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Original publication date: 1988

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Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 759.2 — Arts & recreation Painting History, geographic treatment, biography British Isles; England
LCC: ND497 .B62 .C67 — Fine Arts Painting Painting History
BISAC: BIO BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY General

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Published: 1988
Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 759.2
LCC: ND497 .B62 .C67

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