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"One of the most artistic and spirited of modern collections of portraits of our contemporaries is the handsome folio published by Messrs. A. Constable & Co., and entitled 'Portraits of Men and Women', by the Marchioness of Granby."—Athenæum.
National Worthies.
A Selection from the National Portrait Gallery.
With Biographical Notes.
About 150 Illustrations. Crown 4to. £2 2s. net.
Only 750 copies printed, of which 260 have been reserved for America.
The binding of this Volume in full leather is reproduced in facsimile from an example by Roger Payne, now exhibited in the King's Library at the British Museum. The publishers are indebted to Mr. Cyril Davenport, F.S.A., for advice and assistance in the reproduction of this beautiful example of the celebrated eighteenth century English craftsman.
"To Messrs. A. Constable & Co. has come the happy thought of issuing in a volume entitled 'National Worthies' reproductions of 154 of the pictures in the National Portrait Gallery. A fine paper has been used, and the portraits, for the most part, come out remarkably well. They have been judiciously selected. They are followed by notes on each, consisting of concise biographical sketches, with suitable quoted comments on each."—The Globe.
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