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American portraiture in the grand manner, 1720-1920
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Michael Quick, American Portraits, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Michael Quick, American Portraits, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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