Literature
A monograph by W. Roberts, Sir William Beechey, R.A., was published in in London 1907 and includes Beechey's account books and a list of works exhibited in his lifetime.
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“Literature must become Party literature.... Down with unpartisan litterateurs! Down with the superman of literature! Literature must become a part of the general cause of the proletariat.”
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