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The great grandfather of John Stothert Bartrum J.P. of Bath, who at the age of 84 gave me this medallion as a keepsake, when I left Bath in June 1900. Percy Bate. Joseph Plura was an Italian sculptor who settled in Bath, and this portrait (his own work) was given by him to Miss Elkington, and by Mr Elkingtom to John Stothert Bartrum. Joseph Plura's widow died at 3, Old King St. Bath aged 91 about 1827, and was buried at Colerne. His son Joseph was an auctioneer at 10 Milsom St. Bath. He is said to have been the sculptor of the 'Beau Nash' in the Pump Room Bath. These are notes from M.J.S. Bartrum's verbal information June 1900. 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