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... close at hand , and no picture had arrived . The keeper became anxious , and wrote to Robert Vernon at Ardington . I was immediately sent to London to Landseer's , arriving at his house about 11 a.m. My card having been sent in , his ...
... close at hand , and no picture had arrived . The keeper became anxious , and wrote to Robert Vernon at Ardington . I was immediately sent to London to Landseer's , arriving at his house about 11 a.m. My card having been sent in , his ...
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... close Professor Faraday came to the lecture- table , and , to my intense gratification and surprise , announced the two discoveries - the Daguerreo- type and Mr. Fox Talbot's invention , then called " photogenic drawing . ” Mr. Faraday ...
... close Professor Faraday came to the lecture- table , and , to my intense gratification and surprise , announced the two discoveries - the Daguerreo- type and Mr. Fox Talbot's invention , then called " photogenic drawing . ” Mr. Faraday ...
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... close upon £ 1,600 , the cottage porch nearly £ 2,000 . negative taken at Sandringham in 1864 of two Indian mastiffs , the property of the Prince of Wales , brought nearly £ 1,000 . - A But to return to the Thames . At the time of my ...
... close upon £ 1,600 , the cottage porch nearly £ 2,000 . negative taken at Sandringham in 1864 of two Indian mastiffs , the property of the Prince of Wales , brought nearly £ 1,000 . - A But to return to the Thames . At the time of my ...
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... close to which is the hotel . Leaving Marlow , we speedily come , on the left , first to Bisham Church , and then Bisham Abbey , one of the most venerable and interesting of all the ancient remains which time and use have consecrated ...
... close to which is the hotel . Leaving Marlow , we speedily come , on the left , first to Bisham Church , and then Bisham Abbey , one of the most venerable and interesting of all the ancient remains which time and use have consecrated ...
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... close by is the Gray Memorial , which has not one artistic recommendation , being the product of days when design and architecture had reached a very low depth . Nevertheless , taking it for what it is , step suffi- ciently back to make ...
... close by is the Gray Memorial , which has not one artistic recommendation , being the product of days when design and architecture had reached a very low depth . Nevertheless , taking it for what it is , step suffi- ciently back to make ...
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