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Chevalier d’Eon, 1792
Chevalier d’Eon, 1792
The White Dress (Portrait of Mrs Leonard Dodds), 1893
The White Dress (Portrait of
Mrs Leonard Dodds), 1893
Sybil Waller in Red and Gold Dress, 1905
Sybil Waller in Red and
Gold Dress, 1905
The red shawl (Olave Cunninghame Graham), 1913
The red shawl (Olave
Cunninghame Graham), 1913
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, 1871
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, 1871
Colonel TE Lawrence
Colonel TE Lawrence
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland as St. Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1665–70
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland as St. Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1665–70
Self Portrait in Arab Dress, c. 1920
Self Portrait in Arab Dress, c. 1920
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