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Summary

Artist
Title Portrait of William Blackstone (1723-1780)
Description
William Blackstone, British jurist, illustrated in his Commentaries on the Law of England (1809); from the Leeds University Library.
Date after 1774
Medium engraving
References http://www.tate.org.uk/search/William%20Blackstone
Source/Photographer

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here

  • 21:16, 10 April 2006 BDAbramson 166x221 (14,280 bytes) ([[:en:William Blackstone]], British jurist, illustrated in his Commentaries on the Law of England (1809); from the [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/spprint/24000.htm Leeds University Library].)

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Commons upload by Felagund 18:55, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

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