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Born November 17, 1684 • London • England • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died July 24, 1756 (aged 71) • London • England

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Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, detail of an engraving by G. Vertue after a portrait by Paul van Somer
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Francis Godwin, detail of an engraving by G. Vertue, derived from an earlier portrait, frontispiece to De Praesulibus Angliae, 1743
Eliza Haywood, engraving by G. Vertue after a portrait by James Parmentier
Sir Robert Howard, engraving by G. Vertue
Thomas Willis, engraving by G. Vertue, 1742, after a portrait by D. Loggan, c. 1666
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