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Excerpt from John Cassell's Art Treasures Exhibition: Containing Engravings of the Principal Masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German Schools, With Biographical Sketches of the Painters, and Critical Notices of Their Productions HE conclusion of the Volume of john cassell's art treasures exhibition suggests the propriety of addressing a few words to our subscribers relative to the origin, object, and merits of the work. The Art Treasures Palace at Manchester, of the year 1857, which now exists only in the memory of those who enjoyed the privilege of inspecting the unrivalled collection of private paintings assembled within its walls, was, from the very nature of the undertaking, of an ephemeral character. The masterpieces of the great chiefs of the various schools, which, for the purposes of Art Education, had been contributed to the Manchester Exhibition by their noble and patriotic owners, will, in all human probability, never again be united under the same roof. 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.