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~ James Sant, Portrait of the 17th Countess of Rothes (detail)

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Agatha Bas by Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1641.

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Court dress, 1810-15

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

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Gyula Benczúr, Project for a Room for King Ludwig II (1854-1886) of Bavaria, c. 1870-1885, oil on canvas.

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Bed of tulips and vase of flowers at the foot of a wall (1744) by Jean-Baptiste Oudry

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The Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome. Photographs by Jonathon Becker and Tom Craig.

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Royal Palace. Madrid.

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Palace of Mafra library by elensham

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“Bord de Rivière au Printemps”, Victor Prouvé, 1900

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Alonso Miguel de Tovar Spanish,  1678–1758 Doña Josefa Benavides (details)

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Agatha Bas by Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1641.

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Court train, First French Empire

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

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Franz Kafka, 1912

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House of Worth Evening Dress, French, 1898-1900

From the Met Museum

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H.M.S. Penguin and the French corvette Oiseau on 21st August 1797 by Derek George Montague Gardner (1914-2007)

HMS Penguin was a 16-gun brig. She was originally the Dutch Komeet and was captured in 1795 by HMS Unicorn off the coast of Ireland. She was originally named HMS Comeet before being renamed to HMS Penguin in 1796. She was sold in 1809.

On 21st August HMS Penguin saw two vessels sailing towards her. They were flying the English flag, but then revealed themselves to be French. Within half-an-hour of an exchange of fire the rearmost struck. However, the seas were too rough for Pulling(Penguin's Captain) to take possession, and the other vessel was larger, so Pulling set off after her. A running fight lasting one hour and 40 minutes ensued before the second French vessel struck. She turned out to be the French privateer corvette Oiseau, pierced for 20 guns but carrying sixteen 9-pounder guns and two long French 12-pounder guns. She had a crew of 119 men, of whom one was killed and five wounded in the pursuit. Pulling then went back to recapture the first vessel, which was trying to escape. She turned out to be Express, of Dartmouth, which Oiseau had captured. Express had been the French privateer Appocrate, of 12 guns, that had been captured a few months earlier.

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ab. 1720s to 1733 Ralph Holland - Sir Richard Grosvenor, 5th Baronet of Eaton

(Chester Town Hall)