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Charles Williams

New Reading, or Shakspeare [sic] Improved. Humbly Dedicated to the Keen Critic of Drury Lane, by a Poor Author

1819
Hand-colored etching on cream wove paper
21.8 × 32.5 cm (8.6 × 12.8 in)

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