Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1715; in a private collection

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1715;...

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