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Richard Houston|Edward Penny|Robert Sayer|William Shakespeare

"I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus..." (Shakespeare, King John, Act 4, Scene 4)

January 1771
Mezzotint
60.5 × 45.2 cm (23.8 × 17.8 in)

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