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George Cruikshank

Oh, Law! from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1843, printed c. 1880
Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
33.3 × 20.6 cm (13.1 × 8.1 in)

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