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- ↑ "Results for 'au:Wildman, Stephen.' [WorldCat.org]". worldcat.org. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ David Cox, 1783-1859. OCLC 12611753.
- ↑ Visions of love and life : Pre-Raphaelite art from the Birmingham collection, England. OCLC 31865541.
- ↑ Edward Burne-Jones, Victorian artist-dreamer. OCLC 38565999.
- ↑ Waking dreams : the art of the pre-Raphaelites from the Delaware Art Museum. OCLC 52208516.
