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... taken place during the past decade , are recorded - in the hope that such record may have a special interest for those who paint and those who buy pictures . Instead of fol- lowing the vague and stereotyped phrase of " Some years ago ...
... taken place during the past decade , are recorded - in the hope that such record may have a special interest for those who paint and those who buy pictures . Instead of fol- lowing the vague and stereotyped phrase of " Some years ago ...
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... taken after death , which he did by running his fingers round his face from the fore- head to beneath the chin . His deaf and dumb friend again nodded . He instantly understood a sign , but the dying sculptor was precise in his C ...
... taken after death , which he did by running his fingers round his face from the fore- head to beneath the chin . His deaf and dumb friend again nodded . He instantly understood a sign , but the dying sculptor was precise in his C ...
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... taken , from which a bust was executed and presented to the National Portrait Gallery . His Behnes was born in London in 1794 . father , who was a native of Hanover , came to London early in life and married an English- woman . He was a ...
... taken , from which a bust was executed and presented to the National Portrait Gallery . His Behnes was born in London in 1794 . father , who was a native of Hanover , came to London early in life and married an English- woman . He was a ...
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... taken down in con- sequence of an ́Act of Parliament that was passed for removing the signs and other obstructions from the streets . It was afterwards sold for a trifle to a broker , at whose door it stood for several years , until it ...
... taken down in con- sequence of an ́Act of Parliament that was passed for removing the signs and other obstructions from the streets . It was afterwards sold for a trifle to a broker , at whose door it stood for several years , until it ...
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... taken are the dramatic , fur- nishing 60 models ; the dressmaking class , 40 ; flower - girls , 35 ; and workers with the needle , 30 . The other professions are represented only by much smaller contingents . PICTURES AND THEIR PAINTERS ...
... taken are the dramatic , fur- nishing 60 models ; the dressmaking class , 40 ; flower - girls , 35 ; and workers with the needle , 30 . The other professions are represented only by much smaller contingents . PICTURES AND THEIR PAINTERS ...
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