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    Abraham Wivell (1786 – 29 March 1849) was a British portrait painter, writer and pioneer of fire protection, credited with inventing the first effective...
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    a person to descend to the street without injury.[citation needed] Abraham Wivell created a variation on the design, including an escape chute, after...
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    Arthur Thistlewood (1774–1820), depicted by Abraham Wivell....
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    alleged to depict Shakespeare. As the 19th-century artist and writer Abraham Wivell put it, It is, as I may say, the key to unlock and detect almost all...
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    O'Connor depicted by Abraham Wivell, holding a crown signifying his claim to be the rightful king of Ireland...
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    Derbyshire, after which the portrait came to be named. He wrote to Abraham Wivell, an authority on Shakespeare portraits, explaining the circumstances...
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    Portrait as Lord High Admiral. Print by William James Ward, after Abraham Wivell's painting, first published in 1827...
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    Portrait of Giuseppe Ambrogetti, holding Mozart's score to Don Giovanni. Print by Charles Picart after Abraham Wivell...
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    finish of Malibran". In 1832 her portrait was engraved from a drawing by Abraham Wivell. Queen Victoria drew her in the character of Clara in Michael William...
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    Portrait Gallery Leslie Grove Jones by Giles Firmin Phillips, after Abraham Wivell; Stipple engraving 1832; 6 1/2 in. x 4 1/8 in. (164 mm x 106 mm); Archive...
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