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Francesco Bartolozzi|Richard Cosway|Simon Watts|Frances Abington|William Shakespeare

Mrs. Abington as Thalia

1783
Stipple engraving and etching; working proof, printed in brown ink
27.3 × 21.6 cm (10.7 × 8.5 in)

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