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Page 88
... portrait like this , ' said Babel , ' you would be fully justified in taking as much as four liras . Now then , Misha , don't miss your chance . ' In the morning Misha took the portrait to his client . I went with him . We made up our ...
... portrait like this , ' said Babel , ' you would be fully justified in taking as much as four liras . Now then , Misha , don't miss your chance . ' In the morning Misha took the portrait to his client . I went with him . We made up our ...
Page 92
... portrait in Indian ink , in profile - one lira ; full face - two liras ; for a portrait in colour - three liras ; for a portrait representing Kemal on a black steed - four liras , and finally for a portrait in which Kemal galloped on a ...
... portrait in Indian ink , in profile - one lira ; full face - two liras ; for a portrait in colour - three liras ; for a portrait representing Kemal on a black steed - four liras , and finally for a portrait in which Kemal galloped on a ...
Page 202
... portraits in which the virile sketch was truer to life than the man it re- presented , the softness of the hair , of ... portrait . He liked Delacroix and probably , as he worked , he always conversed with that sober and yet romantically ...
... portraits in which the virile sketch was truer to life than the man it re- presented , the softness of the hair , of ... portrait . He liked Delacroix and probably , as he worked , he always conversed with that sober and yet romantically ...
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