Images Dated 2008 August

Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?).Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Elizabeth Taylor made her screen debut as a child in Lassie Come Home in 1943. In the 1960s she became a Hollywood superstar, winning Best Actress Oscars for BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966). In 1963 she received what was then the highest fee for appearing in a film, when she signed up to play the title role in Cleopatra

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Aita Tamari vahina Judith te Parari (Annah the Javanese), 1893 (1939).Artist: Paul Gauguin

Aita Tamari vahina Judith te Parari (Annah the Javanese), 1893 (1939). Annah the Javanese (born 1880/81) was Gauguin?s lover and model. She left him in 1894 and took all the valuables from his apartment when she left. Plate taken from Gauguin, by John Rewald, published by William Heinemann (London and Toronto, printed in France and Belgium, 1939)

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Cliveden, Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA, c18th century (1921).Artist: James Preston

Cliveden, Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA, c18th century (1921). Benjamin Chew built his estate, named Cliveden, between 1763 and 1767. The house gained fame during the Battle of Germantown, when it was known as the Chew House. Plate taken from Famous Colonial Houses, by Paul M Hollister, published by David McKay (Philadelphia, 1921)

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