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William Clowes|Oliver Goldsmith|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

Fortune-telling, from "The Vicar of Wakefield"

May 1, 1817
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
14.4 × 23.2 cm (5.7 × 9.1 in)

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