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James Gillray|Hannah Humphrey

The Theatrical Bubble;–being a new Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politiico-Punchinello in the Art of Dramatic Puffing

January 7, 1805
Etching and aquatint
36.2 × 26 cm (14.3 × 10.2 in)

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