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Title
John Churchill (1650–1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough
Date
c.1730
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 61 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
2005
Acquisition method
transferred from British Museum, 1923
Work type
Bust
Inscription description
IOHANNES / DUX MARLBURIENSIS / S. R. Imperij Princeps &c / Angliae et Bataviae Libertatum / periclitantuim Assertor, / Galliae Triumphantis / Domitor et Flagellum / Germaniae ruentis Liberator / ac Tutamen. / Qui, per acerrimum Decenne Bellum / 'Hostium copias Saepius aggressius, nunq: / non fudit, EorumqE oppida oppugnans / nunquam non expugnavit.
