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The Right Honorable Edmund Burke|Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough|William Humphrey|Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire|Charles James Fox|Thomas Rowlandson

The Departure

April 29, 1784
Hand-colored etching
29.3 × 44 cm (11.5 × 17.3 in)

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