Waiting for Dinner — Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores | DiscoverArt

Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores

Waiting for Dinner

October 22, 1789

Hand-colored etching and aquatint

20.6 × 25.4 cm (8.1 × 10 in)

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