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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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John William Waterhouse
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(1849–1917) Painter who from the 1880s specialized in large narrative pictures of scenes from mythology or literature, frequently featuring an isolated woman as the central character. By far his most famous painting is The *Lady of Shalott (Tate Britain).
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