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Bernard Lens
John Hervey, Earl of Bristol, facing left in brown coat, open white shirt, crimson cloak over one shoulder, long curly full-bottomed wig
signed with monogram and dated '1711'
gilt-metal frame, blue glass reverse
oval, 2 9/16in. (65mm.) high
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Lot Essay

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, a distinguished member of the House of Commons, Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of St. Edmund, who was elevated to the peerage, 23 March 1703, as Baron Hervey, of Ickworth, Suffolk, and created, 19 October 1714, Earl of Bristol

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