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Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Nicolaus Heideloff

Miseries of Human Life: "While confined to your bed by sickness..."

October 1807
Hand-colored etching
33.7 × 24.8 cm (13.3 × 9.8 in)

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