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Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

A Doleful Disaster, or Miss Fubby Fatarmin's Wig Caught Fire

September 20, 1813
Hand-colored etching
24.3 × 34.3 cm (9.6 × 13.5 in)

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