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‘[Hans Holbein the Younger’s]* woodcut series of “The Dance of Death”** (1523-24[ce]) gave new dimension to a medieval theme and was so popular that numerous pirated editions appeared in his own lifetime.... He established a portrait tradition in England.’

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**{cf T.XIII at R~}

*** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 25:352]

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