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In 1883 a series of 52 so-called Bijou Portraits printed by Charles Goodall &amp; Son Ltd. was issued weekly, from 6 January to 29 December 1883, with facsimile signatures and quotations relating to the subject, as a supplement to the Saturday weekly London Society Magazine. 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