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Title
John Churchill (1650–1722), First Duke of Marlborough
Date
1730
Medium
Carrara marble
Measurements
H 63.3 x W 59 x D 33 cm;
Plinth: H 28.8 x W 35.5 x D 25.6 cm
Accession number
WA1926.32
Work type
Bust
Inscription description
on front, base: IOHANNES / Dux MARLBUIENSIS, / S. R. Imperij Princeps, &c. / Angliae et Bataviae Libertatum / periclitantium Affertor, Galliae Triumphantis / Domitor et Flagellum, / Germaniae ruentis Liberator / ac Tutamen. / Qui, per acerrimum decenne Bellum, Hoftium Copias faepius aggreffus, nunquam / non fuditl eorumq Oppida oppugnans, / nunquam non expugnavit. / Illustrifsima Vidua, Digna tali tantoq Viro / D:D: Academiae Oxonienfi A:D: MDCCXXX.; on plinth, in gilt: BY JOHN MICHAEL RYSBRACK. / B.C. 1694–D.1770
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England
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