The National Portrait Gallery, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from The National Portrait Gallery, Vol. 1: Of Distinguished Americans The first volume of the National Portrait Galkery of Distinguished Americans is now presented to that public, whose annals it is designed to illustrate, and whose favor its conductors have the proud satisfaction to know they have not erringly anticipated. It is, therefore, with no ordinary feelings they meet their friends and patrons on this occasion, and tender their grateful acknowledgements for the cordial and cheering support their enterprise has received from their countrymen. The fate of some earlier attempts of a kindred character, cast a shadow upon the first annunciation of their purpose with a disheartening admonition; but, with the advancement of art, a more auspicious era has dawned, and the American people now display a becoming solicitude for the preservation of the relics of their own glory. The enterprise presents the loftiest appeal to national honor and self respect, as an effort at once to preserve the features, and to rescue, from the wasting hand of time, the memory of those whose noble deeds, exalted fame, or eminent virtues, have shed a lustre upon their age. The value of such a collection of portraits has been well expressed by a writer of the last century, who says, "In every age and nation distinguished for arts and learning, the inclination of transmitting the memory and even the features of illustrious persons to posterity, has uniformly prevailed. The greatest poets, orators, and historians, were cotemporaries with the most celebrated painters, statuaries, and engravers of gems and medals; and the desire to be acquainted with a man´s aspect, has ever risen in proportion to the known excellence of his character, and the admiration of his writings." 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.
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