Excerpt from Correspondence of Sir Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram, and His Son William, Third Earl of Lothian, Vol. 2 of 2: 1649-1667 I haue gott fome of your picturs from Mr. Geldrop, and am in dayly expectation of the reft. What I have is two old men and a great pi�tur (i think of Venus and Adones), with two litle picturs, one of two women, which one of them, Geldrop call'd St. Catharin, another of two men; one I think is Saint Chriftopher, and another of a king fitting by a fea-fide, &c., with 3 other pi�turs, ...
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Excerpt from Correspondence of Sir Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram, and His Son William, Third Earl of Lothian, Vol. 2 of 2: 1649-1667 I haue gott fome of your picturs from Mr. Geldrop, and am in dayly expectation of the reft. What I have is two old men and a great pi�tur (i think of Venus and Adones), with two litle picturs, one of two women, which one of them, Geldrop call'd St. Catharin, another of two men; one I think is Saint Chriftopher, and another of a king fitting by a fea-fide, &c., with 3 other pi�turs, with (trange antique creatures in them. They hang up in a roume in our new houfe at Queen Street, where I am at the prefent, and where all our family will be within a fortnight, and I hope my Father alfoe. I (hall have'a great care of them, and dare promife you they (hall fuffer noe ill ufage while I have them. As for my Brother Stanley, hee was furnifhed as well as my Lady could. Hee had to pound in mony and a new fute of cloaths but a litle before hee went. My Lady defirs you will excufe her for (end ing him, for (hee did not know what to doe with him heer. I confefs his couri'e of life was very abominable to me. I pray God give him grace to mend. I wi(h hee were in France, or any where, foe hee were in imployment. My Lady defirs you will be pleafed to cheri(h that refolution of his whilfi he was heer, and for which hee fay'd pur polly hee went to Scotland, that he might haue your recomendation to fome in France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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