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… of local figures tastefully hung to serve as a bait for prospective clients and feed their aspirations to momentary celebrity in paint. 9 . Horace Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting in England: 1760-1795, ed. F.W. Hilles and P.B. Daghlian … of studio sociability, a sign that power relations between individuals of different ranks, genders, wealth and celebrity made themselves felt even in the very heart of artistic creativity. 12 . Marcia Pointon, Hanging the Head. …
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