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... sent home ; and when inquired for , could not be found . It was not until 1842 that the picture was discovered in a hayloft , where it had been hidden away by a dishonest servant , and was sent home to Mr. Pierrepont by Sir Edwin ...
... sent home ; and when inquired for , could not be found . It was not until 1842 that the picture was discovered in a hayloft , where it had been hidden away by a dishonest servant , and was sent home to Mr. Pierrepont by Sir Edwin ...
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... sent for my verdict was done by me long before I was out of my teens , and was thought a very accurate likeness of a porter belonging to the Royal Academy when the annual exhibition was held at Old Somerset House . The old man's name ...
... sent for my verdict was done by me long before I was out of my teens , and was thought a very accurate likeness of a porter belonging to the Royal Academy when the annual exhibition was held at Old Somerset House . The old man's name ...
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... sent for the framemaker's men to frame it , and having occasion to remain in a room adjoining his studio while they were in the latter room , he was edified by a loud dispute between the men as to which was the top , which the bottom of ...
... sent for the framemaker's men to frame it , and having occasion to remain in a room adjoining his studio while they were in the latter room , he was edified by a loud dispute between the men as to which was the top , which the bottom of ...
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... sent in a design which obtained one of the three premiums of £ 50 . On a second com- petition his design was unanimously selected , spite of the fact that he had for competitors the leading representatives of classical architecture ...
... sent in a design which obtained one of the three premiums of £ 50 . On a second com- petition his design was unanimously selected , spite of the fact that he had for competitors the leading representatives of classical architecture ...
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... sent in his pictures to the exhibitions ; he would wait till the hangers had done their work , and then on the varnishing - day would , by a few magical touches , so alter the tone of his work that all the neighbouring canvases looked ...
... sent in his pictures to the exhibitions ; he would wait till the hangers had done their work , and then on the varnishing - day would , by a few magical touches , so alter the tone of his work that all the neighbouring canvases looked ...
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