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"tombstone": "Cover for a Trophy Cup, 1792\u201393. Firm of Peter Bateman (British, 1740\u20131825). Silver gilt; overall: 59.7 x 40 cm (23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous gift in memory of Margaret Quayle Kerruish; the Thomas S. Grasselli Memorial Collection, and various donors by exchange, 1968.30.b",
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"title": "Year in Review: 1969",
"description": "Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).",
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"title": "British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)",
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