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The Spectator | February 24, 2007| | Copyright

Citizens and Kings Royal Academy, until 20 April

If ever there was an exhibition which warranted a speedy and assessing first look, and then a longer, more lingering concentration on certain pictures, then Citizens and Kings is it. Subtitled 'Portraits in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830', it doesn't have an exactly prepossessing moniker. Citizens and Kings sounds like something out of one of the duller Dickens novels, a historical tale where they chew bootlaces and eat rat soup. (Or is that Arnold Bennett? ) In actual fact, the show is a grand slice of history, illustrated by some of the ...

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