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George Cruikshank

Show of Hands For a Liberal Candidate from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1843, printed c. 1880
Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
33.4 × 21.4 cm (13.1 × 8.4 in)

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