John Nicholson

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John Nicholson, detail of a chalk drawing by William Carpenter, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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John Nicholson, detail of a chalk drawing by William Carpenter, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Nicholson, detail of a chalk drawing by William Carpenter, 1854; in the National...

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