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Portrait Miniatures - C. Geoffrey (Charles Geoffrey) Holme
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Title: Portrait Miniatures
Author: George C. Williamson
Editor: Charles Holme
Release Date: August 19, 2012 [EBook #40532]
Language: English
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PORTRAIT
MINIATURES
TEXT BY
Dr. GEORGE C. WILLIAMSON
EDITED BY
CHARLES HOLME
MCMX
'THE STUDIO' LTD.
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK
PREFATORY NOTE.
The Author and Editor desire to express their grateful thanks to Fürst Franz Auersperg, Sir Charles Dilke, Bart., Dr. Figdor, Mr. E. M. Hodgkins, Lord Hothfield, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Lady Maria Ponsonby, Mr. J. Ward Usher, Gräfin Emma Wilczck-Emo-Capodilista, and the anonymous collector, who have so kindly placed their treasures at their disposal, and permitted them to be illustrated in these pages.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN MONOTONE.
PORTRAIT MINIATURES. By Dr. G. C. Williamson.
ARECENT French
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