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No. 98 Sir Paul Getty's, 'The Lady of Shalott'

I met Sir Paul in the 1990's.  He had a very relaxed nature. On my visits to his homes we sat and watched cricket and talked about knights and chivalry.  Sir Paul loved cricket but so too did he love art and books.  His collection of medieval illuminated books was as good as anything housed in the major museums.  He also loved Pre-Raphaelite paintings and had a wonderful first edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer produced by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.


 

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