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The private palaces of London past and present (1908)

Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. · leaf 365

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ge,510 guineas ; and A Riposo by Nicholas Poussin, 530 guineas. Fouryears later Mr. Christie sold another portion which had been removedto his rooms, on May 25 and 26, when two works by Salvator Rosa, Diogenes casting away his Golden Cup, and Heraclitus in Contem-plation, fetched 980 and 950… … Photo J Russell 6. Sons. THE SCULPTURE GALLERY, LANSDOWNE HOUSE. LANSDOWNE HOUSE 281 Although he thus dispersed some of the art treasures he had inherited,the second Lord Lansdowne displayed a certain amount of wisdom inretaining the collection of sculpture which is to-day, apart from itsintrinsic…

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