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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 383607, member: 56&quot;]The full title of the original painting (by Frederick Newenham) apparently is:</p><p>Protector Dictating the Letter to the Duke of Savoy to Stop the Persecution of the Protestants of Piedmont, 1655</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people shorten and alter it for reasons of brevity and clarity.&nbsp; And who can blame them?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is reference to the painting in an exhibition review in the Illustrated London News from February 9, 1850, and the writing suggests the exhibition was then current.</p><p><a href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=tQYmjtr5xw0C&amp;pg=PA97&amp;lpg=PA97&amp;dq=london+illustrated+news+1850+february+9+oliver+cromwell+Dictating&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=SHeDFZ15MG&amp;sig=_VChigkXp1n5wZcrMz6DKYLf9tE&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi8hsTLp6zcAhUE7IMKHRUiDFgQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&amp;q=london%20illustrated%20news%201850%20february%209%20oliver%20cromwell%20Dictating&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=tQYmjtr5xw0C&amp;pg=PA97&amp;lpg=PA97&amp;dq=london+illustrated+news+1850+february+9+oliver+cromwell+Dictating&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=SHeDFZ15MG&amp;sig=_VChigkXp1n5wZcrMz6DKYLf9tE&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi8hsTLp6zcAhUE7IMKHRUiDFgQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&amp;q=london%20illustrated%20news%201850%20february%209%20oliver%20cromwell%20Dictating&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.ca/books?id=tQYmjtr5xw0C&amp;pg=PA97&amp;lpg=PA97&amp;dq=london+illustrated+news+1850+february+9+oliver+cromwell+Dictating&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=SHeDFZ15MG&amp;sig=_VChigkXp1n5wZcrMz6DKYLf9tE&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi8hsTLp6zcAhUE7IMKHRUiDFgQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&amp;q=london illustrated news 1850 february 9 oliver cromwell Dictating&amp;f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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