Robert Bakewell (1725-1795). British agriculturalist. He implemented systematic selective breeding of livestock. Portrait by John Boultbee (1753-1812). Oil on canvas (71 x 91 cm), c. 1788-1790. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

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