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bequest

[bih-kwest] / bɪˈkwɛst /


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Photograph: Tate/Trustees Of The Chantrey Bequest How many ways are there to tell the story of British art?

From The Guardian • May 3, 2013

Besides, the words Legacy, Bequest, go side by side with the words, Death, Funeral.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It was purchased under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest, and is now in the Tate Gallery.

From Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work by Rhys, Ernest

The drawing has been acquired through the Felton Bequest Fund, and now hangs in the National Gallery of Victoria.

From Masters of Water-Colour Painting by Holme, Geoffrey

I hear that the Academicians have bought Mr. CALDERON's picture out of the Chantrey Bequest.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 by Various




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