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Garden Rock (one of three)
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Untitled (top, view of monument to Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), Bart. at New Radnor; bottom; view of Stanner Rocks with two figures; verso: Moor Court)
Untitled (top, view of monument to Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), Bart. at New Radnor; bottom; view of Stanner Rocks with two figures; verso: Moor Court)
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Top, view of monument to Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), Bart. at New Radnor with figure in foreground.
Bottom, view of Stanner Rock...
Orchids and Rocks
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