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By Drharrietd @drharrietd

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A bit of Victorian kitsch for the new year. This is Wonderland, by Adeleide Claxton. I haven't found out anything about the painter, except that she was the daughter of Marshall Claxton, an artist originally from Bolton in Lancashire. Wikipedia says she exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1867.


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