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Marble bust of Alexander the Great with wavy hair and idealized features, shown from below the shoulders up, displayed at the British Museum in London.

Ancient Roman marble statue of Caesar Augustus in draped robes, standing in front of a stone wall at the archaeological site of Merida.

Maximilien Robespierre

Painting by Baron Francois Gerard of Napoleon Bonaparte standing in ornate coronation robes, holding a scepter, with a crown and throne visible beside him.

Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware

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