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Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) ...produced by Robert Stigwood - and...prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, between...intact; only the picture collection has...the Great of Russia by Walpole...Besides the Walpoles and Cholmondeleys...velvet, which ...
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Magazine article from: The Spectator ...Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, was...enforced sale of the pictures to Catherine...identifiable pictures. Not only do...since none of the pictures on loan retain...Walpole's doomed picture collection that...descendants ...

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