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... exhibited in London , among other famous works , a picture entitled the " White Horse in Stable , " which deserves notice on several accounts . In the first place , it was painted so long ago as 1818 for the Right Hon . A. Pierrepont ...
... exhibited in London , among other famous works , a picture entitled the " White Horse in Stable , " which deserves notice on several accounts . In the first place , it was painted so long ago as 1818 for the Right Hon . A. Pierrepont ...
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... exhibited and admired , the spaniel especially ; but the dealer who bought it , being a simple man of business , bethought him that Sir Edwin's dog would be worth more than the whole picture . So he coolly cut it out and sold it ...
... exhibited and admired , the spaniel especially ; but the dealer who bought it , being a simple man of business , bethought him that Sir Edwin's dog would be worth more than the whole picture . So he coolly cut it out and sold it ...
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... exhibited . " My dear Roberts , " wrote the critic in a private letter , " you may have seen my remarks on your pictures . I hope they will make no difference in our friendship . - Yours , & c . , " My dear — , " wrote the painter in ...
... exhibited . " My dear Roberts , " wrote the critic in a private letter , " you may have seen my remarks on your pictures . I hope they will make no difference in our friendship . - Yours , & c . , " My dear — , " wrote the painter in ...
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... exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1867 , the year of the painter's death . From the same collection were sold " Dolores , " a Spanish widow ( 1862 ) , 700 guineas ; “ The Grape- Gatherer , Andalusia ” ( 1863 ) , 490 guineas ...
... exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1867 , the year of the painter's death . From the same collection were sold " Dolores , " a Spanish widow ( 1862 ) , 700 guineas ; “ The Grape- Gatherer , Andalusia ” ( 1863 ) , 490 guineas ...
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... exhibited for several years , but without any particular success . One year , however - the year before I painted ' The Corsicans ' Lord Palmerston took a sudden fancy to my picture called ' Summer in the Lowlands , ' and bought it at a ...
... exhibited for several years , but without any particular success . One year , however - the year before I painted ' The Corsicans ' Lord Palmerston took a sudden fancy to my picture called ' Summer in the Lowlands , ' and bought it at a ...
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