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R BRITON RIVIECRIC was born M 1 m London of French descent, his il i father being M WL Riviere, who

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only cighteen when his first picture, ** Shecp on the Cotswolds,” was hung in the Royal Academy 5 smcee which time his pictures, dramatic and impressive, sometimes humor- ous and scinetimes pathetic, and especially strong n the treatment of wild animals, have become Known to all e world,

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