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David Garrick|Edward Topham|Thomas Rowlandson|Mary Wells|Joseph George Holman|John Henderson|William Humphrey

[Col. Topham Endeavouring, With His Squirt, to Extinguish the Genius of Holman]

December 10, 1784
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23.3 × 24.8 cm (9.2 × 9.8 in)

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