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The National portrait gallery (1901)

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, limited · leaf 20

An illustration from The National portrait gallery, 1901, leaf 20
ofGloucester. The original fresco paintings were accidentally discovered in theyear 1800 behind a coating of wood panelling, and were walled upagain immediately after copies and tracings had been taken fromthem. The date of these frescoes is about the year 1356, beforethe battle of Poitiers, as… … No. 707. B * 6 THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. King Edward III., with his Family. Lithographs by Richard Smirkc, R.A., from his copies of the original paintings at St.Stephens Chape/, Westminster. From these lithographs it will be seen that the figures were alldirected towards the high altar, and…

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