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William Hogarth|Samuel Butler

Sidrophel Examining the Kite Through His Telescope (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 10)

1721–26
Etching and engraving
12 × 6.7 cm (4.7 × 2.6 in)

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