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The Coming of Spring, 1899, (c1930). Creator: Edward Atkinson Hornel

The Coming of Spring, 1899, (c1930). A group of girls celebrate the coming of Spring, indicated by the snowdrops in the foreground. Painting in the Glasgow Museums Service collection, Glasgow, Scotland. From "Modern Masterpieces of British Art". [The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, c1930]

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The Airpump by Joseph Wright

The Air Pump by Joseph Wright (1734-1797). This artwork was painted in 1768. Its full title is An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump and is the second of the series of candlelight compositions that established Wright's name. It depicts a public demonstration of the effects of a vacuum created by an air pump using a live bird (top centre). The vacuum suffocates the bird and leads to a painful death, and a distressed female spectator can be seen (right). The Air Pump was influenced by meetings between Wright and his friends, when they demonstrated experiments and discussed the latest scientific developments

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10th Duke with his four children, Billy, Andrew, Anne and Elizabeth at Bolton Abbey, c

3474047 10th Duke with his four children, Billy, Andrew, Anne and Elizabeth at Bolton Abbey, c.1938 (b/w photo)
; Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: Edward William Spencer Cavendish (1895-1950) 10th Duke of Devonshire, known as Marquess of Hartington.
William Cavendish (1917-44) Marquess of Hartington, killed in action in World War II.
Lord Andrew Cavendish (1920-2004) 11th Duke of Devonshire.
Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish (b.1926)
Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice Cavendish (1927-2010)); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; out of copyright

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