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[begin page 6 of 9] M. KNOEDLER & CO., 556-558 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. PARIS, 23 PLACE VENDÔME. LONDON, 15 OLD BOND STREET. CABLE ADDRESSES KNOEDLER NEW YORK PARIS LONDON conserving them for the nation. But he too fell a victim to the Revolution, and in 1798 was obliged to consign them to a house in London for sale. By an agreement with this house the entire lot was bought by the Duke of Bridgewater, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis of Stafford, for 43,000 £ sterling. These three noblemen selected a certain proportion of the pictures for their own private collections, and allowed the remainder to be sold by private contract at an exhibition held in London. The two Veroneses thus passed into the collection of Mr. Thomas Hope. “Between Vice and Virtue” being bought for 350 guineas, and “Wisdom accompanied by Hercules” for 500 guineas. In the Hope collection they remained for the whole of the 19th Century. [end page 6 of 9]