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Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897–1988
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Cannon-Brookes, P
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Detroit Institute of Arts
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Hanni, Margaret Ann
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Levey, Michael
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Miller, James
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Praz, Mario, 1896–1982
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Retford, Kate, 1974–
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Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, 1955–
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Taylor, Basil
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20th century
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Conversation piece (Portrait painting)
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Portraits, British.
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Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Art and society.
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Conversation piece (Portrait painting) -- Great Britain.
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Familienbildnis.
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Genre painting, Dutch -- 17th century.
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Genre painting, English -- 18th century.
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Genre painting, French -- 17th century.
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Geschichte
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Gilding.
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Great Britain.
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Gruppenbildnis.
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Hamilton, Gawen, approximately 1697–1737. Conversation piece: the wedding party of Charles Bohem to Jane Du Cane.
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Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702.
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Laroon, Marcellus, 1679–1772.
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Marriage -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Married people -- Portraits.
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Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 -- Art collections.
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Music in art -- Exhibitions.
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England
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Hamilton, Gawen, approximately 1697–1737
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Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702
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Laroon, Marcellus, 1679–1772
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Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
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English
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Miller, James
The Music party
2011
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Cannon-Brookes, P
Picture framing
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Detroit Institute of Arts
An exhibition of English conversation pieces of the eighteenth century
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Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, 1955–
The conversation piece
2009
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Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897–1988
Conversation pieces;
1969
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Praz, Mario, 1896–1982
Conversation pieces
[1971]
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Taylor, Basil
The intimate English portrait
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Retford, Kate, 1974–
The conversation piece
[2017]
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Levey, Michael
The painter depicted
c1981
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Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897–1988
Conversation pieces;
[1936]
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Hanni, Margaret Ann
The marriage portrait in eighteenth-century England
c1996