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- ↑ "The-Marlborough-Collection". www.carc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ↑ M. H. Story-Maskelyne, The Marlborough Gems. Being a collection of works in cameo and intaglio formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough (Private 1870). Reprinted, with abridged introduction and slightly abridged entries, by Christie’s for the London Sale catalogues of 28 June 1875 and 26 June 1899.
- ↑ Boardman, John; Scarisbrick, Diana; Wagner, Claudia; Zwierlein-Diehl, Erika (2009). The Marlborough Gems formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Oxford: OUP. ISBN 9780199237517.
- ↑ The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, auction catalogue, Christie's, London, 28 June – 1 July 1875
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