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Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
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Laguerre, Louis, 1663–1721
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Bacchus
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Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Attributed to Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Sketch for an oval ceiling
ca. 1705
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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne
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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Design for a portrait of an architect or a painter
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Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"
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