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        "title": "The young man, who has magically taken on the appearance of Mansur the merchant, arrives at his home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night",
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                "description": "Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881\u20131958], Bowie, MD",
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                    "<div><!--block-->Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881\u2013September 26, 1958) was an American diplomat and politician, who served in the administrations of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Long is largely remembered for his obstructionist role as the Assistant Secretary of State responsible for granting refugee visas during World War II.&nbsp;</div><div><!--block-->His interests included the collection of antiques, paintings and American ship models. He maintained a stable of Thoroughbred race horses and was a director of the Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, and he enjoyed fox hunting, fishing, and sailing.</div>"
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                "description": "(Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA)",
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                "date": "1959\u20131962?",
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                "description": "(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry)",
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                "date": "1959?\u20131962",
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        "did_you_know": "The magical, wish-fulfilling epithet derives from the names of God.",
        "description": "After receiving a magical epithet from a monk, the lascivious young man transformed his appearance into that of Mansur, the merchant, in order to go to bed with Manur\u2019s wife. The imposter, dressed in yellow at the right, is welcomed home by members of Mansur\u2019s household. They are distressed that he has returned unexpectedly without his horse, assistants, or belongings.",
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                "citation": "Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.",
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            "Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Seventeenth night: The young man takes leave of the monk who teaches him a magic formula"
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