John Philpot Curran

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Curran, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Curran, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Curran, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London

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