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Samuel Arnold: Quick Facts

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Born August 10, 1740 • London • England
Died October 22, 1802 (aged 62) • London • England

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Samuel Arnold, detail of a pencil drawing by G. Dance, 1795; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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