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John Lee and his family

This happy and relaxed group portrait shows the Hull businessman, John Lee (d.1809) with his family. John Lee was a Hull factory owner who had a tar and turpentine distillery on the banks of the River Hull near Sculcoates. He was a member of the Council of the Hull Subscription Library, 1799-1803.