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Anne de Deyster (died 1747) was an artist from Bruges, specialised in history painting. She was trained by her father, Louis de Deyster, whose biography she wrote. She died on 14 December 1747. [1]
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Lodewijk de Deyster was a Flemish draftsman, etcher, engraver, musical instrument maker and instrument maker. He painted biblical subjects and portraits. His Baroque paintings show a clear influence of Italian masters such as Giordano, Maratta, Barocci and Flemish painters like Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck and Jan Boeckhorst. He was also a dealer in fabrics.
Lieutenant-General WillemAnne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle was a British soldier, diplomat and courtier.
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Sofia Anna Czarnkowska was a Polish noblewoman, known as the maternal grandmother of the queen of France, Marie Leszczyńska.
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Frances Anne Wallace Dunlop was a Scottish heiress, landowner, and correspondent and friend of poet Robert Burns.
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Brigadier-General William Douglas (1688–1747), of Kirkness, Kinross, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.
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