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- ↑ Coronation of King George VI, London (1937), Invaluable
- ↑ Clément Chéroux, Discoveries: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harry N. Abrams, 2008, p. 27
- ↑ Coronation of King George VI, London, England, Princeton University Art Museum
- ↑ Andrew Robinson, Sudden Genius?: The Gradual Path to Creative Breakthroughs, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 231
- ↑ J. Paul Getty Museum
- ↑ Coronation of King George VI, London, England, Princeton University Art Museum
- ↑ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston