Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Modern Paintings Comprising the Two Private Collections Formed by Elmer H. Capen, of Boston and the Late Wilmot L. Warren, of Springfield, Mass: The Two Collections to Be Sold by Auction, Without Reserve at Chickering Hall, Fifth Avenue and Eighteenth Street, Thursday and Friday Evenings, March 7th and 8th, Beginning Promptly at 8 O'clock Each Evening Born in Orleans, 1818. Died, 1878. Pupil of Paul Delaroche. Made his debut at the Salon in 1841. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1861. Medal at Philadelphia, 1876. 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.