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Thomas Rowlandson

The Successful Fortune Hunter, or Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen

[1802], reissued 1812
Hand-colored etching
34.1 × 24.8 cm (13.4 × 9.8 in)

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