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Peter Simon|William Shakespeare|John & Josiah Boydell|William Hamilton

Hero Fainting in Church (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1)

first published 1789; reissued 1852
Stipple engraving
48.8 × 63.5 cm (19.2 × 25 in)

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