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3 unusual facts about Arnold Henry Savage Landor


Arnold Henry Savage Landor

In Nikkō, Kyoto, Hakone, Kamakura and other places, he painted 24 large canvases and many small ones.

In 1891, he visited Australia, where he painted a portrait of the Prime Minister of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes which excited much admiration in Sydney because of its striking resemblance.

Ernst Oppert

According to A. H. S. Landor, the tale of Oppert's unsuccessful tomb raiding was still well known in Korea around the end of the 19th century and was being told to foreigners on arriving, with one member of the raid party allegedly still living in Chemulpo.



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