Anything Will Do For an Officer — Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores | DiscoverArt

Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores

Anything Will Do For an Officer

January 1, 1796

Hand-colored etching

36.4 × 22.7 cm (14.3 × 8.9 in)

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