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Image: Christopher Hewetson - Sir Thomas Gascoigne - Victoria and Albert Museum

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Description: Bust signed and dated 1778. Museum label says: "Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810) was a cultivated Yorkshire landowner who supported the cause of American Independence. He is shown bare-chested in the classical manner. Hewetson was an Irish sculptor working in Rome and he made this bust along with a duplicate for friends of Sir Thomas near Leeds. Rome; cast by Luigi Valadier, Bronze. "
Title: Bust of Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810)
Credit: Christopher Hewetson (bust) / Stu's Images (photo) 2010-09-13
Author: Christopher Hewetson (1739–1799)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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