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Original Title: TIL British Delegates Negotiating the Treaty of Paris, Recognizing American Independence, Felt so Ashamed for Having to Accede to Colonials That They Refused to Pose for the Portrait Marking the Occasion, by Famed Painter Benjamin West, Leaving it Unfinished