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Thomas Rowlandson

The Successful Fortune Hunter, or Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen

[1802], reissued 1818
Hand-colored etching
32.6 × 22.5 cm (12.8 × 8.9 in)

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