Download or read book Portraits in Suffolk Houses (West) (Classic Reprint) written by Edmund Farrer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Portraits in Suffolk Houses (West) The late director of the National Portrait Gallery, Sir George Scharf, made another attempt, at a recent date, to induce the owners thereof to register or record at the aforenamed institution all the portraits they might possess; however, it is believed that no great amount of success attended his efforts to secure so valuable a contribution. In this twentieth century, what with railways and motor cars, it is an easy matter for anyone to get about from house to house, and thus, without trusting to the knowledge and capabilities of other people, see for themselves and record exactly what does remain. This present volume is therefore the result of such a survey and an attempt on the part of the compiler to record to the best of his ability what he has seen. As far as possible every portrait known to exist, whether in the larger mansions and farmhouses of the county or in the towns is here described, the name of the artist given when it is known, and a short genealogical account of the subject appended. 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.