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Surname	Seguier	Alternative Surname
First Name	Peter	Initial of Surname	S
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	later 18th century
Year of Death
Biographical Details	The brother of David Séguier, picture-restorer, dealer and painter who trained under George Morland. Séguier was apprenticed to Richard Hayward and executed one known marble profile medallion of David Garrick on a dark marble background (1). He was the father of another William Séguier, the first keeper of the National Gallery. According to Laurence Cust, whose information came from the family, Seguier devoted ‘himself chiefly to works of a monumental character’ and ‘kept steadily to that profession all his life’ (Cust 1909, 158). Given Hayward’s Warwickshire connections, it is possible that he may be identified with Peter Seager of Coventry. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 346 Archival References: AL/RG