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![Mother Shipton. [oil on panel, c. 1830] Gift from Mary Allott, 1997. The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image_front/public/2020-07/Shipton%204.jpg?h=e9f8c3f7&itok=Fd-nN8HT)
