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- ↑ "The Mask of Agamemnon: An Example of Electroformed Reproduction of Artworks Made by E. Gilliéron in the Early Twentieth Century". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "Behind the Mask of Agamemnon - Archaeology Magazine Archive". archive.archaeology.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ Allason-Jones, Lindsay; McKay, Bruce (1985). Coventina's Well: a shrine on Hadrian's Wall. Hexham: Trustees of the Clayton Collection. ISBN 0-946897-05-0.
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- ↑ "Sir John Hubert Marshall (Biographical details)". britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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