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KEY to the Plate of the ROYAL ACADEMICIANS [Key to GAC 1542]
Charles Bestland (1763 - )
The Royal Academicians in their Council Chamber
Henry Singleton (1766 - 1839)
Charles Bestland (1763 - )
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