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An eclectic and decorative mixture of antiques and contemporary art will come under the hammer this autumn, when the selected ...
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Following an 18-month conservation and research project at the Yale Center for British Art, an enigmatic double portrait that drew a dramatic competition at auction in 2021 is going on display at its ...
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Starmer ‘succumbing to Left-wing embarrassment about our past’, say critics as Bard joins Elizabeth I, Raleigh and Thatcher ...
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Courtesy: Philip Mould & Company Mary Beale’s intimate portrait of her husband Charles is one of her earliest surviving works. Living and working just off Fleet Street in London in the 17th century ..
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