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Thomas Rowlandson|Oliver Goldsmith|Rudolph Ackermann, London|William Clowes

The Stage. George Primrose as "Horatio"

May 1, 1817
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
14.4 × 23.9 cm (5.7 × 9.4 in)

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