Ancients
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Ancients
Group of British painters and engravers active in the 1820s and 1830s. Samuel Palmer, the central figure of the group, first referred to 'the Ancients' in a letter to George Richmond in May 1827. They were drawn together by their admiration for William Blake and for 'the grand old men'
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