A Gentleman with a High Hat; a Lady with an Ostrich Feather Fan. Secure in an elegance which time has not soiled, these two look out from history, nameless, irreproachable, erect. Much have they seen since one Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn, by painting them, preserved their finery from the fate that overtook its fashion. Lately, they have been themselves much watched, talked of—that serene lady, that impeccable gentleman:—because a destitute nobleman, Felix Yusupov, once prince in Russia, sold them to a U. S. financier and art collector,...
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