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James Gillray|Hannah Humphrey

The Pigs Possessed:–or–the Broad Bottom'd Litter Running Headlong into Ye Sea of Perdition

April 18, 1807
Hand-colored etching
41 × 30.2 cm (16.1 × 11.9 in)

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