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Paris Abducting Helen, c1782-c1784. Artist: Gavin Hamilton

Paris Abducting Helen, c1782-c1784. The abduction of Helen, wife of king Menelaus of Sparta, by the Trojan prince Paris, led to the Trojan Wars. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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Successful Monster (from Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), December 8

Successful Monster (from Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), December 8, 1778

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1881, (c1930). Creator: James Elder Christie

The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1881, (c1930). Illustration to a folk tale: a rat-catcher, dressed in multicoloured ('pied') clothing, lures away the children of the German town of Hamelin with his magic flute, after the townsfolk refused to pay him for ridding them of rats. Painting in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. From "Modern Masterpieces of British Art". [The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, c1930]

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