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P. Brookes|Paul Angier

A Perspective View of the Building for the Fireworks in the Green Park taken from the Reservoir, London, 1814

ca. 1814
Etching, hand-colored (likely added later)
25.4 × 44 cm (10 × 17.3 in)

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