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The painting shows a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/centurion" class="extiw" title="w:centurion">centurion</a> supervising the building of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall" class="extiw" title="w:Hadrian's Wall">Hadrian's Wall</a>. The centurion has been given the face of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton_(town_clerk)" class="extiw" title="w:John Clayton (town clerk)">John Clayton</a>, who was responsible for saving parts of the Wall from loss. The painting is in the collection at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallington_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:Wallington Hall">Wallington Hall</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpeth" class="extiw" title="w:Morpeth">Morpeth</a>, England.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_Bell_Scott" class="extiw" title="w:en:William Bell Scott"><span title="British artist (1811-1890)">William Bell Scott</span></a>
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