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John Fairburn|Thomas Rowlandson|Frederick John Robinson

The Chance Seller of the Exchequer Putting an Extinguisher on Lotteries

September 18, 1823
Hand-colored etching
24.3 × 34.9 cm (9.6 × 13.7 in)

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