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The Nameless One
Royals Magazine commission Bob Venables for a painting of Ivan VI.
Known as 'the nameless one', Ivan VI spent over twenty years in solitary confinement while others ruled, before his eventual murder. A sad and lonely lead up to his death illustrated excellently by Bob.
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