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How Golden Peacocks on a Dining Room Wall Destroyed a Longstanding Friendship in Victorian Society

July 19, 2024 When James McNeill Whistler put the final, defiant flourishes upon two golden peacocks on art collector Frederick Leyland’s dining room wall, it was an act that would lead to the end of a long and lucrative friendship, and the … Continue reading

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