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| Title | An Essay on Painting: In Two Epistles to Mr. Romney |
| Author | William Hayley |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1781 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Aug 8, 2007 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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