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Edward Augustus Silsbee by John Singer Sargent c. 1899 Bodleian Library Oxford, UK | Sargent, John Singer | ||
Kenneth Grahame by John Singer Sargent 1912 Bodleian Library Oxford, UK | Sargent, John Singer |
Kenneth
Grahame (1859-1932) born in Edinburgh, he entered the Bank of England in 1879
and would become its Secretary in 1899. In his spare time, he wrote short
stories and articles and would complete the novelĀ "The Wind in The
Willows" in 1908, set in the idyllic English countryside. The work would established his international reputation as a... |
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