England Rugby World Cup delegation From left, Commercial Director Paul Vaughan, Chief Executive Francis Bacon, Tournament Director Terry Burwell and Finance Director Nick Eastwood stand with the Webb Ellis Trophy during the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup announcement at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, July, 28, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

England Rugby World Cup delegation From left, Commercial Director Paul Vaughan, Chief Executive Francis Bacon, Tournament Director Terry Burwell and Finance Director Nick Eastwood stand with the Webb Ellis Trophy during the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup announcement at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, July, 28, 2009.

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  1. TOKYO - OCTOBER 31: Former All Black and 2019 Rugby World Cup ambassador Jonah Lomu during the 2009 Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at the National Stadium on October 31, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
  2. TOKYO - OCTOBER 30: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key speaks with NZRU CEO Steve Tew (L), Foreign Minister and Minister For the Rugby World Cup Murray McCully (2-L) and NZRU Chairman Jock Hobbs (R) during a New Zealand All Blacks Captain's Run at the National Stadium on October 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
  3. Maoris perform the 'Powhiri', a ceremony to welcome visitors, at a giant rugby ball pavilion placed beside the Tokyo Tower on October 28, 2009. The New Zealand tourism office has built the giant pavilion to promote the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, as well as New Zealand cultures.

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  2. A woman looks at a Francis Bacon painting during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009. Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with the human form and their predilection for the expressive portrait. Picture taken November 11, 2009. To match Reuters Life! ITALY-CARAVAGGIO/BACON.
  3. Visitors look at a Caravaggio painting during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009. Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with the human form and their predilection for the expressive portrait. Picture taken November 11, 2009. To match Reuters Life! ITALY-CARAVAGGIO/BACON.
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  5. A couple look at a Francis Bacon painting during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009. Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with the human form and their predilection for the expressive portrait. Picture taken November 11, 2009. To match Reuters Life! ITALY-CARAVAGGIO/BACON.
  6. Visitors walk in front of Francis Bacon paintings during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009. Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in a new exhibition, connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with the human form and their predilection for the expressive portrait.
  7. A man walks next to a Francis Bacon (L) painting and a Caravaggio painting during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009. Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in a new exhibition, connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with the human form and their predilection for the expressive portrait.
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  9. A couple look up as they stand next to a Francis Bacon painting during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009. Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in a new exhibition, connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with the human form and their predilection for the expressive portrait.
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  12. A visitor looks at the painting "Head III, 1949" by artist Francis Bacon on the eve of the opening of the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC 2009) in Paris October 21, 2009. The FIAC runs from October 22 - 25 in the French capital.
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  14. British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographers in front of his painting "Shark's Jaw, Skull and Iguana on a Table" (2008), in London October 13, 2009. 25 of Hirst's new paintings are on display at London's Wallace collection. Most of the works, collectively called "No love Lost", feature white skulls on dark blue-black backgrounds and were inspired by the artist Francis Bacon.
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  16. British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographers in front of his painting "Shark's Jaw, Skull and Iguana on a Table" (2008), in London October 13, 2009. 25 of Hirst's new paintings are on display at London's Wallace collection. Most of the works, collectively called "No love Lost", feature white skulls on dark blue-black backgrounds and were inspired by the artist Francis Bacon.

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