Excerpt from Catalogue of the Drawings and Sketches I have had no heart myself, during recent illness, to finish the catalogue which, for my own poor exoneration from the shame Of the matter, I began last year. But in its present form it may be Of some use in the coming Christmas holidays, and relieve the kindness Of Mr. Oldham from unnecessary burden. The Trustees Of the National Gallery will I trust forgive my assumption that, some day or other, they may enable their keeper to remedy the evils in the existing arrangement; if not by displacing some Of the pictures Of inferior interest in the great galleries, at least by adding above their marble pillars and vaulted ceilings, such a dry and skylighted garret as any photographic establishment. 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.