The Temeraire Theft Deception in a London Gallery Shop
In a dim London shop Michael Labram recounts how art dealer Brogelheimer seeks a famous painting without paying, while Leslie Baring plots a ruse. They stage a sale of a Turner Temeraire copy, lure him to the National Gallery, and gamble on public reaction to reveal a copy versus original.
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Michael Labram
Wilkie
Hogarth
Ama
Brogelheimer
Ilways
Leslie Baring
London
Mr. Brogel
Mr. Baring
Mr. Labram
Trafalgar Square
N. G
Turszer
National Gallery
Bregelheimer
Mr. Bregelheimer
National Gaiety
Turner's Fight Temeraire Sale Turns Risky in Shop
A curiously tense scene unfolds as two men bargain over a Turner print. One man pays four five pound notes, signs two receipts for a copy and £20, and speaks of truth and danger while pondering companionship in peril. The other man shrugs off risk as the transaction closes.
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Turner
Rand
Abraham Lincoln as a Kinglike Leader Amid Primal Earth
The poem praises Abraham Lincoln linking his character to red earth and natural forces. It portrays him rising from a prairie cabin to the Capitol, building the nation with strength and conscience, holding the structure in earthquake, and standing firm like a cedar as he fell.
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Prairie Cabin
Capitol
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Bim
Mr. Brogelheimer
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