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Josiah Boydell|John Ogborne|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare

Picking of the Red and White Roses (Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4)

first published 1795; reissued 1852
Stipple engraving
49.7 × 63.5 cm (19.6 × 25 in)

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