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NYM(G.772.195
9 Nov 1772:312 (1098)
To the printer, We hear from England, that the ingenious
Mrs. Wright, whose surprising imitations of nature, in wax
work, have been so much admired in America. . . [lists some
of her previous creations] and oblige her friends in
America, with a view of the most remarkable persons of the
present age, among which will be the immortal, inimitable
Garrick, whom she had began; she has already compleated, and
sent over to her house in this city, where they may be seen,
the most striking likeness of the celebrated Doctor Benjamin
Franklin, of Philadelphia, now in London, and of Mrs.
Catharine McCauley, so much admired for her great learning,
fine writing and amiable character.
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