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| Keywords: HughSquier Died 1710 Miniature Mayor'sChain SouthMolton Devon.png en Detail of miniature portrait 4 3cm 5cm of Hugh Squier 1625-1710 benefactor of South Molton who founded a Free Scool in South Molton in 1684 By unknown artist Purchased in 1796 by South Molton Town Council from a certain Mrs May and today hangs from the chain of office of the Mayor of South Molton In 1799 a large oil on canvas copy 74cm 60cm was made by a certain Mr Whitby and now hangs in the Mayor's Parlour of the Guildhall South Molton In 1910 a stone bust of Hugh Squier based on either the miniature or the copy painting was placed in an aedicule on the facade iof the Guildhall where it remains today Source Morey Gertrude Hugh Squier of South Molton 1625-1710; A Note of his Founding of the Free School in South Molton his Will and his Benefactions to the Town published in Devon Historian Vol 23 1981 pp 7-11 pp 10-11 own photo Unknown miniature portrait artist 1684 South Molton 17th-century portrait miniatures of men PD-old-100 | ||||
