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Stanley Spencer’s Miracle on the River Thames

Discover how Stanley Spencer transformed his beloved rural village into a Holy Land, filled with miracles and divine interventions, in this latest episode of our series Anatomy of an Artwork. ‘Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta: Punts by the River’ is a highlight of our upcoming Modern & Post-War British Art Evening Sale (12 June, London).

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