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John & Josiah Boydell|Peter Simon|William Shakespeare|Matthew William Peters|Shearjashub Spooner

Falstaff in the Buck Basket (Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 3)

first published 1793; reissued 1852
Stipple engraving
66 × 44.5 cm (26 × 17.5 in)

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