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(1792-1882). Linnell is particularly noted for his 1840 drawing of Smugglerius, which is an

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sculpture of a man posed in imitation of the ancient Roman sculpture known as the

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. His work is held in the permanent collection of the

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, the

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in London, and the

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19th-century British painters 1826 births 1906 deaths {{UK-painter-19thC-stub