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Painting 'An unexpected visitor'
" [The painting and its narrative ] were certainly familiar to Yarbus's subjects. Given this familiarity, several of the scientist's directives, such as, 'Estimate the material circumstances of the family,' were perhaps better suited to propaganda than controlled scientific experiment."

- Sasha Archibald, "Ways of Seeing," Cabinet Magazine, Issue 30, Summer 2008. www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/30/archibald.php