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The Letters of Édouard Manet, 1879–1880, Embellished by the Artist
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King George V of England Mows the Lawn under the Watchful Eye of His Mother, the Dowager Queen Alexandra
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The Whole Crew of "The Sicilian Clan" on Board One Aeroplane: Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura
The whole crew of "The Sicilian Clan" on board one aeroplane: Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura. A stunning cast for a legendary film. A breed of men that has almost been taken out of production.
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Alexandre Dumas's journey through Russia and the Caucasus in 1858 and 1859
Alexandre Dumas in a Circassian coat during his three-month stay in the Caucasus. Dumas père travelled through Russia in 1858 to 1859, having come at the invitation of the patron of the arts Count Kushelev-Bezborodko, who is called the prototype of the Count of Monte Cristo, and, for
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Curator Natalya Sutyagina on the Noin-Ula finds exhibition at the Hermitage until 29 September
Until 29 September the Hermitage is hosting the exhibition "The Archaeological Phenomenon. Between Past and Future". Today an interview was published with the exhibition's chief curator, Natalia Sutyagina, Senior Researcher in the Hermitage's Department of the East. I decided to highlight the most interesting
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Turkish Posters of the 1930s Promoting the Introduction of the Latin Alphabet
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A Rolls-Royce Crosses a River in Nepal, 1950
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Alain Delon's letter to de Gaulle and the president's resignation after a negative vote
Letter from Alain Delon to General de Gaulle, written on the eve of de Gaulle's official departure from the French presidency in 1969. An extraordinary time in the history of Europe, effectively the last season of a truly great France. Alain Delon writes as follows: “My General, for
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Card with photo of Charles and Camilla skiing in Scotland sent to butler Cyril Dickman
Christmas Card of 2010 with Autographs of Prince Charles and Camilla. Inside the card, which measures 12×8, is mounted a colour photograph of Charles and Camilla skiing in Scotland, inscribed in black ink "To Cyril and Eve from Charles and "Camilla". The recipient, Cyril Dickman, was
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Revelation of John the Divine, Chapter XII, on the Woman and the Dragon in a medieval miniature
The Woman Clothed with the Sun, with the Moon under Her Feet, Who Gave Her Child up to Heaven and Fled into the Wilderness from the Seven-Headed Dragon, from a Magnificently Illustrated Netherlandish Apocalypse of the Fifteenth Century. The text cited is the Revelation of St John the Divine,
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Stalin's mother Ekaterina Geladze wanted to see her son become a priest
When Stalin visited his aged mother shortly before her death in October 1935, according to her doctor's recollections, they spoke briefly and Stalin tried to explain what it was that he did. "Mother, do you remember our Tsar? I am something like a tsar now," said