Bulletin"Bibliography of publications based upon collections made with the support of the Swedish China research committee, by Fr. E. Åhlander": Bulletin no. 1, p. 185-191. |
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Page 186
For instance , a family could commission a painter to copy the deceased person's
face from an album containing bust portraits painted of family members during
their lifetime . Sometimes a face was simply cut out of the album and pasted on to
...
For instance , a family could commission a painter to copy the deceased person's
face from an album containing bust portraits painted of family members during
their lifetime . Sometimes a face was simply cut out of the album and pasted on to
...
Page 187
49 Five leporello albums with a large number of coloured facial portraits of men
and women are kept in the National ... One of these albums contains portraits of
men only , another solely sketches of women , while the third album contains ...
49 Five leporello albums with a large number of coloured facial portraits of men
and women are kept in the National ... One of these albums contains portraits of
men only , another solely sketches of women , while the third album contains ...
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