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T. Blacklock|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby|Charles James Fox|Thomas Rowlandson

Recruiting on a Broab [sic] Bottom'd Principle

May 1806
Hand-colored etching
29 × 41.6 cm (11.4 × 16.4 in)

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