I just stumbled across a fascinating book called The Woman and The Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for all Women Who Motor or Who Want to Motor by Dorothy Levitt, written in 1909 (and available on Google Books here).
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Spanish painter and sculptor Alonso Cano (1601 - 1667) was a famously obstinate person. On his deathbed, he refused the offer of a crucifix because, he said, it was badly carved.