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Humorous

Masterpieces

PACH

volume contains Sixty of thl very best

Drawings of the undermentioned Masters of

Humorous

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No.

2.

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They

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-PICTURES BY GAVARNI

Examples of one of the greatest French Humorists.

No.
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No. 4. PICTURES

BY ROBERT SEYMOUR

Clever Illustrations by a great Artist, too

No. 5. PICTURES

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BY PHIL MAY

Sixty of his best.

No< 6.PICTURES

BY RICHARD DOYLE

Clever Caricatures by this famous Artist.

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The Masterpieces

Rubens
The Masterpieces of Van Dyck
The Masterpieces of Rembrandt

No.

i.

No.

2.

No.

3.

No.

4.

No.

5.

No.

6.

No.

7. The

The Masterpieces
The Masterpieces
The Masterpieces

of

of

Raphael

of

Reynolds

of

Teniers

Masterpieces of the Early

Flemish Painters
No.

8.

No.

9.

No.

10.

No.

11.

No.

12.

No.

13.

No. 14.

The Masterpieces of Titian

The Masterpieces
The Masterpieces
The Masterpieces
The Masterpieces
The Masterpieces

of

Franz Hals

of Murillo.

of

Wouwerman

of

Velazquez

of

Holbein

The Masterpieces of Veronese

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Humorous Masterpieces, No.

Pictures by Japanese Artists

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Itcho

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a Gale,

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SOKENSAI

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Blind Men,

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FOKPING A STKEAM,

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27

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Wrestlers' Exercises

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Manzai (New Year) Dancers

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LIFE OF

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LOPE DE VEGA
The Great Spanish Dramatist
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IN THI
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