- BOURGEOIS, SIR FRANCIS
- painter to George III.; left his collection to Dulwich College, and £10,000 to build a gallery for them (1756-1811).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
BOURGEOIS, SIR FRANCIS
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