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Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Change

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Lord Mayor 1815-1817

Sir Edward Coke, Recorder of London Size:M: 60 x 45cm Destruction of the furious elephant'Sir Edward Coke, Recorder of London', 1615. Seated portrait in an ornate gilt frame of Lord Coke, a prominent judge and Recorder of London. He wears his hair long, under a tight black cap, with a red robe and lace cuffs. A book lies open on a stand beside him, probably a reference to legal text books or to his own writings on the law.

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