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Victorian Era 

25 Dreamlike Paintings of 19th-Century Dutch Towns and Cities

February 20, 2016March 21, 2017 David James 19th century, Amsterdam, architecture, art, cityscape, Dutch, paintings, the Netherlands, Townscape, Victorian

Cornelis Springer (1817-1891) specialised in the arrangement and accurate representation of town scenes. His paintings were in such high demand

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