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S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson

A Lady in Limbo, or Jew Bail Rejected

[November 30, 1785], reissued July 1, 1802
Hand-colored etching and stipple
24.5 × 34.7 cm (9.6 × 13.7 in)

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