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First published 2017

Copyright © John Dixon Hunt 2017

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eISBN 978 1 78023 870 8

COVER: Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723), John Evelyn, n.d., oil on canvas. Whereabouts unknown (sold at Sotheby’s, London, 1993) – photo Sotheby’s/akg-images.