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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 1838633, member: 1476"]Claude Duval is the title of an oil on canvas work by William Powell Frith (1819-1909.) It was painted 1859-1860. The original is in the Manchester Art Gallery. </p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="3">"Scene depicting a group of highwaymen holding up the carriage of Lady Aurora Sydney carrying a young woman who has been made to dance with the captain of the band of men, Claude Duval, as part of her ransom. The event takes place on a bleak heathland road under a cloudy sky. In the centre of the composition are the dancing figures of captor and hostage: he stands masked, with his right arm raised, his left hand (holding a feathered cap) placed on his hip and his right foot pointed forward, facing away from the viewer; she stands forward-facing, holding her skirts out to the side, with her left foot pointed forward, an alarmed expression on her face."</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]242192[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 1838633, member: 1476"]Claude Duval is the title of an oil on canvas work by William Powell Frith (1819-1909.) It was painted 1859-1860. The original is in the Manchester Art Gallery. [I][SIZE=3]"Scene depicting a group of highwaymen holding up the carriage of Lady Aurora Sydney carrying a young woman who has been made to dance with the captain of the band of men, Claude Duval, as part of her ransom. The event takes place on a bleak heathland road under a cloudy sky. In the centre of the composition are the dancing figures of captor and hostage: he stands masked, with his right arm raised, his left hand (holding a feathered cap) placed on his hip and his right foot pointed forward, facing away from the viewer; she stands forward-facing, holding her skirts out to the side, with her left foot pointed forward, an alarmed expression on her face."[/SIZE][/I] Debora [ATTACH=full]242192[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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