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Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ... library of George John, earl Spencer (1814)

Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847, John Rylands Library · London · leaf 112

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—proves that the above picture could not be bythe elder: and although the younger Palamedes painted conversations ofpersons of both sexes, as if they were engaged at cards, or at entertainmentsof vocal and instrumental music, or at feasts or dances—yet the monogramof C. P. could never be intended… … THE DRAWING ROOM. 15 therefore can have no right to the monogram. It is from theSunderland Collection; and has, from that time, been consideredas a picture by Polemburg; being held, as it deserves to be, invery high estimation for its enchanting delicacy, silver-tonedbrightness, and extraordinary…

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