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Facts

Born June 13, 1692 • London • England
Died March 1780 (aged 87) • Canterbury • England
Movement / Style Rococo

Photos

“Pamela Asks Sir Jacob Swinford's Blessing,” illustration no. 11 for Pamela by Samuel Richardson, oil painting by Joseph Highmore, 1744; in the Tate Gallery, London
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Edward Young, detail of an oil painting by Joseph Highmore; in All Souls College, Oxford
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