Lot 82
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After Thomas Gainsborough

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After Thomas Gainsborough
Edmund Burke, facing right in brown coat and waistcoat, his hair powdered; David Garrick, full face in purple coat, gold-embroidered green waistcoat and wearing a powdered wig en queue; and General Wolfe, facing left in scarlet coat with buff facings, wearing a black tricorn, his hair en queue
two signed with monogram and inscribed on obverse 'David Garrick by Gainsborough copy'd by me' and Genl Wolfe killed at Quebec copy'd by me', gilt-metal frames, one with ribbon surmount
ovals, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) to 1¼ in. (32 mm.) high (3)
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Lot Essay

Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman and philosopher was born in Dublin in 1729. He was one of the foremost political thinkers of England. He died in 1797 and is buried in the little church of Beaconsfield.

David Garrick was born in Hereford in 1717 and became an actor, manager and dramatist. He was at home in tragedy, comedy or farce. He died in 1779 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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