Excerpt from Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. 2 of 3: With Some Account of the Principal Artists
Sir Godfrey Kneller John Riley Godfrey Schalken Thomas Murray Sir John Vanbrugh Michael Dahl Sir James Thornhill P. Monamy.
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