Austen Henry Layard
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He had a political career between 1852, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament, and 1869, holding various junior ministerial positions. He was then made ambassador to Madrid, then Constantinople, living much of the time in a palazzo he bought in Venice. During this period he built up a significant collection of paintings, which due to a legal loophole he had as a diplomat, he was able to extricate from Venice and bequeath to the National Gallery (as the Layard Bequest) and other British museums. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2002
Superior document: Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia including a Residence Among the Bekhtiyari and Other Wild Tribes Before the Discovery of Nineveh Vol. 1
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Published: 2002
Superior document: Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia including a Residence Among the Bekhtiyari and Other Wild Tribes Before the Discovery of Nineveh Vol. 2
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Published: [1856]
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Published: 1852
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Published: 1854