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(l ôpôld´ r b r´) (KEY) , 1794–1835, French genre painter, b. Switzerland; pupil of J. L. David. He excelled in depicting Italian folk life in a...
pottery decorated with various colors of slip, a thin mixture of clay and water. Slip may form a design on a contrasting background, or lines may be s...
1790–1868, English art collector and philanthropist. He endowed the Slade professorships of fine arts at Oxford and Cambridge universities and at Un...
1858–1942, American actor, b. Cambridge, Mass. Skinner made his New York debut in 1879. After years as supporting player to Booth and Barrett, he to...
(r ´dôlf kärl fr ´h r f n slä´t n) (KEY) , known as Slatin Pasha (pä´shä) (KEY) , 1857–1932, Austrian adventurer in British and Egyptian se...
(fränts s ´g l) (KEY) , 1824–1902, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Sinsheim, Baden, Germany. An officer in the army of Baden, he was a...