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Excerpt from Montcalm and Wolfe, Vol. 2 of 2: France and England in North America The portrait of Wolfe in the present edition of this book was never before made known to the public. The picture from which it is taken was painted from life by Highmore, an English artist well known in the last century. When Wolfe, then a mere boy, received his first commission and was about to join the army, he caused his likeness to be painted in uniform, and gave it, as a token of attachment, to Reverend Samuel Francis Swinden, Vicar of Greenwich, whose pupil he had been, and whose friend he remained for life. The descendants of this gentleman still possess it; and it is to their kindness, and especially to that of his great-great-granddaughter, Miss Florence Armstrong, that I owe the photo graph which is here reproduced. It is believed that Wolfe never again sat for his portrait. After his death his mother caused a miniature to be taken from the Highmore picture, and from this several enlarged copies were afterwards made. The portrait in possession of Admiral Warde, hitherto supposed to be an original, now seems to be one of these copies. It appeared first in Wright's "Life of Wolfe," and is the same that was engraved for the early editions of "Montcalm and Wolfe." The existence of the present more trustworthy and interesting picture has been known to few besides its fortunate possessors. 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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• Full title: Montcalm and Wolfe, Vol. 2 of 2
• Subtitle: France and England in North America (Classic Reprint)
• Author: Francis Parkman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 590
• EAN: 9781331147510
• ISBN: 9781331147510
• ID: 09723716
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 780 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. July 2015

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