Words and inscriptions

A selection of portraits with interesting written text either written across image or as a footnote to the image.
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John Gay
by George Bickham the Elder, after William Aikman
published 1729
NPG D9490

Thomas Augustine Arne
after Francesco Bartolozzi
1770-1782, based on a work of circa 1770
NPG 1130

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