Sir Arthur Evans

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Sir Arthur Evans, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Richmond, 1907; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Sir Arthur Evans, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Richmond, 1907; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Sir Arthur Evans, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Richmond, 1907; in the...

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