of Boston In calling attention to the collection, we desire to say, it has rarely been our good fortune to offer at' auction a more beautiful and interesting exhibition of High Class Works of Art. This collection of Paintings, the property of David Alexander, Esq., of Boston, has been brought together within the past seven years, and many of the pictures represent the painters at their best. A few others are consignments from private sources, to settle estates. 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.