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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA, 'And seeing a water-bird fly upward, [Zal] took his bow and shot it through the heart ...'.
Etching with drypoint. 186 mm x 138 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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'And seeing a water-bird fly upward, [Zal] took his bow and shot it through the heart ...'
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA (1836 - 1912)
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