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           | 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. 
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           | Date | 
           after 1774 | 
          
          
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            engraving | 
          
          
           | References | 
            http://www.tate.org.uk/search/William%20Blackstone | 
          
          
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             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].)
 
             
            User  BDAbramson on  en.wikipedia  Commons upload by  Felagund 18:55, 14 May 2006 (UTC) | 
          
         
         
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