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Karen 'Kit' Baston

Karen 'Kit' Baston

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Lord and Lady Alva’s Georgian House: Paintings and Prints

Lord AlvaKit Baston28/09/20160

Portraits The Alvas displayed their most important family portraits in their dining room. Most were recent – from the previous or present generations – but there was also an ‘old family’ portrait in a white frame and ‘Three old family portraits of the Marr family white frames’.[1] These must have been gifts from Lord Alva…

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