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Paul Verlaine
Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
After leaving prison in January 1875, Paul Verlaine moved to England, where he taught French and drawing for over a year. He held teaching positions in the Lincolnshire towns of Stickney and Boston, and later in Bournemouth, Hampshire.1