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Patrick Heron
JRennocks · Own work · Open access
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Alfred Garth Jones
Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1955) was an English artist and illustrator who worked mainly in woodcut, pen and ink line art drawing and watercolour.
Alfred Garth Jones · In Memoriam, Tennyson · Public domain
Person
Norbert Schmelzer
Wilhelm Klaus Norbert Schmelzer (22 March 1921 – 14 November 2008) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as party leader of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) from 1963 to 1971 and…
Anefo · http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ab0189ee-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 · Public domain
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Al Hirschfeld
Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black-and-white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.
Carl Van Vechten · This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's…
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Vatroslav Jagić
Vatroslav Jagić (ʋâtroslaʋ jǎːɡit͡ɕ; July 6, 1838 – August 5, 1923) was a Croatian scholar of Slavic studies in the second half of the 19th century.
Unknown author Unknown author · История Академии наук СССР. — М.−Л.: Наука, 1964. — Т. 2…
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Georges Bizet
Illustration — Bizet photographed by Étienne Carjat (1875)
Étienne Carjat · http://www.metronimo.com/fr/portraits/show.php?start=0 file=bizet3.jpg…
Artist
Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto (16 July 1486 – 29 September 1530) was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism.
Andrea del Sarto · Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds · Public domain
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Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching.
Didier Descouens · Own work · Public domain
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