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Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Valuable Paintings by Notable Foreign and American Artists: Belonging to the Estate of Mary Adelaide Yerkes, Estate of Isaac Stern, Guy R. Bolton, Charles B. Lawson, J. H. Stanford and Mrs. Clarence M. Hyde A lady in evening toilette Sits nearly facing the spectator in an armchair upholstered with red and blue material of Persian design. Her dark eyes are fixed before her and her lips apart in a smile of anticipation as she listens to the appeal Of an Officer. The latter, wearing his dress uniform of black trousers and Short red jacket, leans his face toward the lady's as he holds her left hand and passes his right behind her neck. Her reddish-blond hair is drawn up to the crown Of the head and adorned with an aigrette and ostrich plumes. The creamy fabric of her gown is disposed over the bosom in crossed folds and spreads below the waist in foamy luxuriance. 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.