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George Cruikshank

The Lord Mayors Show and the Lord Mayors Feast in Ireland from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (left)

1850, printed c. 1880
Two steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
16.3 × 20.1 cm (6.4 × 7.9 in)

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