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Page 109
... James at his studio in ' the most delicious melancholy old house ' , its walls covered with ' large , fanciful portraits of women ... narrow , special , monotonous ' , the painter's chief subject , James noticed , being Mrs William ...
... James at his studio in ' the most delicious melancholy old house ' , its walls covered with ' large , fanciful portraits of women ... narrow , special , monotonous ' , the painter's chief subject , James noticed , being Mrs William ...
Page 111
... James died , at Carlyle Mansions , on 28 February 1916 ; and , during his last days , his widowed sister - in - law , Mrs William James , and his niece Peggy , who had hurried across the Atlantic to bid him farewell and supervise the ...
... James died , at Carlyle Mansions , on 28 February 1916 ; and , during his last days , his widowed sister - in - law , Mrs William James , and his niece Peggy , who had hurried across the Atlantic to bid him farewell and supervise the ...
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... James Anthony , 59 Fry , Roger , 49-62 , 72 , 158 Garbo , Greta , 6-17 , 20-21 , 23 , 136 Géricault , Jean Louis ... James , Mrs Arthur , 29 James , Henry , 27 , 109–12 , 115 James , Peggy , III James , Mrs William , III Janin ...
... James Anthony , 59 Fry , Roger , 49-62 , 72 , 158 Garbo , Greta , 6-17 , 20-21 , 23 , 136 Géricault , Jean Louis ... James , Mrs Arthur , 29 James , Henry , 27 , 109–12 , 115 James , Peggy , III James , Mrs William , III Janin ...
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