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Now you may want my general
impression about the picture and its
value though perhaps this is not
so important.
Well it is not so fine as your
Ilchester portrait – it has not the
great elevation of mood of that – it is
more realistic more immediately like
life. Oit is not so fine as the Youssoupoff
portraits in execution. But it comes about
next to there in its extraordinary vividness
and intensity and it certainly is a
picture that more people will understand.
It has I mean a certain note of popularity
It is at once very realistic and very
romantic. I don't for a moment think

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