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... beautiful children at her knees offering her flowers , which he could never bring himself to finish , though every one who saw it thought it promised to be so excellent . So long a time passed , that at last , when urged to finish it ...
... beautiful children at her knees offering her flowers , which he could never bring himself to finish , though every one who saw it thought it promised to be so excellent . So long a time passed , that at last , when urged to finish it ...
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... three months before the death , in 1868 , of this truly great self - taught painter , a collec- tion of his finest pictures was exhibited at the Midland Counties ' Art Museum , Nottingham - a beautiful BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL . 27.
... three months before the death , in 1868 , of this truly great self - taught painter , a collec- tion of his finest pictures was exhibited at the Midland Counties ' Art Museum , Nottingham - a beautiful BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL . 27.
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... beautiful and appro- priate memorials ever erected to literary genius . But while this is the case , comparatively few Eng- lish readers , we fancy , ever heard even of the name of its designer . The monument is far better known by ...
... beautiful and appro- priate memorials ever erected to literary genius . But while this is the case , comparatively few Eng- lish readers , we fancy , ever heard even of the name of its designer . The monument is far better known by ...
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... beautiful , but unde- cipherable as a mummy's shroud without labour , and study , and love . To both may be said , ' More mind ; less matter . ' " Pictures Lost and Stolen . GAINSBOROUGH'S " DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE 94 PENCIL AND PALETTE .
... beautiful , but unde- cipherable as a mummy's shroud without labour , and study , and love . To both may be said , ' More mind ; less matter . ' " Pictures Lost and Stolen . GAINSBOROUGH'S " DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE 94 PENCIL AND PALETTE .
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... beautiful Duchess - one in 1778 , which appears to be the picture now at Althorp ; the other in 1783 ; and if this last be not the Wynn - Ellis picture , is it probable that all trace of another would have been lost ? At the sale ...
... beautiful Duchess - one in 1778 , which appears to be the picture now at Althorp ; the other in 1783 ; and if this last be not the Wynn - Ellis picture , is it probable that all trace of another would have been lost ? At the sale ...
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