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Shakespeare Sonnet 11
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)
Pshaw! [George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) playwright and polemicist]
James Dexter Havens (1900 - 1960)
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) dramatist, essayist and politician
Sir James Thornhill (1675 - 1734)
Icon of Federico Garcia Lorca
Mick Rooney (1944 - )
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Playwright and Poet
John (after) Taylor ( - 1651)
Louis François Roubiliac (c.1705 - 1762)
Thomas Rawlins (c.1620-1670) engraver, medallist and playwright [?]
Adriaen Hanneman (c.1601 - 1671)
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