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... Gallery of M. Schneider— The Kensington House Gallery - The Novar Collection , Modern Portion - Novar Collection , Ancient Portion- Pictures by Angelica Kauffman , R.A. - The Gallery of Mr. Charles Kurtz - Rembrandt's " Le Doreur ...
... Gallery of M. Schneider— The Kensington House Gallery - The Novar Collection , Modern Portion - Novar Collection , Ancient Portion- Pictures by Angelica Kauffman , R.A. - The Gallery of Mr. Charles Kurtz - Rembrandt's " Le Doreur ...
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... Gallery and the exhibition of the Royal Academy of London at the age of seventeen , some kind friend having obtained for him a passage in a coasting vessel . A writer in the Daily Free Press , Aber- deen , states that Wilkie was the ...
... Gallery and the exhibition of the Royal Academy of London at the age of seventeen , some kind friend having obtained for him a passage in a coasting vessel . A writer in the Daily Free Press , Aber- deen , states that Wilkie was the ...
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... Gallery , replied to a gentleman interested in the question as follows : - " DEAR SIR , -Your letter is deeply interesting to me . But what use is there in my telling you what to do ? The mob won't let you do it . It is fatally true ...
... Gallery , replied to a gentleman interested in the question as follows : - " DEAR SIR , -Your letter is deeply interesting to me . But what use is there in my telling you what to do ? The mob won't let you do it . It is fatally true ...
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... August following contained another letter from Mr. Ruskin on " A Museum or Picture Gallery ; its Function and Formation . " In this communication he makes the amende to Mr. Frith for the severe terms in 20 PENCIL AND PALETTE .
... August following contained another letter from Mr. Ruskin on " A Museum or Picture Gallery ; its Function and Formation . " In this communication he makes the amende to Mr. Frith for the severe terms in 20 PENCIL AND PALETTE .
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... Gallery in 1879. It would appear that some years previously the artist made a particularly correct sketch of Miss Ellen Terry , the actress , but he failed in being able to reproduce to his satisfaction the study of the head and face of ...
... Gallery in 1879. It would appear that some years previously the artist made a particularly correct sketch of Miss Ellen Terry , the actress , but he failed in being able to reproduce to his satisfaction the study of the head and face of ...
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