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Also Known As Thomson William Gunn
Born August 29, 1929 • GravesendEngland
Died April 25, 2004 (aged 74) • San FranciscoCalifornia
Notable Works “On the Move”“Positives”“The Sense of Movement”

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Illustration from Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest
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C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
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John Masefield, c. 1915.
John Masefield
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Otway, miniature by Thomas Flatman, c. 1675; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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