Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. 3: With Some Account of the Principal Artists; And Incidental Notes on Other Arts; Collected by the Late Mr. George Vertue; And Now Digested and Published From His Original Mss At the fale of the late lady Worfeley, was the portrait of the duchefs of So merfet, daughter of Robert earl of Elizabeth's favorite] with a lock of her father's hair hanging on her neck; and the lock'itfelf was in the fame aué'tion. 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.