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William Hogarth|Samuel Butler

Hudibras First Adventure (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 2)

1721–26
Etching and engraving
11.8 × 12.4 cm (4.6 × 4.9 in)

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