The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 7 (March, 1971)

A number of people have been very helpful in providing
information and suggestions during the preparation of this
article. Any errors that occur despite their kind assistance
are naturally the author's responsibility. My thanks to:
T. L. Ingram, Archivist, Baring Brothers and Co. Ltd.,
London; Jean T. Williams, American Philosophical Society,
Philadelphia; Richard E. Kuehne, Director of the West
Point Museum; Philippe de Montebello, Director of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; James Heslin, Director of
The New-York Historical Society; Jon M. Williams,
Eleutheran Mills Historical Society, Greenville, Delaware;
Joseph T. Rankin, Chief of the Art Division, The New
York Public Library; Eleanor K. Irwin, Librarian, The
Union Club, New York; Frederick P. Todd; Col. John R.
Eltins, U.S. Army (Ret.); Andrew Zaremba; Dr. Helmut
Nickel, Curator of Arms and Armor at this Museum; Sally
Muir, Natalie Spassky, and Carol Gordon, all of the
Metropolitan's staff; and my wife, Anne H. Howat. The
staffs of these museums and libraries have been especially
kind: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; The New York
Public Library; The Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia; The Frick Art Reference Library, New York;
The Society Library, New York; and the library of the
Metropolitan Museum.
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