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- 1 2 "The Queen - Saturday 29 November 1890" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 Paris-Edinburgh: Cultural Connections in the Belle Époque. Sian Reynolds. 2016. Taylor & Francis publishing.
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- ↑ "Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 21 October 1892" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Auld Reekie Retold: A painting, a photograph, and a little bit of curatorial detective work". Museums and Galleries Edinburgh. 27 November 2020.
