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302:
278:
251:
228:
222:
212:Herbert Read
193:
188:
185:abstract art
173:John Maxwell
138:
107:
64:
63:
1254:1936 births
1162:RSA Journal
702:(73): 24–41
510:(1974) and
490:Water Medal
488:(1994) and
416:The Jesters
397:cow parsley
249:in London.
145:Petersfield
118:East Riding
55:Artist and
44:Nationality
1248:Categories
1028:The Herald
637:References
544:Screen at
457:Royal Mint
354:Rutherglen
266:art medals
82:art medals
73:cast metal
699:The Medal
623:Grow Food
580:Democracy
469:Grow Food
393:Chingford
363:grade II*
344:Clydebank
262:Clydebank
149:Hampshire
122:Yorkshire
110:Wimbledon
88:Biography
36:Wimbledon
1208:41374206
1171:41378164
633:(1986).
565:' book,
500:'s book
420:Hunmanby
410:(1986),
408:Beverley
329:lost-wax
274:Beverley
204:Beverley
155:school,
69:sculptor
57:sculptor
38:, London
1240:at Aura
1187:, p. 15
1150:, p. 15
1135:, p. 11
1120:, p. 11
1086:, p. 40
964:, p. 18
856:, p. 12
832:, p. 22
424:The Orb
412:The Orb
371:lectern
348:grade B
239:foundry
223:The Orb
198:, near
141:Bedales
47:British
1206:
1169:
1100:Art UK
932:Art UK
916:Art UK
478:'s
467:. Her
461:Fishes
453:Fishes
442:(1991)
404:Ilford
383:(2000)
337:ZĂĽrich
243:Welton
235:Sarnen
196:Laufen
153:Quaker
130:Brough
77:medals
1204:JSTOR
1167:JSTOR
287:Works
281:Goole
254:Leeds
200:Basel
102:Ilanz
525:and
451:and
449:News
381:font
233:and
208:Hull
179:and
161:York
32:1936
29:Born
1096:Orb
128:in
120:of
1250::
1107:^
1098:,
1069:^
1036:^
1012:,
1008:,
992:,
976:,
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159:,
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