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- ↑ "Robert Blore, Sr and Jr - Bob Speel's website".
- ↑ Dictionary Of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
- ↑ http://www.our civilisation.com/smartboard/shop/anecdtes/c19/wilson.htm
- ↑ Persuasion and Propaganda: Monuments and the 18th century British Empire by Joan Coutu
- ↑ "Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough".