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Rudolph Ackermann, London|William Combe|Thomas Rowlandson|J. Diggens

The Embrace, from "Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution"

1817–21
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
14.3 × 22.9 cm (5.6 × 9 in)

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