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John Locke (1632-1704), widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
This sculpture is from a series of portraits of important historical figures by the English artist John Cheere. Cheere worked in the studio of his older brother, Sir Henry Cheere, for five years before opening his own workshop in 1737 at Hyde Park Corner. It was there that he produced the lead figures for which he is best known.
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