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London Gallery Seeks to Buy Donne Portrait

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Date: 20060127
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AP Online
01-27-2006
Dateline: LONDON


Britain's Poet Laureate Andrew Motion in front of what is claimed to be the most important portrait of the English metaphysical poet John Donne inside the National Portrait Gallery in central London, Friday Jan. 27, 2006. London's National Portrait Gallery announced Friday that it is trying to raise 1.6 million pounds (?2.41 million, US$2.94 million) to purchase a portrait of 16th-century British poet John Donne. (AP Photo/Johnny Green/PA)

London's National Portrait Gallery announced Friday that it is trying to raise $2.94 million to purchase a portrait ...

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