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It pictures a corpulent, naked Sue Tilley, who achieved fame when her portrait-painting "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" 1995, sold to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in 2008 at Christie's New York for $33.6 million.
A Spectrum Apart Margaret Studer 2012
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She was constantly doing tapestry, petit point, calligraphy, portrait-painting, water colours, tinkering with her herbaceous border, that sort of stuff.
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And his wife Margaret Burr must have been happy: no beautiful women, only trees, bushes, hills, streams, horses and cows… But, back to his portrait-painting days.
Archive 2010-06-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010
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And his wife Margaret Burr must have been happy: no beautiful women, only trees, bushes, hills, streams, horses and cows… But, back to his portrait-painting days.
Author Jo Manning on Thomas Gainsborough Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010
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In 2002, during a downturn in Japan, the House of Councillors reduced the pay of Diet lawmakers by 10 percent, and ended the transportation allowance, portrait-painting and pension given senior lawmakers.
Leo W. Gerard: Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay 2009
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The event opened with an interactive portrait-painting session.
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The event opened with an interactive portrait-painting session.
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Rosalba in portrait-painting, both in miniature and at large, in oil as well as in crayons.
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He would have done very well in it, in portrait-painting especially.
The Newcomes 2006
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Get the lay of the land ahead of time by spending Christmas at the Four Seasons Resort, where guests can enjoy a variety of seasonal activities, from making s'mores over a bonfire to a family portrait-painting session in the library.
In Pictures: Luxurious Holiday Inns Sophia Banay 2006
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