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On his portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as Saint Jerome, surrounded by animals, Lucas Cranach hung on the wall a Madonna and Child from his own brush
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The Bonfire That Lit the Progress of Empress Catherine the Great
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Discovering, to my surprise, that my own book is beyond my means
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The royal Austin Princess Vanden Plas limousine, in which Princess Anne was travelling when she was the target of an armed attack, at the scene of the crime, 20 March 1974
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The Calling of Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov to the Throne
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Swimming pool in a neo-Gothic hall with brick walls and pointed arches
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Albert Einstein (E) and Marie Curie (MC) squared, 1929
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We All Had Different Childhoods
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Forgive me, sinner that I am, little father Tsar!
Forgive me, sinner that I am, little father Tsar! We have been ordered, whenever we catch sight of you, to cry out
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Ceiling painting with a cat in the summer house at Grimsthorpe estate, Lincolnshire
Charming painted decoration in the summerhouse at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire. Especially the cat, peering down like a deity from the summit of the ceiling. Such paintings were to be found in many wealthy houses of the 19th century and earlier. In Moscow they survive in the Stanislavsky house, and
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