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Vignette In St John's Wood

Into her life James Tissot came And in his paintings her beauty remains But such is the nature of fleeting fame Her renown she did not live to see Too young,Kathleen dies of TB The story of James Tissot and Kathleen Newton http://en.easyart.com/art-prints/artists/James-Jacques-Joseph-Tissot-2294.html

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Date: 9/5/2009 2:26:00 AM
Very educational. So many people at one period of history died of tb and now there are new strands that are resistant to antibiotics. Sara
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Date: 9/4/2009 6:12:00 PM
Such tragedies, as I personlly consider them to be, are not a few. And very mysterious also, Why? Seems like such a loss, in some way! Sincerely, Moses
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