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British general
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portrait of Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley
Thomas Gage, oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, c. 1768; in the Yale Center...
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection (accession no. B1977.14.45)
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British ships guarding Boston Harbor in 1774.
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Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage, pastel portrait by an unknown artist; in the State House, Boston.
Courtesy of the State Library of Massachusetts, Boston
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