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Advertisement for His Masters Voice, HMV

Advertisement for His Masters Voice, HMV. Classic logo of dog listening to his masters voice. Captions reads The hall mark of quality, television, radio, records. Source 1951. Taken from painting by Francis Barraud of his brother's dog, Nipper, listening to recording of his dead master on cylinder phonograph. Bought by The Gramophone Company and used as publicity from 1900. Image later modified and simplified to reflect The Gramophone Company's machines

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West Front of Chatsworth, from Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect

1275774 West Front of Chatsworth, from Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect by Colen Campbell (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: after D. I. Thornell.
Colen Campbell (1676-1729) Scottish architect and architectural writer, credited as a founder of the Georgian style.); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English, out of copyright

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Portrait of an African, c.1757-60 (oil on canvas)

EX17082 Portrait of an African, c.1757-60 (oil on canvas) by Ramsay, Allan (1713-84) (attr. to); 61.8x51.5 cm; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon, UK; (add.info.: Probably Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729 – 14 December 1780), composer, actor, and writer who was born on a slave ship and later became an important figure for the Abolitionist movement. Previously thought to be Olaudah Equiano, and attributed to Joshua Reynolds under the title 'Portrait of a Negro Man, c.1780'.); English, out of copyright.

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