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Robert Kempt. MILLAIS , LEIGHTON , AND THACKERAY . At a dinner given by members of the Arts Club to Sir Frederick Leighton on his election as Presi- dent of the Royal Academy in 1878 , Mr. Millais , R.A. , in the course of a speech told ...
Robert Kempt. MILLAIS , LEIGHTON , AND THACKERAY . At a dinner given by members of the Arts Club to Sir Frederick Leighton on his election as Presi- dent of the Royal Academy in 1878 , Mr. Millais , R.A. , in the course of a speech told ...
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... given to artists , but the works selected after completion by the committee of artists by whom the fund is ad- ministered . A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BURNS . Near Barnard Castle , Durham , there is the Burns ' Head Inn . The sign is a ...
... given to artists , but the works selected after completion by the committee of artists by whom the fund is ad- ministered . A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BURNS . Near Barnard Castle , Durham , there is the Burns ' Head Inn . The sign is a ...
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... given to me by his sister , Sunday evening , May 14 , 1834. His prin- cipal pictures were painted off it . J. CAWSE . " It is further recorded that Cawse , a now - forgotten artist , on calling one day on Northcote , found him mending ...
... given to me by his sister , Sunday evening , May 14 , 1834. His prin- cipal pictures were painted off it . J. CAWSE . " It is further recorded that Cawse , a now - forgotten artist , on calling one day on Northcote , found him mending ...
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... given for a highly interesting Turner relic . This was a round snuff - box , 2 inches in diameter , made out of the lava of Mount Vesuvius , which the great painter used as a palette during his tour , and which he presented to his ...
... given for a highly interesting Turner relic . This was a round snuff - box , 2 inches in diameter , made out of the lava of Mount Vesuvius , which the great painter used as a palette during his tour , and which he presented to his ...
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... given him to complete his statue of Napoleon the Great . He writes : - · " There is not an artist in Europe who can make such a model except in many years . That of the Emperor Joseph more than ten years were spent upon , the same time ...
... given him to complete his statue of Napoleon the Great . He writes : - · " There is not an artist in Europe who can make such a model except in many years . That of the Emperor Joseph more than ten years were spent upon , the same time ...
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