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18 May 2022
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Rare early likeness of Jonathan Swift sells for lb81,250 (2)
The painting came to auction for the first time in two centuries.
Lucinda Cameron
Wednesday 18 May 2022 15:50
The painting was sold at auction (Stewart Attwood/Lyon & Turnbull/PA)
(PA Media)
A painting thought to be the earliest likeness of Gulliver's Travels author
Jonathan Swift has sold for more than lb81,000 at auction, well above its
estimated price.
Swift is believed to be only 16 years old and a student at Dublin College
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