Gay, John

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Basic data

  1. June 30, 1685 in Barnstaple, Devonshire
  2. December 4, 1732 in London
  3. Schriftsteller
  4. London

Iconography

Oil painting by Godfrey Kneller of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay[1] (Source: Wikimedia)
"Gold in Durance."A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by John Gay. (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des John Gay, John Hinton - 1747/1803 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des John Gay, Thomas Cook - 1778 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des John Gay, George Bickham (der Ältere) - 1621/1650 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des John Gay, Nathaniel Parr (ungesichert) - 1742/1751 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des John Gay, William Holl - 1794 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des John Gay, 1726/1775 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des John Gay, John Heney - 1710/1745 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Gay, John,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Gay, John,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Gay, John,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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