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Born June 27, 1808 • Zwolle • Netherlands
Died February 3, 1875 (aged 66) • Amsterdam • Netherlands

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Isaäc da Costa, engraving by P. Blommers after a painting by A.J. Ehnle
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Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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