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A critical examination of those two paintings on the cieling [sic] of the banqueting-house at Whitehall : in which architecture is introduced, so far as relates to the perspective : together with the discussion of a question, which has been the subject of debate among painters : written many years since, but now first published (1754)

Highmore, Joseph, 1692-1780 · London : Printed for J. Nourse ... · leaf 32

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Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640 · Banqueting House (London, England) · Ceilings · Perspective

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