Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies].1851 |
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... figures as the Commissioners of Police may direct . In February , 1854 , there were 121 cab - stands west of Temple - bar , and 97 eastward - 39 of which were in the City . The Metropolitan Police District ( London without the City ) ...
... figures as the Commissioners of Police may direct . In February , 1854 , there were 121 cab - stands west of Temple - bar , and 97 eastward - 39 of which were in the City . The Metropolitan Police District ( London without the City ) ...
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... figures in a small picture . - JANSEN : Charles I. walking in Greenwich Park with his Queen and two children . -N . MAES : A Young Woman , with her finger on her lip and in a listening attitude , stealing down a dark winding Staircase ...
... figures in a small picture . - JANSEN : Charles I. walking in Greenwich Park with his Queen and two children . -N . MAES : A Young Woman , with her finger on her lip and in a listening attitude , stealing down a dark winding Staircase ...
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... figure of Victory on a globe in his hand , presented in 1817 to the Duke by the Prince Regent . - Bust of Pauline Buonaparte ( Canova ) , a present from Canova to the Duke . - Christ on the Mount of Olives ( Correggio , ) the most ...
... figure of Victory on a globe in his hand , presented in 1817 to the Duke by the Prince Regent . - Bust of Pauline Buonaparte ( Canova ) , a present from Canova to the Duke . - Christ on the Mount of Olives ( Correggio , ) the most ...
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... figures as large as life . A small Adoration of the Shepherds , by Giacomo Bassano . Three half figures in one picture , by Dobson , representing Sir Charles Cotterell , embraced by Dobson and Sir Balthazar Gerbier in a white waistcoat ...
... figures as large as life . A small Adoration of the Shepherds , by Giacomo Bassano . Three half figures in one picture , by Dobson , representing Sir Charles Cotterell , embraced by Dobson and Sir Balthazar Gerbier in a white waistcoat ...
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... figure , seen against a sky back - ground between two pilasters adorned with arabesques ; said to have been brought ... figures life - size ) ; St. Jerome in the Descrt ; three Portraits . - MURILLO ( 5 ) : Two from Marshal Soult's ...
... figure , seen against a sky back - ground between two pilasters adorned with arabesques ; said to have been brought ... figures life - size ) ; St. Jerome in the Descrt ; three Portraits . - MURILLO ( 5 ) : Two from Marshal Soult's ...
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