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Jennifer Lucas Townsend's avatar

Fabulous. I have seen the painting many times but only knew about the strap scandal. Thank you for teaching me more.

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Marco & Sabrina's avatar

Sargent's society portraits are quite wonderful, but have you seen his war paintings? His poignant 'Gassed' of blinded soldiers, which is in London's Imperial War Museum is particularly powerful.

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