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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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Old Bill

cartoon character by Bairnsfather

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In Bruce Bairnsfather
His most famous character was Old Bill, a middle-aged Cockney soldier with a walrus moustache.
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